BETSY McCAUGHEY

New York, New York

Betsy McCaughey is a Columnist of The New York Sun.

Ms. McCaughey, a former lieutenant governor of New York, is a candidate for governor of Connecticut.

Latest Articles

An Iranian flag is planted in the rubble of a police station, damaged in airstrikes on Tehran. — Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Democrats’ Vitriol Over Trump’s Iran Strikes Overlooks His Constitutional Authority

The Senate resolution aiming to handcuff the president is an unconstitutional violation of Article II, which makes Trump commander in chief of the nation’s armed forces.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Mar 5, 2026|

Opinion (Columnists)

Ice skater Ilia Malinin falls during the 2026 Winter Olympics at Milan, February 13, 2026. — AP/Natacha Pisarenko

Olympians’ Stumbles Under Pressure Stem From a Hard-Wired Human Trait, Scientists Discover

Few of us can imagine performing the feats of these athletes, but we can all relate to blowing a high-stakes moment.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Feb 18, 2026|

Opinion (Columnists)

Migrants outside the Roosevelt Hotel at midtown Manhattan on May 15, 2023. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Democrats’ Misleading Rhetoric on ICE Threatens Neighborhood Safety and Spells Trouble for Taxpayers

Politicians demanding that ICE leave their states could be harming their own voters.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Feb 16, 2026|

Opinion (Columnists)

A homeless person on the street at Manhattan on December 29, 2025. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

New York City’s Homeless Are Pawns for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Political Agenda

The new mayor’s refusal to clean up vagrant encampments leads to frozen corpses and blighted neighborhoods.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Jan 28, 2026|

Opinion (Columnists)

Governor Kathy Hochul at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on January 19, 2026. — Natasha Moustache/Getty Images

Kathy Hochul’s High-Tax Policies Doom New York’s Economy as Competition Among States Intensifies

In 2026, eight states are cutting their income taxes, and four others are reducing corporate tax rates.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Jan 22, 2026|

Opinion (Columnists)

Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota appears at a hearing on state immigration policies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the Capitol on June 12, 2025. — Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Minneapolis’s Welfare Rip-Off Sparks Nationwide Outrage Over Fraud in Public Programs

Meanwhile, all of us taxpayers, saddled with paying for the scammers, are routinely ignored.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Jan 14, 2026|

Opinion (Columnists)

Wind turbine bases, generators and blades are positioned at a staging area for Dominion Energy’s wind turbine project at Portsmouth, Virginia, on December 22, 2025. — Steve Helber/AP

Trump’s Pause on Offshore Wind Power Projects Offers Chance for a More Honest Energy Debate

Overlooked, too, is the visual blight — seeing magnificent ocean-scapes destroyed by towering hardware across the horizon.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Jan 9, 2026|

Opinion (Columnists)

Tom Suozzi speaks during a news conference November 7, 2022, at Great Neck, New York. — AP/John Minchillo

If Only the Investment Geniuses in Congress Would Turn Their Acumen to America’s Policy Challenges

The public shouldn’t have to worry that their representative is voting based on what’s good for a stock portfolio instead of what’s good for the nation.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Jan 7, 2026|

Opinion (Columnists)

A growing revolt over high property taxes could upend the 2026 midterm elections. — Via Pexels.com

GOP Flips the Script on Democrats’ Battle Cry of ‘Affordability’ as Property Tax Revolt Gains Steam

Outrage over local levies on homes is likely to shape the political map for November 2026.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Dec 21, 2025|

Opinion (Columnists)

President Obama, Vice President Biden, and senior White House staff applaud after the House passes the Affordable Care Act on March 21, 2010. — Via Wikimedia Commons

It’s Political Malpractice for Republicans To Let Insurance Costs Surge for Obamacare Enrollees

Democrats are gloating that reducing the subsidies will mean higher costs for enrollees and an increase in the number of people who go without insurance.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Dec 5, 2025|

Opinion (Columnists)

Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani at Forest Hills Stadium on October 26, 2025. — Andres Kudacki/Getty Images

Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Can Put His Smile To Work by Improving Customer Service Among City’s Surly Public Employees

The incoming mayor needs to call on the 300,000 city employees to show warmth, respect, and courtesy to the public. The spirit of a smile.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Nov 26, 2025|

Opinion (Columnists)

Governor Ned Lamont. — Bonnie Biess/Getty Images

Connecticut Democrats’ New Housing Bill Promotes Socialist Goals in the Name of ‘Economic Diversity’

The bill even forces towns to let the homeless sleep in local parks or camp on sidewalks, despite the risk of crime and disorder.

By BETSY McCAUGHEY

|Nov 20, 2025|

Opinion (Columnists)