Jan. 7, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki You call this a winter storm? Despite all the hype, New York City’s nearly two-year snowless streak remains in tact after this weekend’s storm produced an anemic amount of the white stuff before changing over to plain-old rain. Just 0.2 inches of snow fell upon Central Park on…
Jan. 5, 2024 By Associated Press
Jo Koy remembers watching major award ceremonies like the Golden Globes with his mother on their living room sofa trying to guess the winners.
Jan. 5, 2024 By Martha Stark For decades, it has been an open secret that New York City’s property tax system is inequitable and unfair. This regressive system, rooted in outdated and discriminatory policies, has not only exacerbated the housing crisis but also deepened the economic divide, disproportionately burdening lower-income and minority communities. Next week, New York’s Court of Appeals will hear arguments on a case brought by Tax Equity Now New York (TENNY), a coalition of renters, owners, civic leaders, and public policy and social justice organizations, that challenges NYC’s broken property tax system. TENNY’s lawsuit was born out…
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Jan. 4, 2024 By Dean Moses
Detectives in Queens are still working to find the killer behind New York City’s first homicide of 2024 — a stabbing following a bar brawl.
Jan. 3, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld New York City’s public hospitals have reinstated a mask mandate as COVID-19 cases rise across the city and nation. A spokesperson for NYC Health & Hospitals (H&H) confirmed to amNewYork Metro that a mask mandate had been reinstated at all of its clinical facilities, including 11 public hospitals,…
Jan. 2, 2024 By Mayor Eric Adams
New York City is the city that never sleeps. We are a 24-hour city that is the nightlife capital of the world. And we remain the safest big city in America.
Jan. 2, 2024 Associated Press
Access to a busy terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was restricted Monday as pro-Palestinian protesters converged on the airport for the second time in a week.
Dec. 28, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki
Don’t even think of getting behind the wheel on New Year’s if you’re planning to knock back drinks while celebrating.
Dec. 28, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld
A moped rider in Queens was killed Thursday morning in a hit-and-run crash involving a tractor-trailer driver, police reported.
Dec. 27, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA has revealed the subway stations, train lines, and bus routes that have seen the highest ridership in 2023, days before the start of the new year. The busiest subway line this year has been the 6 line, which runs between Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall in lower Manhattan…