‘The City Knew People Were Being Exposed to Danger’
Long-Sought, Post-September 11 Memo Points to Divergence Between Public Optimism and Private Concerns. An October 2001 memorandum confirming that the administration of then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani understood the potential health dangers posed by toxic debris from the destruction of the World Trade Center, even as...
Newest North Jersey hospital ER opens to ease growing demand
When Dr. Dominic Ruocco began working at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, the area surrounding the hospital along the Hudson River was scattered with empty factories, dilapidated piers and vacant lots from a bygone industrial era. That was in 2003. Today the neighborhood is almost unrecognizable, with dozens...
NYC nurses reach a deal to end a strike at 2 major hospitals while...
NEW YORK (AP) — Nurses and two major hospital systems in New York City have reached a deal to end a nearly monthlong strike over staffing levels, workplace safety, health insurance and other issues. The tentative agreement announced Monday by the union representing nurses involves the Montefiore and Mount Sinai...
Mayor Mamdani Appoints Phylisa Wisdom as Executive Director of Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism
At a moment of heightened concern over rising antisemitism across the city and the nation, New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani today announced the appointment of Phylisa Wisdom as Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism. The appointment underscores the administration’s commitment to...
Zohran Mamdani disses Catholics by breaking decades of tradition and skipping archbishop ceremony
Mayor Zohran Mamdani committed a cardinal sin last week by dissing millions of area Catholics as the first city mayor in nearly 100 years — and possibly ever — to skip the local archbishop’s installation. Ronald Hicks, 58, on Friday became the 11th archbishop of the New York Archdiocese since 1850, accepting the...
Historians help uncover forgotten stories of Harlem Renaissance at Woodlawn Cemetery
The movement, in the early 1900s, came on the backs of Black artists, doctors and community leaders who in some cases have been forgotten -- until now.
Robbery Outside Movie Theater; Another Subway Platform Assault
Almost everybody likes crime movies but to become an assault and robbery victim while working at the movies—that’s something else. The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the four individuals depicted in the attached media wanted in connection with a robbery that...
Another toddler dead because progressives believe ACS should be abolished
“I fought for my son. I warned ACS, the courts, NYPD. Everybody. But now y’all can hear me? Now y’all can hear me?” Cyndy Williams asked. Williams, whose 2-year-old son Maliek succumbed to his injuries at NewYork-Presbyterian on Thursday, says she tried to get the authorities to pay attention to the danger that...
Grim Morning for NYC Transit as Two Men Found Dead on Subway Trains
Law enforcement sources said a 23-year-old man was found dead inside the train when police arrived.
N.Y. weather: Here’s the latest timeline for snow, wintry mix Tuesday in NYC
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Some more winter weather may be headed our way, with meteorologists tracking a wintry mix for Tuesday evening. “As we head into tomorrow evening and tomorrow night, there’s a warm front that will push through the area and that can bring on a little bit of snow or a bit of rain,” Matt Benz, a...
