Mar. 27, 2023 By Sarah Belle Lin Police arrested a Brooklyn woman with a lengthy rap sheet in connection to a deadly act of arson at the NYCHA Queensbridge North Houses in Long Island City back in 2021, the NYPD announced Monday. Tandika Wright, 36, was charged on March 24 with murder, manslaughter, assault,…
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Majority of New Yorkers support bail reform rollback, raising taxes on the wealthy: poll
Mar. 27, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
A healthy majority of New Yorkers support Governor Kathy Hochul’s bid to make further rollbacks to the state’s recently reformed bail laws and the state legislature’s proposal to raise income taxes on those making over $5 million-a-year, a new poll from Siena College shows.
Ardila ignores calls for him to step down following sexual abuse allegations, victim says ‘he needs to resign’
Mar. 23, 2023 By Christian Murray Ten days after a series of bombshell allegations came out accusing Assemblyman Juan Ardila of sexually assaulting two women, one of the victims told amNY Metro that she is devastated that he has shown no signs of stepping down and that his actions represent a continued “abuse of…
E-bike charging stations to be placed at four NYCHA complexes, part of Con Edison pilot program
Mar. 21, 2023 By Christian Murray Con Edison has entered into a partnership with the New York City Housing Authority that will see the placement of e-bike and e-scooter charging stations at four housing developments. The charging stations, which will come with secure storage areas, will be at NYCHA developments in Manhattan, Queens and…
‘He lost everything’: Queens delivery worker recounts harrowing moment e-bike battery burned his flesh, left him homeless
Mar. 20, 2023 by Dean Moses and Adrian Childress Video by Adrian Childress Gabriel Dolores, a Mexican native and delivery worker residing in Corona, Queens, recently purchased a second-hand lithium-ion battery through Amazon in order to continue his job with Relay. It didn’t take long before disaster struck, and his life was forever altered.…
Mayor unveils plan to combat e-bike battery fires, signs bill banning unlicensed batteries
Mar. 20, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller While signing five bills designed to combat an ongoing scourge of fires linked to faulty batteries found in e-bikes and e-scooters, used by most delivery workers, Mayor Eric Adams on Monday released his own plan to combat the blazes. During a news conference at City Hall on Monday…
Queens traffic agent struck by hit-and-run driver in Forest Hills: NYPD
Mar. 20, 2023 By Dean Moses A Queens NYPD traffic agent was hospitalized Monday morning after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Forest Hills, police said. According to NYPD sources, the traffic agent was standing in the street when she was struck by a driver at 8:51 a.m. on 75 Avenue and Queens…
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…