NYC’s solitary confinement ban will ‘exacerbate the already dangerous conditions’ in jails, warns federal monitor
New York City's ban on solitary confinement poses a “serious threat” to the safety of inmates and staff, the federal watchdog overseeing the city's prison system has announced. new york post It was reported on Tuesday. In a letter to the City Council, federal monitors said the city's move to prohibit prisons from placing potentially […]
Passengers trapped after train derails in NYC’s Coney Island neighborhood
No one was injured when a train derailed on a New York City subway overpass on Wednesday, but passengers remained trapped in cars on the tracks running above a Coney Island street until they could be evacuated about an hour later. Ta. The incident occurred nearly a week after a collision and derailment in Manhattan […]
NYC’s 700-day snow draught persists after nor’easter
Parts of New York's Hudson Valley dumped up to 15 inches of snow in this weekend's nor'easter, but five boroughs received mostly dry rain, extending New York City's nearly 700-day snow drought. Plattekill, Ulster County, had recorded 14.6 inches of snow by 8 a.m. Sunday, Norfolk, Conn., had 12 inches and Poughkeepsie had 11.5 inches, […]
NYC’s best new hot chocolate has people waiting an hour
This hot chocolate is, well, hot. Locals and tourists wait in hour-long lines in frigid temperatures for the elaborate cocoa. Glace by Noglu, an Upper East Side ice cream spot produced by Sasha Zabar. Sasha Zabar is the 32-year-old son of appetizer shop and artisan market impresario Eli Zabar. Last Saturday, the store sold a […]
Queens bar brawl stabbing leaves man dead, friend clinging to life in NYC’s first murder of 2024
The new year got off to a violent start after a man was killed in a knife fight outside a Queens bar early Monday morning and his friend walked away alive. This is the first homicide of 2024 in the Big Apple. Tsering Wangdu, 29, died Monday night, more than 12 hours after a scuffle […]