Mayor Mamdani just joined the nurses’ picket line against HIMSELF
In joining striking private-hospital nurses on the picket line Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani forgot that he’s the city’s chief executive — and so part of the management the union is fighting. The city’s public hospitals, under NYC H+H , have already committed to matching the private-sector nurse contracts: The union...
12 New York Food Names That Sound Easy Until You Try Saying Them
New York menus can look friendly until your mouth meets a word that refuses to cooperate. You point, you smile, and then you try to say it out loud while the deli line inches forward. Some names look simple on paper but turn into a confidence test the moment you...
Judge Judy To Receive BFOA Lifetime Achievement Award
The Broadcasters Foundation of America has chosen Judge Judy Sheindlin as its 2026 Edward F. McLaughlin Lifetime Achievement Award honoree at the annual BFOA Gala for the Emmy Award winner’s lasting contributions to the broadcast industry. Sheindlin, who transitioned from serving as a New York City Family Court...
New York’s Borough-Based-Jail Plan Is Illegal
In 2019, the New York City Council and then-mayor Bill de Blasio set a deadline for closing the jail facilities on Rikers Island. As part of that plan, the council authorized the construction of four “borough-based jails”—one in each borough, except Staten Island—and passed a resolution barring the operation of any...
Whats With All the Empty Storefronts on Washington Street? We Asked Experts
Walking along Washington Street in Hoboken, it’s hard not to notice a handful of empty windows, shuttered doors, and dark storefronts. And we took a walk from 15th Street to the Observer Highway, and counted: right now 24 storefronts are currently empty, with about five of them undergoing renovations. It’s not the...
NYC Police Seek Missing Teen from Pennsylvania
New York City Police Department (NYPD) is actively searching for Isabella Hatt, a 16-year-old from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, who went missing on Thursday (January 8). She was last seen outside Penn Station in New York City shortly before 8 a.m. after traveling by bus from Harrisburg. Hatt's family has stated that...
Judge: Marital bliss and claims of monogamy are no defense against rape conspiracy charges
NEW YORK (AP) — Getting married and allegedly embracing a monogamous lifestyle cannot prove the innocence of a man charged in a conspiracy with his two brothers — both luxury real estate brokers — to sexually assault dozens of women, a federal judge said Monday. Judge Valerie E. Caproni rejected Alon Alexander’s...
New Jersey man fractures girl’s skull by allegedly throwing rock through school bus window,...
A New Jersey man was arrested after allegedly throwing a rock that smashed through a school bus window, fracturing a young girl’s skull, police said.
Eric Adams Seemed Pretty Convinced That Gracie Mansion Was Really Haunted
Eric Adams claimed that Gracie Mansion was haunted, but is the New York City mayoral residence really as filled with ghosts as he suggests?
House in New York Condemned As Hundreds of Rats Found Inside
Officials report that the residence has been "completely overrun by hundreds of rats that were kept as pets.
