NYC lawmakers push for new ‘code of conduct’ to regulate citizen complaint...
Idling trucks in Manhattan.The new measures follow reports of residents exploiting programs that allow them to file complaints against violators of the city’s noise and air codes. [ more › ]
View ArticleEarly Addition: Dancing with the ankle monitor
Because Anna Delvey is still under house arrest while on Dancing With the Stars, here are your early links: Trump went to a Manhattan Bitcoin bar, Joro spiders are moving north, really expensive Staten...
View Article24 low-budget ways to fall in love with NYC this autumn
A scene from a previous year's Stone Street Oktoberfest.Is there a better season to experience NYC? [ more › ]
View ArticleNYC's trash containerization plan may lead to fines for community street...
City councilmembers are asking Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch to give nonprofit groups that clean up business districts across the city time to figure out how to put waste in containers. [ more › ]
View ArticleNYC's been conducting fewer restaurant and rat inspections, report finds
A rat scavenges for food on a sidewalk in Lower Manhattan on Aug. 17, 2023.The health department said staffing issues are to blame, but added that it's ramping up personnel. [ more › ]
View ArticleQueens DA charges 15-year-old boy accused of shooting a driver, causing fatal...
A stock image of a police barrierProsecutors say he could face life in prison. [ more › ]
View ArticleExtra Extra: The Citi Bike Angels raising hell
Citi Bike logo seen on Oct. 23, 2022Because some of those "Bike Angels" are making bank, here are your afternoon links: A pop-up Rainforest Cafe, a "Rat Man" sculpture, why Michelle Obama was in...
View ArticleNJ’s OceanFirst Bank agrees to pay $15M, to settle claims it violated fair...
The federal government alleges the bank engaged in discriminatory lending practices in predominantly Black, Hispanic and Asian neighborhoods in Central Jersey. [ more › ]
View ArticleTeen boy shot outside Staten Island high school, NYPD says
Homicides are down in August 2024 compared to any August in decades, according to NYPD data.The shooting occurred a day after police found a loaded .45 caliber firearm on another 17-year-old student at...
View ArticleLabor board complaint accuses Trader Joe's of pressuring NYC store not to...
A shopper fills their cart at a Manhattan Trader Joe's.Supervisors at a Lower East Side location discouraged employees supporting the Trader Joe’s United union, according to a new complaint. [ more › ]
View ArticleCompany tied to brother of top Adams officials didn’t competitively bid...
The brother of Schools Chancellor David Banks (speaking) has been thrust into the spotlight after the three brothers’ phones were seized by federal officials.The city’s Administration for Children’s...
View ArticleSexual abuse investigations at Rikers languish under Adams
The city's compliance with federal guidelines on handling sexual abuse allegations in the city jails has worsened since Mayor Eric Adams took office.The correction department’s compliance with federal...
View ArticleFor great Mexican food, head to Sunset Park. Here are some of the best places.
Cecis quesadilla (with eggs, Oaxacan cheese, and avocado) and Elis quesadilla (with Oaxacan cheese, home fries, fresh jalapeño, and avocado) at Pablito's RestaurantYou’ll find fresh tortillas, elote,...
View ArticleNYPD: Teen charged with murder after LES woman is fatally shot trying to...
The building where a Lower East Side woman was fatally shot.The boy is the second teen this week charged with deadly gun violence. [ more › ]
View ArticleEarly Addition: Of all the people to throw a sex party during peak COVID
Senior Advisor Dr. Jay Varma on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 at a press briefing with Mayor Bill de Blasio.Because Dr. Jay Varma, the city's former COVID czar, should not have hosted a sex party in 2020,...
View ArticleBloody turn in NYC's fare evasion crackdown raises question: Is it worth it?
Protesters gather by the Sutter Avenue L train station.More police officers, soldiers and enforcement agents have surged into the subway, but fare evasion has only increased. [ more › ]
View ArticleBronx leaders, parents and law enforcement still face a fentanyl scourge a...
The death of a child last year from fentanyl exposure at the Divino Niño Day Care Center still haunts parents in the neighborhood.The Divino Niño Day Care is closed but the underlying fentanyl crisis...
View ArticleClimate Week, Climate Science Fair return to NYC this weekend: A breakdown of...
Bill Nye gives a fireside chat at the 2023 Climate Science Fair on the High Line. He'll return for the 2024 event.This year's Climate Week theme is "It's Time" — with an emphasis on urgency [ more › ]
View ArticleAnother Mayor Adams aide comes under federal scrutiny as officials visit her...
Mayor Eric Adams at the Labor Day parade on September 7, 2024.Officials visited the Brooklyn residence of Molly Schaeffer, who oversees migrant services, and the building where her parents live. [ more...
View ArticleExtra Extra: A new way for the public to cover the cost of the Buffalo Bills'...
Because Erie County is selling $5,000 bonds with a not-yet-determined interest rate to partially fund the stadium, here are your afternoon links: Diddy reportedly on suicide watch, "Pod Save America"...
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