Child’s head gets stuck in new NYC subway fare gate: Mother
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — The MTA is facing questions about the safety of its new subway fare gates after some people, including children, were injured. Four new types of fare gates are being tested out at multiple subway stations to eventually replace turnstiles at nearly 200 stations by 2029. The gates have already...
Zohran Mamdani will become first NYC mayor sworn in on Quran when he takes...
Zohran Mamdani will be the first New York City mayor to be sworn in on a Quran when he takes office at midnight on Jan. 1, officials said. Mamdani, who will be the first Muslim to lead City Hall, will use at least three different sets of Islam’s holy book to take the oath of office during his private and public...
What MetroCard Users Need to Know Before OMNY Card Deadline
The MTA has announced that the final day for MetroCard sales and distribution will be December 31.
Stolen mandolins returned to NJ guitar shop with apology note: ‘Sorry, I been drunk.’
Owner Buzzy Levine said security cameras captured a man taking two mandolins from the wall and tucking them into his jacket.
Another ISIS sympathizer charged in Texas
(The Center Square) – Another alleged ISIS sympathizer has been charged with an international terrorism offense in Texas, again in the Dallas area, by way of New York City. John Michael Garza, Jr., 21, of Midlothian, Texas, was charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign...
‘Not a rookie job.’ ATM theft duo behind citywide spree targets East New York
According to the NYPD, the suspects are believed to be responsible for at least 17 incidents reported across multiple precincts in Brooklyn and Queens over the span of several weeks.
2 facing murder charges after deadly neighbor dispute in the Bronx, police say
The victim identified her alleged killer before dying, prosecutors said at an arraignment on Monday afternoon.
Out-of-town Zohran Mamdani fans plan travel to NYC for inauguration: ‘Want to be a...
The comrade caravan’s coming to New York. Smitten Zohran Mamdani supporters claim they’re coming to the Big Apple and braving Manhattan during the New Year’s rush to soak in the socialist darling’s inauguration block party. Mam-iac Alan Faz, 29, told the New York Times he’s making a 1,500-mile trek from Fort Worth,...
City declares 25,000 firearms removed from street since beginning of Adams’ term
CITYWIDE — MAYOR ERIC ADAMS and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Monday announced that the NYPD has removed more than 25,000 illegal firearms from New York City streets since January 2022, including 5,200 this year, and celebrated four consecutive years of declines in shootings and homicides. According to the...
The Iconic First Lady of NYC
I love these photos of Rama Duwaji by Szilveszter Mako — a perfect combination of photographer and subject. Duwaji is an artist, illustrator, New Yorker, and second-generation Syrian-American. She is also married to Zohran Mamdani, who is the mayor-elect of NYC.
