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Fox News
2 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
AOC's claimed Bronx identity called 'bold-face lie' by former schoolmate turned NY assemblyman
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's image as a tough Bronx native is being challenged by a New York lawmaker who revealed photos of her in his high school yearbook from Yorktown Heights, a suburb nearly an hour outside New York City. New York State GOP Assemblyman Matt Slater, now representing Yorktown, shared the images of a young Ocasio-Cortez earlier this week on X. In the post, Slater claimed he and the rising Democratic star attended Yorktown High School at the same time when she was a freshman and he was a senior. "Everybody in our community knows this is just a bold-face lie," said Slater on "Fox & Friends First" Friday. "She grew up in Yorktown, she was on my track team." Yorktown is a small town in northern Westchester, nearly an hour away from the Bronx. Slater described it as a "great suburban town" with a "touch of rural to it." Ocasio-Cortez graduated from the area's high school, whose mascot is a cornhusker, in 2007. While the congresswoman has spoken about her time in Westchester, her early years in the Bronx have become a vital part of her political brand. Slater said he was moved to release the yearbook photo online during Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's latest public spat with President Donald Trump, in which she renewed her calls for impeachment over his decision to bypass Congress in authorizing U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. The congresswoman wrote in part on X: "I'm a Bronx girl. You should know that we can eat Queens boys for breakfast. Respectfully," she said, referring to the president's upbringing in Queens. "I saw the attacks on the president and her [Ocasio-Cortez] claims that she's a big, tough Bronx girl," said Slater. "To sit there and say that she's a Bronx girl is just patently ridiculous." He added that Ocasio-Cortez's dismissal of her suburban upbringing is part of what he views as a larger "authenticity problem" in the Democratic Party. "She's lying about her background, she's lying about her upbringing," Slater claimed. He went on to call out other Democratic figures, like California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as examples of politicians he feels have exaggerated aspects of their life for political gain. "They do not connect with their voters if they [voters] actually know the truth about them," Slater argued. "This is just part of the big lie that they continue to peddle just to make sure that they win elections."
New York Times
10 hours ago
- General
- New York Times
Quote of the Day: Graduates' Joy Chilled by Worry After Student's ICE Arrest
'They're going to watch you, and you know what they're going to see? Greatness.' NORMA VEGA, principal and founder of Ellis Preparatory Academy, a Bronx high school devoted to immigrants. She spoke at a graduation ceremony.
Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Yankees' Aaron Boone Makes Luis Severino Statement Before Athletics Game
Yankees' Aaron Boone Makes Luis Severino Statement Before Athletics Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Athletics starting pitcher Luis Severino (2-8, 2.83 ERA) is in danger of not pitching in the playoffs for the first time since 2016. The right-hander played in the postseason for the New York Yankees from 2017-23 and the New York Mets in 2024, but the Athletics are 9.5 games out of a Wild Card spot ahead of Friday's bout with the Yankees. Advertisement Severino is partially responsible for their struggles, as he leads the team in losses and hits allowed. The 31-year-old has a career ERA of 3.91, but he has yet to perform to that level with his new squad. Yankees manager Aaron Boone talked about his team facing three of their former prospects consecutively in their upcoming series, via SNY. Athletics starting pitcher Luis Severino (40)Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images "Hopefully they struggle a little bit this weekend in the Bronx," he said. Right-hander Mitch Spence (2-2, 3.84 ERA), southpaw JP Sears (5-7, 5.44 ERA), and Severino will pitch on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for the Athletics, respectively. All three players were developed in the Yankees' farm system. Severino went 11-7 with a 3.91 ERA over 31 starts for the Mets last season and also went 1-1 with a 3.24 ERA over three playoff starts. The 6-foot-2-inch, 218-pounder then signed a three-year, $67 million contract with the Athletics in December. Advertisement After hosting the Athletics, the Yankees will hit the road to take on the Toronto Blue Jays and Mets before returning home to host the Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs. Meanwhile, the Athletics will face the Tampa Bay Rays on the road before hosting the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, and Blue Jays. Related: Luis Severino Reveals One Way Mets are Better Than Yankees Related: Mets' Carlos Mendoza Reveals Terrible Griffin Canning News This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 27, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Athletics at Yankees prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 27
Its Friday, June 27 and the Athletics (33-50) are in Bronx to take on the Yankees (46-34). Mitch Spence is slated to take the mound for Oakland against Will Warren for New York. The A's come to the Bronx having lost four of their last five including an 8-0 spanking yesterday at the hands of the Detroit Tigers. Nick Kurtz managed one of the three hits the Athletics mustered against Dietrich Enns and four Tigers' relievers. Advertisement New York was off yesterday after a series in Cincinnati that saw them lost two of three. Wednesday, they salvaged the series with a 7-1 win. Max Fried won his tenth game of the season throwing seven innings of four-hit ball to lead the Yankees to their 46th win of the season. Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two. We've got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts. Follow Rotoworld Player News for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long. Game details & how to watch Athletics at Yankees Date: Friday, June 27, 2025 Time: 7:05PM EST Site: Yankee Stadium City: Bronx, NY Network/Streaming: NBCSCA, YES Advertisement Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day MLB schedule page, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out. Odds for the Athletics at the Yankees The latest odds as of Friday: Moneyline: Athletics (+176), Yankees (-213) Spread: Yankees -1.5 Total: 8.0 runs Probable starting pitchers for Athletics at Yankees Pitching matchup for June 27, 2025: Mitch Spence vs. Will Warren Athletics: Mitch Spence (2-2, 3.84 ERA) Last outing: 6/21 vs. Cleveland - 4.2IP, 4ER, 8H, 1BB, 3Ks Yankees: Will Warren (4-4, 4.66 ERA) Last outing: 6/22 vs. Baltimore - 6.1IP, 2ER, 6H, 2BB, 6Ks Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest MLB player news for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type! Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Athletics at Yankees The Athletics have lost 4 of their last 5 games against teams with winning records The Under has cashed in the Yankees' last 6 games In their last 5 games with a rest advantage the Yankees are 4-1 against the Run Line Will Warren has struck out 27 opposing hitters in 23.1IP in June Paul Goldschmidt is 0-14 over his last 4 games and 2-28 over his last 8 games Anthony Volpe is 1-11 in his last 3 games and 4-37 over his last 11 games Advertisement If you're looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our MLB Top Trends tool on NBC Sports! Expert picks & predictions for tonight's game between the Athletics and the Yankees Rotoworld Best Bet Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700. Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts. Advertisement Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager. Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Friday's game between the Athletics and the Yankees: Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the New York Yankees on the Moneyline. Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the New York Yankees at -1.5. Total: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Game Total of 8.0. Want even more MLB best bets and predictions from our expert staff & tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page from NBC Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff:
CNET
a day ago
- Business
- CNET
An Internet Co-op for the People: How Ex-Spectrum Employees Are Making a Difference in the Bronx
In New York City, the vision of free, high-speed and community-owned internet was once more than just a dream. The People's Choice Communications, a worker- and community-owned internet cooperative, launched in 2020 -- and thanks to subsidies from the Affordable Connectivity Program, it successfully offered fast, cheap internet in the Bronx while the ACP was still active. "No one believed that we could actually build out the system," said Troy Walcott, president of People's Choice, "and then we built it." The city's decision to exclude the co-op from the Big Apple Connect program has led to significant staff reductions at People's Choice and put the organization at risk of shuttering. Still, the story of the co-op is an unlikely and rare tale of broadband connectivity in the US, one that begins with Spectrum workers going on strike in 2017. Building from the ground up In 2017, 1,800 Spectrum workers walked out because of unmet demands regarding health care and retirement benefits, after Charter Communications' acquisition of Time Warner Cable the previous year (which led to the creation of the Spectrum brand). Forty of those striking workers decided to take matters into their own hands by creating their own internet network, intending to prioritize equity over profits. Spectrum workers during the 2017 strike. People's Choice Communications "Instead of giving a lot of profits to, like, CEOs, etcetera," said Walcott, "we take those profits and reinvest back into the system to also help provide service to those areas that normally wouldn't be served by a strictly profit-motive driven ISP." Locating local internet providers The model is simple: Workers and subscribers mutually own the network. People's Choice employees build and maintain the network, and residents pay monthly fees and participate in governance. Wiring the community, one building at a time People's Choice used a mesh network to get buildings online, installing millimeter-wave antennas on rooftops to receive signals. The initial setup was similar to that of NYC Mesh, another provider of free internet service in the city. Since then, the co-op has expanded to fiber internet service for added reliability. The New York City Internet Master Plan, former Mayor Bill de Blasio's initiative to make internet more affordable and accessible, tapped People's Choice and other small ISPs to wire buildings overseen by the New York City Housing Authority, the city's government-run public housing agency, which was a significant source of funding for the newly formed co-op. "During the pandemic, we built out a network that served over 1,000 households in public housing and affordable housing and provided them with free, high-speed internet," said Erik Forman, People's Choice co-founder and a labor activist who also helped develop a worker-owned ride-hailing cooperative in the city. People's Choice currently offers 200 megabits per second of symmetrical download and upload speed for just $30 a month, with plans to expand to a 500Mbps tier for $45 monthly and a 1,000Mbps tier for $60 monthly. For context, Spectrum offers a 500Mbps tier for $50 monthly and a 1,000Mbps tier for $70 monthly, making People's Choice a viable competitor. The fight for accessible internet is an ongoing battle Since launching the service, People's Choice has faced several roadblocks, the biggest of which was the city's decision to cut the co-op out of the Big Apple Connect program. After a change in city administration, the Big Apple Connect program effectively replaced the Internet Master Plan. The initiative, launched in 2022 by Mayor Eric Adams and the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation, intended to bridge the city's broadband divide by offering free internet to 150,000 households in 220 NYCHA developments for three years. According to a spokesperson from New York City's Office of Technology and Innovation, the program serves approximately 330,000 New Yorkers. Which internet companies did the city choose to helm the Big Apple Connect program, instead of People's Choice? Spectrum and Optimum Internet. According to Walcott, the co-op's largest customer group was located in Melrose Houses, a New York City Housing Authority development with a People's Choice internet build-out that was 90% complete. Combined with progress in other NYCHA developments, the co-op was close to surpassing more than 5,000 units served. The city denied People's Choice a license to continue services in the Melrose Houses development, and the co-op was required to remove all equipment from the buildings. New York City's Office of Technology and Innovation "telling NYCHA to both remove us from the buildings we were in and not let us expand to any other buildings totally destroyed every area we had worked on to that point," Walcott said. Though People's Choice is still operational, Walcott told CNET that the workforce has been significantly reduced and that the co-op's focus now is on expanding fiber internet services. Echoes across the country Public-owned internet networks are an increasingly popular alternative to private incumbent internet service providers, and the nonprofit Institute for Local Self-Reliance records as many as 450 public-owned internet networks across the country, a number that excludes internet co-ops. Though internet co-ops are public internet networks, they're typically created by existing telephone and electric utilities, often in rural areas. They're relics of utility cooperatives formed during the New Deal. Some examples include the RS Fiber Cooperative in Minnesota and the Central Virginia Electric Cooperative's Firefly Fiber Broadband. "Pure play broadband cooperatives are quite rare," said Christopher Ali, a telecommunications expert and professor at Penn State. "There's only a handful of them." Starting an internet co-op from scratch is no cheap or easy feat. According to Ali, telephone and electric co-ops are much easier to create because they already have a business model and resources to draw from. "Having employees be at the table, having labor be at the table, and the origins of the company, will go a long way to ensuring that the customers are satisfied with high-quality, low-cost broadband, but that employees are also able to make a meaningful, dignified, living wage," said Ali. Initially, People's Choice considered a municipally owned network they could help maintain and presented a plan to the city, but it never came to fruition. Instead, a combination of grants, private funding and subsidized funds from the Affordable Connectivity Program allowed the co-op to start in the Bronx, which, according to a report from the NY State Comptroller, is one of the worst-connected boroughs in the city. "I think folks really saw that we were solving an important social problem. In fact, multiple important social problems," said Forman. "Our goal was not just to bring folks affordable or free internet service, but also to create jobs for the strikers and to get to a different level of scale." Employees of People's Choice at a community event for one of the co-op's serviced buildings. People's Choice Communications "When we were up and running at the highest, and we had installed in the Bronx and NYCHA developments," said Walcott, "we were able to hire digital stewards that were working with the company to help sign up their friends and neighbors for a service, as well as some basic digital literacy training." People's Choice also offered members discounted laptops for $11 -- another perk from the ACP -- and Walcott said that eventually the plan would introduce participatory budgeting to the co-op. What happens next? "So while programs like Big Apple Connect provide [internet] temporarily for free to NYCHA, what happens when it stops?" said Walcott. "And also, what happens to all the surrounding buildings and the community that are in the same position ... but are still unable to access service at those low rates?" OTI has not announced an extension option for the Big Apple Connect Program. Shortly after being cut from the initiative, People's Choice submitted a request to OTI, under New York's Freedom of Information Law, for information about the Big Apple Connect contract. According to Foman, the city has requested multiple extensions in the years since that initial request. The co-op has since filed an official complaint regarding the FOIL request with the city. "We reached all NYCHA developments within a year of the program being publicly announced," a spokesperson from OTI said to CNET in a statement, "a major win for our students, older adults, families and jobseekers who suffered the negative impacts of our city's digital divide during the pandemic." Despite the massive loss in subscribers and revenue afforded by the Big Apple Connect decision, Walcott and Forman remain optimistic about the future of People's Choice. "These are David and Goliath struggles," Forman said. "So if you don't have as much money or power, you've got to be smart and strategic. But the key is to just don't stop."
