Tag Archives: NYC

Donors To Adams Say They Were Secretly Reimbursed

The City reports: Three contributors to Mayor Eric Adams’ 2025 re-election campaign recounted in interviews in the past month how they — and in two cases their spouses — were reimbursed for a total of more than $10,000 in donations by hotel and construction executives in violation of state law. The interviews came during a joint investigation by THE CITY, …

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New York Soon To Issue Rules On Home-Grown Weed

Gothamist reports: The Cannabis Control Board will vote on regulations that would let New Yorkers who are at least 21 years old cultivate up to six mature plants — meaning they have visible buds — and six immature plants per residence. Home cultivators would be able to keep up to 5 pounds of flower that’s been trimmed from those plants, …

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NYC Subway Tests Long-Awaited Platform Barriers

Gothamist reports: Commuters will notice something a little different the next time they’re at the 191st Street subway station in Manhattan. The Washington Heights stop now has platform barriers. It’s the first of four to get the new technology as part of a platform safety pilot program that could spread to the rest of the city. “It’s still in an …

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Protesters Mob Moms For Liberty NYC Event [VIDEO]

The Daily Beast reports: Moms for Liberty’s New York City event drew a large protest from local parents and the LGBTQ community Thursday evening—as well as guests including disgraced former Rep. George Santos and Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew. Protesters flocked to Manhattan on Thursday to oppose the right-wing extremist group, which hosted a “town hall” for “an honest conversation on …

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NYC Subway To Upgrade Train Locks After Joyrides

The City reports: The MTA plans to explore “biometric” technology to prevent break-ins to off-limits areas of subway trains, the head of New York City Transit told THE CITY — but in the meantime, will tweak existing locks. Richard Davey said security devices that recognize unique physical characteristics are among the potential long-term defenses being considered to keep vandals from …

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NYC Midwife Fined $300K For Faking Childhood Vaccine Records Of 1500 Kids, Gave Them “Homeopath Pellets”

Gothamist reports: The state alleged that midwife Jeannette Breen falsified the immunization records for about 1,500 children statewide at the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year. Breen was penalized $300,000 and permanently barred from administering vaccines reportable to the state, officials said. The state said the fabrications included records of vaccines for polio, chickenpox, measles, mumps and rubella, but excluded …

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NYC Venue To Donate Double Moms For Liberty Fee

From a statement posted online by Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association president Joseph Balaz [screencap above]: I am taking this opportunity to communicate about an upcoming rental event involving an outside group known as Moms For Liberty. For the past 130 years, BBLA has successfully supported Czech and Slovak heritage using the Bohemian National Hall as our cultural platform. Tens …

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NYC Sees End To Record 701-Day “Snow Drought”

The New York Times reports: New York City finally got its snow back. The most significant snowfall in nearly two years began covering the city late Monday. As of 7 a.m., 1.4 inches of snow had fallen in Central Park, according to the weather service — 0.4 inches falling before midnight, and one inch after. That broke a streak of …

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Czech Govt Condemns Moms For Liberty’s NYC Event

“I do not agree with the event, the activities of this organization do not correspond to the interests of Czech foreign policy, and if it were up to me, it would never have taken place on the grounds of the Czech national building. “This is an event realized on the basis of a commercial lease of the premises of the …

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Protest Planned For Moms For Liberty Manhattan Event

The New York Daily News reports: Moms for Liberty, a right-wing national organization that got its start pushing back against COVID-era school policies, is looking for new footing in New York City’s most staunchly liberal borough. The conservative group, which has reportedly been losing influence across the country, announced on social media a Jan. 18 town hall at the Bohemian …

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NYC Mayor Promotes Vegan Diet Over Diabetes Meds

Vice News reports: In You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment, a new documentary airing on Netflix, New York City mayor Eric Adams promotes not taking medication for diabetes and instead adopting a whole-foods, plant-based diet—a potentially deadly recommendation rejected by both the director of the documentary and the expert who designed the study on which it’s centered. In …

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Trump’s Name Stripped From Bronx Golf Course

The New York Daily News reports: The only Trump-branded business in the Bronx is officially no more. Casino and entertainment company Bally’s on Thursday formally stripped former President Donald Trump’s name from the Bronx golf course it bought from his namesake family business last year. The 18-hole course in Ferry Point Park, which has been called Trump Links since the …

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Joyriders Drive Empty NYC Subway Cars In Queens

Gothamist reports: A group of people took control of two subway cars stored at a train yard in Queens, driving them a “short distance” before fleeing on foot, the NYPD said Thursday. Police said the group entered the train operator compartments of two “lead cars” that control trains on Dec. 30 around 4:45 p.m. The trains were stored in a …

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24 Injured In NYC Subway Collision After Vandalism

The New York Daily News reports: Twenty-four people were hurt Thursday when a No. 1 train leaving the W. 96th St. and Broadway subway station jumped the track after a collision with another train, MTA and Fire Department officials said. About 300 people were aboard one of the trains, while the other had been stalled as subway workers repaired vandalism, …

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NYC Sues Migrant-Shipping Bus Companies For $700M

Just in via press release: New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Corporation Counsel Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix today announced a lawsuit against 17 charter bus and transportation companies that seeks to recoup all costs New York City has incurred providing emergency shelter and services to migrants transported by the charter bus companies — totaling at least approximately …

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NYC Public Hospitals Bring Back Mask Mandates

The New York Daily News reports: With COVID, flu and other respiratory illnesses on the rise, the NYC public hospital system is bringing back masking requirements. The mandate applies to anyone entering New York H+H hospitals, community health centers and nursing homes. It went into effect just after Christmas. “As we’ve seen an increase in COVID, flu and RSV, this …

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29 NYC Council Members: Ban Trump From NY Ballot

Gothamist reports: More than two dozen New York City councilmembers in a letter on Wednesday called on the state Board of Elections to withhold Donald J. Trump’s name from the state’s 2024 presidential primary and general election ballots. The letter, signed by 29 council members, all Democrats, represents a majority of the 51-member Council, and follows a similar effort initiated …

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Northeast May See First Snow Cover In Two Years

ABC News reports: Saturday night and Sunday evening, the storm will bring precipitation chances to the Northeast with a mix of rain and snow along the coasts and snow farther inland. For the New York City area, confidence in accumulating snow is highest across the Lower Hudson Valley and southern Connecticut. In New York City, it has been a record …

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MTA Says NYC’s 6 Train Saw 140M Riders This Year

Gothamist reports: Using data from Jan. 1, 2023 through the end of November, the MTA announced some of its most popular stops and stations of the year. The MTA said the station with the most MetroCard swipes was Flushing-Main Street, which clocked 6.3 million people using the traditional payment system. Meanwhile, the Grand Central Terminal subway station had a record …

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NYC Mayor Limits When Migrant Buses Can Arrive

The New York Daily News reports: New York City will only allow buses of asylum seekers to arrive between 8:30 a.m. and noon on weekdays going forward, Mayor Adams said Wednesday, instituting the restrictions in concert with Denver and Chicago, which created broader windows for bus arrivals. Adams said New York City’s policy, implemented through executive order, is intended to …

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