New York Man Arrested in Wisconsin in North Carolina Pokémon Card Fraud Case
A New York City man wanted in a Craven County fraud investigation involving Pokémon cards was arrested in Wisconsin on September 2 and booked into the Milwaukee County Jail. Jeancarlos Castellanos, 27, now faces 11 felony counts filed by two Eastern North Carolina agencies. WITN, citing deputies, reported that the case
13 American Bridges Carrying Far More Than Designed
You’ve probably driven across at least one of these bridges assuming the engineers who built it planned for today’s traffic. They didn’t. Nearly every major American river, bay, and canal crossing was designed around the traffic patterns of its own era – not the sprawling metro areas, freight corridors, and vacation bo
Two construction workers injured in partial Mott Haven site collapse
Emergency crews were called to the job site at a vacant building located at 477 Willis Ave, after bricks fell from a wall causing scaffolding to collapse.
COVID-19 Cases Rise in NYC
COVID-19 activity increasing in New York City, alongside upward trends across much of the country, according to NYC Health and the CDC. The New York City Health Department’s latest respiratory illness dashboard shows COVID-19 accounting for 0.24% of emergency department visits during the week of Aug. 1, up from 0.18% i
NYC Councilwoman Says Mamdani Is Sending ‘A Message To Osama bin Laden’ – Who...
NYC Councilwoman Vickie Paladino criticized Mayor Zohrani Mamdani for signing executive orders related to the Sept. 11 attacks and planning to attend a commemoration event. New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R) slammed Mayor Zohrani Mamdani on Tuesday, hours after he signed a pair of executive orders regarding
Coney Island Parking Lot Sells for $20 Million, Nearly Doubling in Two Years
A surface parking lot along the Coney Island boardwalk just sold for $20 million, nearly double what it fetched only two years earlier. The 69,530-square-foot property at 2015 Boardwalk West traded hands in a deal brokered by TerraCRG, with developers Nalcorp and Clipper Equity emerging as the buyers of an oceanfront d
9/11 anniversary: Air quality records released, air more dangerous than admitted 25 years ago
New documents reveal NYC officials knew of hazardous air quality following the 9/11 attacks.
Seinfeld-approved New York bagel shop sets opening for first Houston spot
An iconic New York City bagel shop has set the opening date for its first Houston location. H&H Bagels will open this Thursday, September 10, at 2850 Westheimer, the bakery announced on social media. The bagel shop traces its roots back to 1972, when Helmer Toro and his brother-in-law Hector...
Artist and downtown darling, Lucien Smith, dead at 37
Artist Lucien Smith, the downtown darling whose meteoric rise helped define New York’s early-2010s art scene, has died at 37. Bill Powers, whose Half Gallery presented Smith’s first solo gallery exhibition, “Good Vibrations,” in 2012, remembered the artist as an important figure whose influence will endure. “When peopl
Outrage as Former Al-Qaeda Defense Lawyer Takes 9/11 Pen in Mamdani’s New York Signing...
It’s only just a few more days to go before the 25th 9/11 anniversary, but New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing yet another wave of criticism after a ceremonial pen used to sign 9/11-related executive orders was handed to his chief counsel, Ramzi Kassem. Kassem is a lawyer who previously represented a Guantánam

















