Queens Council member Adrienne Adams celebrates victory in Speaker run
Queens Councilmember Adrienne Adams celebrated her all-but-guaranteed victory to be the next Council Speaker Sunday during a Zoom conference with fellow members of the city's legislative body. "There’s...
View ArticleAdams Appoints Ydanis Rodriguez DOT Commissioner
Mayor-elect Eric Adams on Monday announced the appointment of term-limited City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT)....
View ArticleCOVID-19 Omicron Update: a Guide for NYC Parents
[caption id="attachment_359718" align="alignnone" width="791"] [1] Getty Images[/caption] COVID Omicron Update: a Guide for NYC Parents We are all currently or about to be experiencing deja vu with the...
View ArticleGiants QB Daniel Jones done for 2021 season due to neck injury
New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones will not return to play for the remainder of the 2021 season due to a neck injury that has yet to be resolved, according to multiple reports Monday. Jones had...
View ArticleActing State Health Commish Mary Bassett tests positive for COVID-19; Hochul...
The state's acting Health Commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, has tested positive for COVID-19, Governor Kathy Hochul revealed during a briefing Monday, Dec. 20. New York's top health official got a...
View ArticleOp-Ed | Providing food—and hope—for people and pets across NYC
A hallmark of the holiday season is compassion—a spirit of appreciation and generosity that can extend to both vulnerable people and pets in need. Typically, we see those acts as separate, but in many...
View ArticlePolitical Odds & Ends, Dec. 21, 2021
City Council Approves Stavisky-Braunstein Bill Extending the J-51 Property Tax Exemption [caption id="attachment_48641" align="alignleft" width="169"] State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky[/caption] [caption...
View ArticleSlain Brooklyn officers memorialized at anniversary mass
A pair of Brooklyn officers who were slain in the line of duty were remembered for their service at a memorial mass on Monday, where family members, locals and politicians alike paid their respects to...
View ArticleOperation sleigh ride: NYPD delivers gifts throughout NYC
New York City’s finest took the reins from Santa Claus this Christmas week to bring toys and holiday cheer during their sleigh ride throughout the five boroughs. While Father Christmas may have his...
View ArticleHochul wants to study widening of nearly century-old Outerbridge Crossing on...
Governor Kathy Hochul wants officials to study widening the Outerbridge Crossing connecting Staten Island to New Jersey to improve a “commuter headache” caused by congestion on the 93-year-old span....
View ArticleJamaica-based drug network smashed after long-term investigation: DA Katz
A Jamaica-based drug-dealing ring supplying cocaine, crack and heroin in Queens, the Bronx and Nassau County was dismantled following a long-term multi-agency investigation, according to Queens...
View ArticleBlake Griffin stepping up for Nets when they’ve needed it
Just a few weeks ago Blake Griffin was riding the bench. Out of the starting lineup and out of the rotation, chances were few and far between for the six-time NBA All-Star. However, Griffin has been...
View ArticleFight, don’t starve: NYC restaurant workers threaten mass exodus amid Omicron...
With the Omicron variant infecting record numbers in New York City, restaurant staff and elected officials warn of severe dining interruptions as many workers are projected not to return to the...
View ArticleNew York State cracks 10% positivity as hospitalizations remain at half of...
New York State surpassed a 10% COVID-19 positivity rate, according to data released by Governor Kathy Hochul Tuesday, Dec. 21, as infections and hospitalizations continue to climb pushed by the Omicron...
View ArticleNHL players not participating at 2022 Winter Olympics
The NHL and the NHL Players' Association (NHLPA) have agreed not to send their players to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey tournament this February in Beijing, as first reported by...
View ArticleNBA creates contingency plan for Christmas Day Schedule
The NBA is putting the 10 teams, including the Brooklyn Nets, slated to play on Christmas Day on alert that there could be changes to the schedule if COVID-related issues rear their ugly heads. The...
View ArticleDeadly Brooklyn police shooting of man deemed ‘suicide by cop’: NYPD
The knife-wielding man killed in a Brooklyn police shooting on Monday morning [1] had apparently sought a "suicide by cop," the NYPD announced Tuesday. Two police officers opened fire on the...
View ArticlePolitical Odds & Ends, Dec. 22, 2021
Hochul Announces $230 in Additional SNAP Benefits for December [caption id="attachment_60455" align="alignleft" width="192"] Governor Kathy Hochul[/caption] Gov. Kathy Hochul announced yesterday that...
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