Jun. 23, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed four City Council bills aimed at expanding city housing vouchers to a broader swath of people amid Gotham’s ongoing homeless and migrant crises. The move comes a week after the mayor issued an executive action to eliminate a rule that individuals and…
Jun. 20, 2023 By Christian Murray A deranged homeless man who allegedly shoved a woman’s head into a moving subway train in Manhattan last month has been indicted for attempted murder, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Kamal Semrade, 39, who was living at a shelter near LaGuardia Airport in Queens, has been…
Jun. 20, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
After revealing last month that very few of the over 76,000 migrants who’ve come through the Big Apple since last year have actually applied for asylum, Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced he’s opening a center to help newcomers fill out and submit their claims.
Jun. 19, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld A 17-year-old girl is dead following a high-speed motorcycle crash in Whitestone early Monday, according to police. Alyssa Henley, of Bellerose, sustained severe head trauma when she was ejected from a motorcycle where she was a rear passenger at the interchange of the Cross Island Parkway and Whitestone…
Jun. 16, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams signed an emergency rule on Friday to nix the mandate that people must spend 90 days in homeless shelters to access city housing vouchers, a month after the City Council passed a bill doing the same thing. The move comes as Adams’ office faces ongoing…
Jun. 15, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Former Mayor Bill de Blasio has been ordered to cough up nearly $475,000 by the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) for improperly billing New York taxpayers for his NYPD security detail’s out-of-state travel expenses during a failed 2019 presidential bid. The board ruled that de Blasio had…
Jun. 15, 2023 By Sarah Belle Lin
CUNY campuses will once again serve as early voting polling sites for the upcoming primary election. Ten colleges in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens will open from Saturday, June 17 to Sunday, June 25. Four colleges will also serve as Election Day voting sites on Tuesday, June 27.
Jun. 15, 2023 By Sarah Belle Lin A Manhattan man was indicted Thursday for allegedly targeting a 14-year-old girl and drugging and raping her for months in hotels across Manhattan and Queens, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced. Michael Olson, 54, is charged with five counts of rape in the second degree, two counts…
Jun. 12, 2023 By Michael Dorgan New York City is making around 20 miles of its streets car-free on various Saturdays this summer as part of its “Summer Streets” initiative expansion, Mayor Eric Adams announced in Queens on Monday. The initiative, which was first launched in 2008, will see large sections of roadways in each…
Jun. 12, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller As thousands of asylum seekers continue to pour into the Big Apple each week, Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced his administration is opening two new so-called “Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers” (HERRCs) spread across three college dormitories on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. One of the new…