Tag Archives: NYC

Gothamist reports: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to deploy the National Guard and state police to check bags on New York City’s subway system was immediately met with concerns that it was more rooted in politics than public safety. Then Hochul said as much on TV. “I’m also going to demonstrate that Democrats fight crime as well,” she said during an …

Gothamist reports: FBI investigators searched the Bronx home of top mayoral adviser Winnie Greco on Thursday, officials confirmed to Gothamist, amid an ongoing probe into Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign fundraising. An FBI spokesperson confirmed that agents entered a home on Gillespie Avenue in the Bronx “to conduct a court-authorized law enforcement activity.” Adams’ 2021 campaign has been under federal public …

ABC News reports: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday asked a judge to impose a gag order on former President Donald Trump, who is charged in New York with falsifying business records related to hush money he paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump is already under a limited gag order in his federal election interference case in …

Newsweek reports: Author Scott Adams has vowed to stop doing business in New York, following the ruling that banned Donald Trump from running a company in the state for three years. Adams announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he was “canceling all NYC business trips until the Trump property seizure is reversed. Also no new business with NY …

Fox Business reports: As a 30-day deadline looms for former President Donald Trump to fork over $355 million in a civil fraud trial, several of his multi-million assets could be on the chopping block to pay off the fine. These assets would presumably include buildings owned by the Trump Organization such as the iconic Trump Tower, Trump Park Ave, 1290 …

Glenn Beck writes on Twitter: I spoke with truckers who are boycotting New York City over the state’s decision to charge Donald Trump $355 million for a VICTIMLESS “crime.” Their message was clear. Rob from Pennsylvania: “Under no circumstances will I cross that bridge again.” Roger from Alabama: “If a bunch of independent truck drivers start doing this, NYC will …

The right wing Townhall reports: A trucker who went viral for saying he would refuse to drive into the Big Apple in protest over former President Trump getting hit with a $355 million fine in his fraud case has reversed course after he says he was being “misrepresented” as a leader of a movement. In a viral video posted by …

In several Truth Social posts this morning, Trump has promoted the supposed trucker boycott of New York City, writing, “Such an honor to have so many Great Patriots on the side of FREEDOM! Joe Biden’s Unfair and Dangerous Weaponization of Law Enforcement is a serious threat to Democracy. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump goes on to post a supportive tweet …

The New York Times reports: Up and down the spine of Manhattan, condominiums in high-rise buildings emblazoned with Mr. Trump’s name have underperformed, according to sales data from two real estate tracking firms, and an analysis of the data by the Columbia University economist Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh. Even the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue saw the average price per square …

NBC News reports: Brooklyn man who had been arrested at anti-vaccine protests at a Burger King, an Applebee’s and a Cheesecake Factory in New York City was arrested by federal authorities Wednesday and charged with assaulting law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Mitchell Bosch, 44, was identified with the help of online “sedition hunters” …

The New York Times reports: The race has been dominated by an international migrant crisis and attracted $15 million in outside spending. But the special House election to replace George Santos in New York on Tuesday may come down to the most local of problems: an ill-timed Election Day snowstorm. Forecasters were calling for a half foot or more of …

The New York Times reports: Heavy snowfall will spread over parts of the Northeast starting late Monday and into Tuesday, with some areas expected to get up to two inches of snow an hour, National Weather Service forecasters said. Even Central Park, which hasn’t been coated in a half a foot of snow or more since Jan. 29, 2022, could …

The New York Times reports: The New York Police Department robot sat motionless like a sad Wall-E on Friday morning, gathering dust inside an empty storefront within New York City’s busiest subway station. No longer were its cameras scanning straphangers traversing Times Square. No longer were subway riders pressing its help button, if ever they had. New York City has …

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, …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …