NYC closed 63 migrant shelters this year, including Roosevelt Hotel
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – The city has closed 63 migrant shelters over the past year, including The Roosevelt Hotel arrival center, which closed last week. On Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams celebrated the closure of The Roosevelt Hotel, which became an arrival and intake center for migrants in May 2023. “This is going to...
Ramaswamy Condemns GOP Attacks on NYC Mayoral Candidate Mamdani
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy criticized members of his own party Tuesday over the racially charged backlash against Zohran Mamdani, the apparent winner of New York City‘s Democratic mayoral primary. Responding on X, Ramaswamy called out what he termed “the race-obsessed fringe of the right,” writing,...
WATCH: Giuliani Calls New Dem Candidate ‘Enemy of America’
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani refused to condemn the blatant Islamophobia circling new Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during an interview with Piers Morgan this week. Morgan put Giuliani in the hot seat by demanding whether he would have a “problem with a Muslim mayor of New York.” The disbarred...
Democratic NYC Mayoral Nominee Zohran Mamdani Says There Shouldn’t Be ‘Any Billionaires’
The Democratic mayoral nominee for New York City mayor, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D), stated that there shouldn’t be any billionaires in a new interview. “You are a self-described Democratic socialist,” NBC’s Meet the Press host Kristen Welker said to Mamdani during an interview on June 29. “Do you think...
The Harlem club that banned all Black patrons except the performers
Owney Madden bought Club Deluxe in 1923 and renamed it the Cotton Club, which once sat at 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. Madden used the club to sell his illegal “Number One Beer.” Meanwhile, black performers entertained nightly under Prohibition’s shadow. Madden’s connections made the...
Mayor Adams takes swipe at rival as NYPD reports crime continues to fall
Mayor Eric Adams swears in Jessica Tisch as the next commissioner of the New York City Police Department. The mayor credited his experience and his administration’s policing strategy. [ more › ]
Suspect turns himself in after slipping away from cops during arrest
A suspect who managed to slip away during an arrest early Tuesday morning in Brooklyn has turned himself in, authorities confirmed.
Officials: 24 alleged gang members charged in Essex County drug trafficking bust
Authorities say a violent street gang ran its organization in the Bradley Court Housing Complex in Newark.
Guyanese man cleared in Brooklyn killing wants to return to U.S. after deportation
Brian Kendall was deported to his native Guyana after serving 16 years for the fatal shooting prosecutors now say he didn't commit. Brian Kendall served more than 16 years for the 1988 killing. A judge vacated his conviction Tuesday. [ more › ]
Brooklyn MTA station agent says 2 female fare evaders beat her up
An MTA worker says she was assaulted on the job in Brooklyn over the weekend while trying to help an elderly man who was having trouble in transit.
