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Mayor Adams’ key affordable housing ‘City of Yes’ initiative skewered by Council

City council members have raised concerns about the next steps of Mayor Eric Adams’ groundbreaking “City of Yes” plan to build thousands of apartments in the East Bronx, arguing the chosen area lacks critical infrastructure. Councillors last week sounded the alarm over a Bronx Metro-North district plan that would add 7,500 new housing units along […]

REPORT: 200 Crocodiles Flood City Streets Following Storm Beryl

At least 200 crocodiles from Texas ended up in cities in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas after the region was pelted with heavy rainfall from Hurricane Beryl, CBS News reported. The authorities have rounded up the animals and believe they migrated into the cities after rainfall significantly raised water levels, the Government of Tamaulipas said […]

Shark spotted lurking in waters of New York City beach, police drone footage reveals

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has issued a warning to beachgoers after a shark was spotted off the coast of a popular beach. “Attention! Our drone spotted a shark at Rockaway Beach,” NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry wrote in a post on X on Thursday afternoon. Officials said beaches 58 through 81, the boardwalk […]

Ohio city facing ‘significant’ housing crisis due to migrant influx

Large numbers of people are in or living in the U.S. illegally, including in areas far from the border such as Ohio, exacerbating the housing crisis. Springfield Mayor Brian Heck sent an urgent letter to Sens. Tim Scott (R-Lausanne) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) pleading for federal aid after the city’s resources were stretched by the […]

Appeals Court Gives Greenlight For Dem City To Clear Out Homeless Camps

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that San Francisco can clear out homeless camps in light of a landmark Supreme Court ruling. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted an injunction issued in December 2022 that required the city to offer immediate shelter before removing encampments, stating that it otherwise violated the constitutional ban […]

Sacramento city attorney reportedly told Target it could face fines for reporting crimes

The Sacramento, California, City Attorney’s Office has reportedly threatened to fine the popular retailer for public nuisance after multiple thefts occurred at the Land Park store and numerous calls to police. The Sacramento Bee reported that a person with knowledge of the warnings, who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation, warned that […]

Shooting Wave Ripples Through Major Blue City Over July 4th Weekend

Shootings in the crime-ridden city of Chicago over the Independence Day weekend outpaced last year’s totals during the holiday, the Chicago-Sun Times reported on Monday. Between 11 p.m. CDT on the 4th of July and 5 a.m. CDT on Monday, 104 people were shot in Chicago, marking an increase since last year according to the […]