Betsy McCaughey
About the Columnist
Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York.
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There's no homeless 'right' to sleep rough — and the Supreme Court seems to agree
April 23, 2024 | 3:24pmIn a Supreme Court showdown over whether the homeless have a “right” to camp in public, almost no one mentioned the actual victims of that crazy idea -- everyone who’s not...
New Yorkers get next to nothing for their high state taxes — Albany budget deal won't change that
April 16, 2024 | 7:15pmIf you pay New York state taxes, you’re paying top dollar and getting bupkis.
As bird flu spreads, the Biden admin remains dangerously unprepared for another pandemic
April 9, 2024 | 6:34pmThe H5N1 virus — which for 30 years affected mostly birds — is rapidly evolving and spreading globally.
The push for bilingual education will doom migrant kids to failure
April 2, 2024 | 2:38pmNew York City, Denver, Chicago and other cities are urgently recruiting bilingual education teachers as the children of migrants enroll in school.
How to lock out the scourge of squatters in NYC and everywhere
March 26, 2024 | 4:53pmThe law must take action against squatters in New York (and everywhere else) to stop these vicious thugs from stealing people's homes.
Mayor Adams' 'right to shelter' agreement will actually make NYC's migrant crisis worse
March 17, 2024 | 7:43pmMayor Adams’ agreement, announced Friday, to limit the time migrants can stay in shelters at taxpayer expense, is smoke and mirrors.
Laken Riley's life was worth no less than George Floyd's
March 11, 2024 | 6:48pmGeorgia nursing student Laken Riley was bludgeoned to death, allegedly at the hands of an illegal migrant, Jose Ibarra, who is a member of the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de...
Tish James is turning New York into a banana republic with yet another lefty lawsuit
March 4, 2024 | 7:30pmIf she can make the Empire State into a living hell for beef producers, she can do it to any other industry.
The migrant surge brings killers and criminal gangs, victimizing innocents like Laken Riley
February 27, 2024 | 7:21pmLongest-serving NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly cautioned Sunday that New York City’s quality of life “has really deteriorated.”
Democrats' open-border trickery: gaming the census
February 20, 2024 | 6:53pmNew York is Migrant Central — the No. 1 destination in the country for illegal border crossers — and it’s no accident.
Migrant crime is turning cities into war zones
February 13, 2024 | 6:12pmCriminals posing as asylum seekers are turning American cities into war zones.
NYC's migrant crisis hits new level of madness: Free rooms, meals to thugs who are robbing us
February 6, 2024 | 6:04pmThe Democratic Party is turning New York City into a Shangri-la for international theft rings and migrants here to rob and burglarize.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is right: America is being invaded
January 30, 2024 | 7:01pmAcross the globe, hostile nations like Russia are using migration, instead of tanks, as a weapon of war to destabilize and even bankrupt countries and facilitate terrorist attacks from within.
Dems letting migrants fly without ID are playing Russian roulette with our safety
January 23, 2024 | 5:55pmIf you’re at the airport and forget your photo ID, good luck being allowed on the plane. But many migrants without “an acceptable form of identification,” according to airport signs, don’t need...
The Supreme Court could put an end to urban squalor
January 16, 2024 | 5:38pmMost decent, hardworking people want clean sidewalks for getting to work and walking their kids to school.
American hostages held by Hamas in hell as Biden and Blinken play politics
January 10, 2024 | 6:39pmThe hostages Hamas terrorists seized Oct. 7 still in captivity struggled through their 95th day as Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin...
The growing lunacy of free health insurance for migrants
January 2, 2024 | 4:30pmExtending offers of free health care to illegal migrants is an act of sheer insanity given the scope and scale of the wider US border crisis and the cost to...
Your tax dollars are paying for the 'rights for migrants' legal scam
December 26, 2023 | 2:24pmYou’re paying to be legally coerced into providing more for migrants, even at the cost of cutting vital city services. It’s absurd, but it’s about to get worse.
Wasted meals: another example of NYC's ever-expanding migrant-industrial complex
December 19, 2023 | 8:09pmMayor Adams warned this week of tax hikes and “extremely painful” cuts to city services to offset taxpayers’ money going to shelter and feed migrants.
The smart immigration policy open-borders Biden refuses to consider
December 12, 2023 | 6:17pmA country can have open borders or a generous social safety net but not both. President Biden is the poster boy for that mistake, and cities across America are paying...