NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ gets punched on Rikers Island
New York City’s so-called “worst landlord” was punched in the face within hours of booking himself to Rikers Island on Friday and had to be briefly hospitalized. And the residents of Daniel Ohebshalom’s dilapidated, rat-infested apartment complex can’t help but feel like he was expecting it. “I had to pay for repairs to the kitchen […]
’She Is Never Here’: Residents Of AOC’s District Blast NYC’s Crime Wave, Migrant Crisis
On Tuesday, residents of Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s congressional district blasted New York City’s crime wave and immigration crisis. “Fox & Friends Weekend” host Rachel Campos-Duffy spoke about disgruntled residents in Ocasio-Cortez’s congressional district around 10 a.m. Tuesday in a segment that aired Saturday morning. I spoke to. Ocasio-Cortez voters expressed disdain for […]
eBay and Facebook Marketplace fuel NYC’s shoplifting economy
The shoplifting epidemic, which costs New York state retailers $4.4 billion a year, is creating a shadow resale economy from eBay to dealerships, The Post has learned. In New York City alone, shoplifting cases increased by 64% from June 2019 to June 2023. According to the Criminal Justice Council. In 2022, the total shop loss […]
Inside NYC’s bullish crypto party scene, after Bitcoin hit new all-time $70K high
“We really are back,” exclaimed Bitcoin investor Aubrey Strobel. Last week was a celebratory “I said so” moment for Strobel and his colleagues, as Bitcoin topped $70,000 for the first time, marking a remarkable recovery from the crash just a year ago. And New York City is poised to become the center of the industry, […]
2 innocent bystanders shot in NYC’s Tompkins Square Park
Two innocent bystanders were shot and killed in broad daylight in Tompkins Square Park, police said. Police said a 26-year-old man was hit in the buttocks and a 53-year-old woman was hit in the right buttock around 12:45 p.m. Saturday. Police officials said the shooting occurred on the park’s west side between the 7th and […]
WWE superstar, Ireland’s Becky Lynch found a home in NYC’s Irish pubs
Erin gets into a fight. Before becoming one of WWE’s biggest superstars, Becky Lynch worked at an Irish pub in Manhattan and lived above another pub. The Limerick, Ireland native spent the summer of 2010 during his college years in the Big Apple, hoping to make connections and hit the road in search of a […]
NYC’s job market roars back, surpasses level before COVID pandemic lockdowns: data
Start spreading the news! New York City’s job market is recovering from the dark days of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest federal statistics. It took nearly four years, but Big Apple nonfarm payrolls totaled 4,737,500 jobs in January, nearly 28,000 more than the February 2020 total, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows. […]
NYC’s best new pizzeria is hidden inside a Times Square subway station
A section of Times Square’s vast underground area is quickly becoming one of Midtown’s coolest destinations. The 50th Street concourse level of the Downtown 1 station, just steps away from the recently abandoned Duane Reade and the giant shuttered Sburrows on the neighborhood’s northern edge, lends a Bushwick feel to the heart of the tourist […]
City Hall is pointing to migrant flood to shrug off NYC’s sagging population
New York City’s high crime rate and taxes are still displacing large numbers of residents, but City Hall pretends that’s okay — because they’re being replaced by illegal immigrants. seriously? About 78,000 New Yorkers got out of Dodge last year, and the city’s population fell to 8.26 million, according to new census data. hang on! […]
NYC’s first ever mini forest coming to Roosevelt Island
New Yorkers will soon be able to see the forest beyond the concrete jungle. This spring, the first-ever mini-forest will be born in the Big Apple, as tree-planting activities that have blossomed all over the world take root on Roosevelt Island. Dubbed the Manhattan Healing Forest, the small plot of land on the southern tip […]