Trump or Biden? NYC police union asks members who it should back — but there’s a clear favorite
As one of New York City’s most prominent police unions conducts its first internal vote to decide which candidate to support in the 2024 presidential election, some officers already know who they think should be in the White House. The Detectives Endowment Association, which represents 18,000 active and retired NYPD detectives, is asking its members […]
8 NYC men busted for dealing drugs, guns next to Yankee Stadium: DA
Eight Bronx men were indicted this week on charges they trafficked drugs and guns to undercover officers and other buyers a block away from Yankee Stadium, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The defendants, including seven suspects from three families, are charged in a 108-count indictment with operating for more than a year from a store and van […]
Gotti family business ordered to clean up toxic chemicals, pay $210K fine over NYC scrap yard mess
It was an offer they couldn’t refuse. A family-owned business controlled by the Gotti family has agreed to pay at least $210,000 in fines and clean up toxic chemicals that spilled from a scrap yard in Queens. According to the settlement The announcement was made Tuesday by state Attorney General Letitia James. LSM Auto Parts […]
Paramount mulls $1.7B offer to sell BET to its CEO and NYC private equity firm: report
Shari Redstone has revised plans to sell parts of struggling media giant Paramount Global. The company is reportedly in exclusive negotiations to sell the Black Entertainment Television Network to a group of buyers led by BET CEO Scott Mills after calling off an auction last year that failed to raise the roughly $3 billion it […]
NYC asks judge to immediately snuff out illegal vape wholesalers
The Adams administration has asked a Manhattan judge to step in and immediately crack down on the sale of illegal flavored e-cigarettes by 11 New York state wholesalers. The city filed a lawsuit against the wholesaler in April, citing data showing that children and teens are addicted to flavored e-cigarettes at alarming rates. Now the […]
NYC steeply drops off top 10 list of home sharing destinations for July 4 as hotel rates soar: report
New York City was reportedly dropped off the top 10 list of home-sharing destinations this Independence Day after a crackdown caused hotel prices across the city to skyrocket. of AirDNA reportNew York plummeted to 54th place, down from 10th place for the two-year period 2023 and 2022, according to the research firm, which tracks Airbnb […]
NYC, state officials reveal free ways to get kids off their phones and outside
City and state officials New York parents complained on Tuesday. He urged people to get their kids away from their phones and outside, and offered some suggestions on how to do this. Gov. Kathy Hawkle announced that New York state park pools will be open to the public for free for the rest of the […]
NYC Expands Costly Food Debit Card Program To Thousands Of Migrants
New York City officials are expanding a program that gives immigrant families living in city-funded hotels debit cards to buy food, according to the New York Times. The program was proposed in February and initially served nearly 3,000 migrants, but is expected to distribute debit cards to 73,000 migrants over the next six months at […]
Escaped California Inmate Arrested in NYC 13 Years Later
An inmate who disappeared from a Bay Area prison in California has been arrested in New York City 13 years later. Officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said Eduardo Hernandez was last seen by authorities in 2011 at Delta Conservation Camp in Suisun City. statement Friday. Hernandez was originally sentenced to […]
NYC taxi driver decapitates baby Jesus statue with own shoe in bizarre caught-on-camera tantrum
A sacrilegious act caught on camera in which a taxi driver used his shoe to decapitate a statue of the baby Jesus outside a New York City church is being investigated as a hate crime. According to footage released by police and the Diocese of Brooklyn, around 5:30 a.m. Sunday, a blasphemous thug driving an […]