WAR IN UKRAINE | Blast rocks Kyiv railway station as Russian advances stall
An explosion rocked a Kyiv railway station late on Wednesday where thousands of women and children were being evacuated, Ukraine's state-run railway company said, as the U.N. General Assembly demanded...
View ArticleNew York City public school retention rates generally improved during COVID
A new report [1] released by the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO) showed how school retention rates for students generally increased in during the COVID-19 pandemic. Student retention is...
View ArticleReimagined NYC public school vision will nourish students in mind and body,...
New York City Schools Chancellor David C. Banks set a course Wednesday for transforming the city's public school system, aiming to change the way the city's 1.1 million students get a substantial...
View ArticleEVERYTHING IS TOO DAMN HIGH: Why New Yorkers are paying more for groceries to...
Editor’s note: Picking up where we left off on Feb. 24 [1], amNewYork Metro presents the second part in our “Everything is Too Damn High” series chronicling how New Yorkers are coping with higher...
View ArticleOp-Ed | Governor Hochul should invest in six minute transit service
Governor Hochul has twice postponed the MTA fare hike and announced major megaprojects across three boroughs. She’s also announced initiatives to confront subway safety. Now, with a $6.4 billion...
View ArticleThe Cathedral of St. John the Divine hosts outdoor imposition of ashes
New Yorkers lined up on a Harlem street Wednesday to receive their ashes and observe a faith many say has helped them through hard times. The Cathedral of St. John the Divine offered two options for...
View ArticleHoward Beach mobster gets decade behind bars for torching Mercedes: Feds
A Howard Beach mobster on Wednesday, March 2, was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to 10 years behind bars for torching a businessman’s car over late extortion payments in 2015. Peter Tuccio, 29, an...
View ArticlePort Authority reveals possible alternatives to LaGuardia AirTrain
More than four months after Governor Kathy Hochul hit the brakes on a proposal to build a $2.1 billion AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey released a set of...
View ArticleTrump to turn over documents in New York civil probe, need not testify during...
Donald Trump will turn over some documents to New York's attorney general for her civil probe into his business practices, but need not answer questions under oath while he appeals a judge's order that...
View ArticleYacht seized as U.S. ramps up oligarch sanctions so Putin ‘feels the squeeze’
French authorities seized four cargo vessels and one luxury yacht linked to oligarchs as the United States and other governments ramped up sanctions on Russia's super-rich on Thursday over Moscow's...
View ArticleWAR IN UKRAINE |‘Hedgehogs’ vs. tanks as Kyiv braces for Russian invaders
As Russian troops closed in on Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Thursday, a muddy construction site in a local neighborhood was teeming with workers and welders of the KAN real estate developer. Instead of...
View ArticleComptroller Lander, climate activists, call for Mayor Adams to fund NYC...
City Comptroller Brad Lander joined a number of elected officials and environmental advocates Thursday in urging Mayor Eric Adams to fully fund and implement a building emissions law mandating energy...
View ArticleNYPD and Queens DA make sixth ghost gun bust
Four Queens residents have been charged with possession of illegal ghost guns on March 3, the Queens District Attorney announced. On Thursday, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, Inspector Courtney...
View ArticleSTAGGERING SURGE: New York City crime rises jump 58.7% during February,...
Crime in New York City is continuing to rise by astonishing numbers as we head further into 2022. According to NYPD statistics, major felonies in New York City rose by 58.7%, rising from 5,759 reported...
View ArticleAdams Decries Crappy Justice System after Feces Smearer Released without Bail
Mayor Eric Adams Thursday lashed out at the state’s lax criminal justice, legislative and social services system after learning the perpetrator who allegedly smeared his own feces on a woman’s face [1]...
View ArticleSouth Brooklyn Marine Terminal to turn into renewable energy hub off Sunset Park
Mayor Eric Adams announced on Thursday that the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) will be turned into an offshore wind energy port facility. The project will transform the shipping, warehousing,...
View ArticleJoe Harris to undergo season-ending surgery, Sean Marks says
Joe Harris will not return this season for the Nets. General manager Sean Marks announced that Harris would have to undergo season-ending surgery. Marks delivered the bad news during an interview with...
View ArticleThe Nets players to keep your eyes on during the final 18 games of the season
The Nets are down to their final 18 games of the year and they're still sitting in a play-in-round spot. Brooklyn is desperately trying to leapfrog the Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers [1] to...
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