Mar. 17, 2023 By amNY News As if the saga of George Santos wasn’t bad enough for New York politics, along came Assembly Member Juan Ardila. The freshman lawmaker was exposed last week in several published reports for sexually assaulting two women during a party at Fordham University in Manhattan nearly eight years ago. …
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Costly cartfuls: Still-soaring NYC food prices causing hardships for so many shoppers
Mar. 15, 2023 By amNewYork This story was reported by Jada Camille, Paige Perez, Ethan Marshall and Gabriele Holtermann. It was edited by Christian Murray and Robert Pozarycki. Overall inflation may be cooling off nationally, but don’t tell that to New Yorkers waiting on supermarket checkout lines as they prepare to dig deeper into…
LaGuardia AirTrain proposal officially canned by Port Authority, suggests airport shuttle bus instead
Mar. 13, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld The Port Authority on Monday hammered the final nail in the coffin of the controversial proposal to build an AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport. The move comes more than a year after Gov. Kathy Hochul halted the plan, a pet project of her disgraced predecessor Andrew Cuomo, and commissioned…
New garbage rules to go into effect April 1 as city looks to address rat problem
Mar. 13, 2023 By Christian Murray New Yorkers will soon have to put out their trash much later in the day as the city looks to address its growing rat problem. Starting April 1, residents will not be permitted to put out plastic trash bags out on the curb before 8 p.m. —the day…
Noisy neighbors, apartment maintenance were New Yorkers’ top 311 complaints over last two decades, data shows
Mar. 9, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller What have been New Yorkers’ top inquiries and service requests to the city’s 311 service over the past two decades? According to new data released by Mayor Eric Adams and his chief technology officer, Matthew Fraser, on Thursday, the top 311 inquiry over the past 20 years was…
Rolling the dice: A closer look at the 10 contenders seeking lucrative New York casino licenses
Mar. 8, 2023 amNewYork Metro staff This story was reported by Timothy Bolger, Ben Brachfeld, Jada Camille, Aidan Graham, Carlotta Mohamed, Dean Moses, Bill Parry, Aliya Schneider, Robbie Sequeira and Ethan Stark-Miller. It was edited by Christian Murray and Robert Pozarycki. New Yorkers are bearing witness to a World Series of Poker-style showdown featuring…
Take ’em off! Top NYPD official tells businesses to demand patrons remove masks in order to enter
Mar. 2, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld A top New York City Police Department official advised business owners to only allow in patrons who take off their masks, ostensibly to deter crime by people who cannot be identified by cameras. The Feb. 28 comments by the NYPD’s Chief of Department, Jeffrey Maddrey, would represent a…
Potful of trouble: NYC stores skirting marijuana licensing rules, prompting legal confusion and safety concerns
Mar. 1, 2023 amNewYork Metro staff This story was reported by Camille Botello, Ximena Del Cerro, Ethan Marshall, Dean Moses, Max Parrott, ET Rodriguez, Barbara Russo, Robbie Sequeira and Ethan Stark-Miller. It was edited by Christian Murray and Robert Pozarycki Just three businesses in New York, all in Manhattan, are legally permitted to sell…
City Council petitioning could face delays over suit alleging redistricting carved up Queens Asian communities
Feb. 24, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
Petitioning for this year’s City Council elections, set to start next week, could now be delayed due to a lawsuit filed on Friday by a legal defense group on behalf of Asian American communities in south Queens that seek to alter the new council maps adopted during last year’s redistricting.
Mayor firmly backs charter schools after wavering during budget hearing last week
Feb. 22, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
A week after Mayor Eric Adams appeared to publicly waver on his support for charter schools during a joint state legislative budget hearing, he firmly committed to backing the controversial schools during a Wednesday radio interview.