Apr. 26, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The Black unemployment rate in NYC has significantly decreased since 2022, according to a report that the city’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) released Friday. The EDC, which releases an economic snapshot for the city each month, reports that Black unemployment in New York City fell from 10.7 to…
Apr. 26, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Congestion pricing is happening starting at 12:01 a.m. June 30 after nearly two decades of fierce debate, study and grievances over the concept of charging drivers for heading into parts of Manhattan.
Apr. 24, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The Department of Justice has warned the NYPD to stop allowing officers to park their cars on sidewalks and in crosswalks outside precincts — lest the feds be forced to sue the city for violating the civil rights of people with disabilities. Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for…
Apr. 24, 2024 By Dean Moses
A Queens teenager shot a neighbor’s dog on Monday while apparently playing with guns, police said.
Apr. 23, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon
Though Mayor Eric Adams scored a victory this weekend, winning the battle of mayoral control over the city’s public schools, not all parents were celebrating with him.
Apr. 18, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The city’s Health Department is warning New Yorkers about the rising spread of a potentially serious illness linked to rats. Just as the City Council announced a proposal for controlling the city’s rat population using birth control, the city’s Health Department released an advisory saying that cases of…
Apr. 17, 2024 By Dean Moses
NYPD transit brass said Tuesday that “Operation Fare Play” was a winning move for public safety, resulting in 175 arrests of dangerous criminals during a concentrated effort to combat fare evasion.
Apr. 16, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Belmont Park saw Secretariat move “like a tremendous machine” around its massive oval more than five decades ago when “Big Red” won the 1973 Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown in record-setting glory before tens of thousands of fans who packed the massive, quarter-mile grandstand.
Apr. 16, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Antisemitic incidents in New York state reached troubling historic levels last year, a new report released on Tuesday from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) shows. In its annual audit on antisemitic incidents in New York and across the U.S., the anti-hate organization reported a massive 110% surge in antisemitic…
Apr. 10, 2024 By Dean Moses
The NYPD Transit Bureau Citywide Vandals Task Force entered the bowels of the city on Tuesday afternoon, following the glint of the rails as they searched for trespassers who use the off-limits subway lines as their personal graffiti playground.