Op-ed | Stay safe and healthy while celebrating the new year
The holidays are here, with the new year approaching, and I know many New Yorkers are making difficult decisions on how to connect with family, friends and loved ones. This is a time of the year we all...
View ArticleIslanders game Wednesday vs. Red Wings postponed due to COVID
The New York Islanders' game on Wednesday against the Detroit Red Wings has been postponed, the team announced on Tuesday, for what is being described as "COVID-related issues." Detroit had as many as...
View ArticleHe’s got trouble: Broadway’s ‘Music Man,’ Hugh Jackman, tests positive for...
Broadway's revival of "The Music Man," the hottest ticket in town, on Tuesday canceled performances for five days after star Hugh Jackman tested positive for COVID. In the latest New York City show to...
View ArticleAdams announces two appointments from comptroller’s office
Mayor-elect Eric Adams on Tuesday focused on compliance and risk management—two elements of the comptroller’s office that he will be bringing into City Hall. Adams and his new chief counsel, Brendan...
View Article‘I give because I know what it’s like to have nothing’: Bronx native...
A drug treatment savior has delivered holiday gifts to those in recovery for nearly two and a half decades in Manhattan Valley. Lynne Corry arrived at Samaritan Daytop Village in 1997 with her newborn...
View ArticleNo criminal charges for ex-New York Governor Cuomo over two kissing complaints
A county prosecutor in New York has decided not to bring criminal charges against Andrew Cuomo, the state's former governor, over accusations he kissed two women against their will. Westchester...
View ArticleNFL Hall of Fame coach, commentator John Madden dies at 85, league announces
Famed National Football League (NFL) coach and commentator John Madden died unexpectedly on Tuesday at the age of 85, the NFL reported. Madden led the then-Oakland Raiders to their first Super Bowl...
View ArticlePolitical Odds & Ends, Dec. 29, 2021
Hochul Announces Availability of $90 Million in Fed Emergency Homes Heating Aid [caption id="attachment_60455" align="alignleft" width="192"] Governor Kathy Hochul[/caption] Gov. Kathy Hochul announced...
View ArticleCongressman Suozzi is pent up over Penn Station mess, citing crime,...
Congressman Thomas Suozzi decried the literal trail of blood that has stemmed from Penn Station throughout 2021. Long Island/Queens representative and gubernatorial hopeful Suozzi pulled very few...
View ArticleCops seek woman who spat on and punched man in Greenwich Village subway station
The NYPD is looking for a woman who assaulted a man at a Greenwich Village subway station on Christmas Eve. According to police, at 1:20 p.m. on Dec. 24 an unknown young woman was having an argument...
View ArticleKyrie Irving back on the court with Nets
He's Baaack! Kyrie Irving made his first appearance in front of the cameras since media day and was back on the court with his Brooklyn Nets teammates for the first time since clearing COVID protocol...
View ArticleNew York State counts over 67,000 new cases of COVID-19 in one day
Cases of COVID-19 are continuing to climb in New York amid the holiday season. According to Governor Kathy Hochul's office, 67,090 tests came back positive on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 18.5% of the 362,594....
View ArticleMayor-elect Eric Adams moves inauguration to Times Square ball drop
Just after the ball drops on 2021, Mayor-elect Eric Adams will take the oath of office as New York City's 110th mayor at midnight Saturday morning in Times Square. The inauguration will take place just...
View ArticleGhislaine Maxwell found guilty of aiding Epstein’s sex abuse
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty by a U.S. jury on Wednesday of helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. Maxwell was convicted on five of six counts....
View ArticleFinal reprieve: Hochul grants clemency to 10 individuals before the New Year
Governor Kathy Hochul made her first batch of pardons as governor for the holiday season, granting clemency of just under a dozen older adults, yet only one of whom is currently spending their senior...
View ArticleSix development teams will bid to develop four new borough-based jails as...
Six teams of development and construction companies have been selected to bid to develop the four borough-based jails planned to replace the infamous and inhumane Rikers Island, Mayor Bill de Blasio...
View ArticlePolitical Odds & Ends, Dec. 30, 2021
Adams Names Frank Carone Chief of Staff [caption id="attachment_60415" align="alignleft" width="192"] Mayor-Elect Eric Adams[/caption] Mayor-elect Eric Adams plans on Thursday to name Attorney Frank...
View ArticleU.S. FDA expected to approve boosters of Pfizer’s vaccine for 12-15 year-olds...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday is planning to authorize booster doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, the New York Times reported, citing people...
View Article