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New York City MTA Votes to Trash the First Amendment

A century of free speech in New York’s most public square — the streets, the buses, the subways — came to a screeching halt last Wednesday when the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) voted to ban all issue and political advertising, solely in order to silence me.

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AFDI Wins Again—’Killing Jews Is Worship’ Ad Will Go Up in NYC

Pamela Geller, the president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), won a major victory on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge John Koeltl ruled that New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) must allow AFDI’s new ad that quotes Hamas TV saying “Killing Jews is Worship that draws us close to Allah” to run on its subway cars and buses.

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Vimeo Weed Series ‘High Maintenance’ Lands at HBO

HBO announced Monday the web-only comedy series High Maintenance, which follows a New York marijuana dealer and his crazy diverse group of clients, is coming to television from video sharing site Vimeo for six new episodes, according to Deadline. The

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Free Speech on Trial in U.S. District Court

Last Tuesday, my ace lawyer David Yerushalmi of the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) argued before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on our motion for a preliminary injunction, asking the court to enter an order requiring New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to run our AFDI anti-Hamas, anti-jihad ad on MTA buses.

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Alec Baldwin to Play NYC Mayor in Upcoming HBO Series

Two years since the conclusion of NBC’s 30 Rock and one year removed from resolving to walk away from both public life and New York City, Alec Baldwin is headed back to TV, ironically as the fictional mayor of the city that scorned him.

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NYPD Honors Texas Girl Who Sent Thank You Notes to Police

A 10-year-old girl from Tyler, Texas received a hero’s welcome when she visited some New York City police officers this week. Savannah Solis was deeply moved by the murders of NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos last December, and decided to show her support by sending thank you notes to police officers in New York City and all over Texas, as Breitbart Texas reported.