Tag Archives: NYC

FBI Probes Fire At Home Of Just-Arrested Bannon Crony

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: A fire broke out inside an Upper East Side hotel on Wednesday and the FBI is now involved in the investigation. The FBI’s New York Field office is working to determine whether the fire at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in the Upper East Side is linked to the Wednesday morning arrest of exiled Chinese businessman …

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New York Gov Scraps Plan For AirTrain To LaGuardia

The New York Times reports: There will be no AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport. Gov. Kathy Hochul has abandoned plans to build a light-rail link to LaGuardia after a review found that the project’s cost had ballooned to $2.4 billion, more than five times initial estimates. When Ms. Hochul’s predecessor, Andrew M. Cuomo, first announced the pet project in 2015, he …

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Trump Asked To Testify Before New York Grand Jury

The Associated Press reports: Former President Donald Trump has been invited to testify before a New York grand jury that has been investigating hush money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign, according to one of his lawyers. Trump attorney Joseph Tacopina confirmed Thursday that the Manhattan district attorney’s office has invited the former president to testify …

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Prosecutors Signal Criminal Charges Likely For Trump

The New York Times reports: The Manhattan district attorney’s office recently signaled to Donald J. Trump’s lawyers that he could face criminal charges for his role in the payment of hush money to a porn star, the strongest indication yet that prosecutors are nearing an indictment of the former president, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. The …

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E-Bike Battery Sparks Five-Alarm Fire In The Bronx

Gothamist reports: Seven people were injured after an e-scooter battery exploded in the back of a Bronx supermarket Sunday morning, officials said. The fast-moving blaze ripped through a commercial building on 181st Street and Grand Concourse, causing “an extraordinary amount of damage,” according to FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanaugh. Hundreds of firefighters were still working to contain the fire on Sunday …

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NYC To Pay $6 Million To Black Lives Matter Protesters

Gothamist reports: New York City has agreed to pay more than $20,000 each to hundreds of individuals who were trapped by police and attacked with batons and pepper spray during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx. According to documents filed in federal court on Tuesday evening, the city and the NYPD reached …

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NYPD: Drop Mask And Show Face When Entering Stores

New York City’s CW affiliate reports: Customers should be required to show their faces before being allowed into businesses, NYPD officials urged on Tuesday. Removing a mask and allowing identification can be a “condition of entry,” NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said. Businesses can then allow people to put masks back on after they’ve shown their face. “We’re seeing …

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Adams’ Spox: He Didn’t Mean That Church/State Thing

Gothamist reports: Asked about the mayor’s remarks, Fabien Levy, the mayor’s press secretary, clarified that the mayor is not in fact opposed to the separation of church and state. “The policies we make as an administration are rooted in the mayor’s belief in the creator,” Levy said in a statement. “The mayor personally believes all of our faiths would ensure …

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Dem NYC Mayor Condemns Church/State Separation: When We Took Prayer Out Of Schools, Guns Came In

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams on Tuesday dismissed the notion that there should be a separation between church and state in American society, drawing ire from fellow Democrats and civil rights advocates who contended his line of argument runs counter to deep-rooted U.S. values. The tone was set by Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Adams’ chief adviser in City Hall, …

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Ali Forney Center Defies New Overnight Sleeping Ban

The New York Times reports: The city’s overnight drop-in centers for homeless and runaway youth, which are serving a rising number of young people, received a jarring message last month: “Effective immediately, providers are required to discontinue the practice of allowing youth and young adults to sleep overnight.” At least one of the centers has responded in turn: no. Alexander …

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NY Dems Press Biden To Select NYC For Convention

Punchbowl News reports: Democrats from the high-powered New York delegation are lining up behind New York City’s bid to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), along with 16 of his congressional colleagues, are writing today to urge President Joe Biden to choose NYC over Atlanta or Chicago. The letter enjoys the support of Senate Majority Leader …

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NYC Pride Flag Arsonist Has Screaming Fit In Court

The New York Post reports: The woman accused of setting a pride flag on fire outside a Manhattan restaurant sparked chaos in court Wednesday, repeatedly shouting during her first appearance before a judge. Angelina Cando, 35, interrupted the proceeding in Manhattan Criminal Court several times as prosecutors accused her of going on a vandalizing spree over the weekend that included …

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“Jesus Is King” Woman Charged With Hate Crime Arson Of Manhattan Restaurant’s Rainbow Pride Flag [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: The woman caught on video burning a gay pride rainbow flag outside a SoHo restaurant has been nabbed, police said Wednesday. Angelina Cando, 30, was busted Tuesday — her third arrest in less than a month — and charged with arson, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment, all as hate crimes. The ponytailed Cando was …

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Pride Flag Torched Outside Manhattan Restaurant

New York City’s CBS affiliate reports: Police say a Pride flag was intentionally set on fire outside a restaurant overnight in Manhattan. The incident is now under investigation as a potential hate crime. It happened around 1:30 a.m. Monday at Little Prince restaurant on Prince Street in SoHo. Police say the suspect pulled up, got out of a car, set …

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DeSantis To Staten Island Cops: “Is This Florida North?”

Staten Island Live reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to be the standard-bearer for the Republican Party, but while speaking early Monday morning to an enthusiastic Staten Island crowd he didn’t mention the elephant in the room. DeSantis spoke at an Annadale law enforcement event, hosted by the New York State Fraternal Order of Police, about the need for safer …

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Alligator Captured In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park [Video]

NY1 reports: A four-foot-long alligator was rescued from Prospect Park Lake Sunday, the city’s parks department said. No one was injured by the gator, and it was taken first to an animal care center before ultimately being transported to the Bronx Zoo to be evaluated and treated, parks officials said. The alligator has been nicknamed Godzilla, the New York City …

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Tomorrow: DeSantis To Attend Staten Island Police Rally

The New York Post reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will visit New York City Monday for a pro-law enforcement rally at a catering hall in Staten Island – a holiday incursion into one of former President Trump’s most loyal strongholds. The 7:30 a.m. President’s Day speech at Privé will be the governor’s first stop on a multi-city tour to showcase …

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U-Haul Driver Deliberately Hits Brooklyn Pedestrians

The News York Times reports: A man driving a U-Haul box truck was arrested on Monday after he drove onto sidewalks and hit at least three people in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, the police said. The driver, whom the police had not identified by Monday early afternoon, had been stopped by officers around 10:50 a.m. He tried to …

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Cohen: NYC Trump/Stormy Case Is About To “Take Off”

Politico reports: Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen expressed confidence Wednesday about the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into the former president’s hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels. “I believe that there is a case,” Cohen told reporters outside Manhattan Supreme Court before meeting with prosecutors for District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The “seriousness of the prosecutorial team” was “evident by their in-depth …

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NYC Presses State To Lower DUI Limit By Nearly Half

Gothamist reports: New York City’s top transportation official on Tuesday urged state lawmakers to pass a bill lowering the state’s DWI limit to .05, saying the state has historically been too slow to act on drunken driving laws. Ydanis Rodriguez, commissioner of the city Department of Transportation, reiterated Mayor Eric Adams’ support of the measure during a news conference at …

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