NYC closes child care voucher applications: Here’s what that means for families
New York City is closing enrollment to new applicants of child care vouchers due to a standoff between the city and state, according to a recent media report. The New York Daily News reports that First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro announced Monday the city would close enrollment to new applicants who qualify for child...
NYers Spend Over 70% Of Income On Homeownership As City Ranks Among Nation’s Least...
We’ve gotta admit: when we see a new study released regarding buying a home in NYC, we don’t necessarily look forward to reading it. That’s because the last two studies we read found that in order to buy a home in NYC you need to have a salary of $186.1K–though in Manhattan your $100K salary only amounts to a mere...
Pit bulls maul service dog in unprovoked attack: owners
A dog is fighting for her life after the owners say two pit bulls attacked her, unprovoked, on the Upper West Side. The incident was caught on camera. FOX 5 NY's Hayley Fixler has the story.
Monday’s Headlines: NYPD Bike Crackdown Edition
NYPD's criminalization of several common cycling violations has attracted plenty of haters after Streetsblog's reporting exposed the new policy on Friday. One woman told our reporter Kevin Duggan she'd received a ticket when she hadn't even broken the law. The New York Civil Liberties Union warned that the new policy...
NYPD cracks down on cyclists and e-bike riders with criminal summonses
The shift is part of Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s “Quality of Life” initiative, which launched last month in six precincts, including two in Brooklyn.
Video show vicious dog-on-dog attack on NYC’s Upper West Side
A vicious dog attack caught on camera is renewing calls for a change in New York City's laws. Penny, a chihuahua mix, was mauled Saturday night on the Upper West Side, police said. Penny is now in intensive care, but the owners of the dogs who attacked likely won't face any serious criminal charges. What the video...
George Santos should keep his head up — nearly every NY pol gets busted
Greatest (corrupt) city ever New York. Greatest effing city in the universe . Even if some hidden planet’s newly discovered 113 quadrillion miles higher than wherever Pete Davidson floats — the fact is downtown, crosstown or wherever Bezos sticks his next banana, today our country tis of who knows from smartness and...
Final 10 days to get one time checks between $10,000 to $48,000 from $92...
THOUSANDS of New Yorkers could be in line for a serious payday, but the window to claim it is fast approaching. A $92.5 million settlement is up for grabs, and eligible individuals have just 10 days left to submit their claims. The money comes from a class action lawsuit filed...
Locals protest incoming homeless shelter after alleged NYC bait-and-switch: ‘Community is outraged’
Throngs of demonstrators marched through the normally sleepy streets of Sheepshead Bay to protest plans for a family homeless shelter — as locals claimed the city pulled a bait and switch to get the project OK’d. A long caravan of cars snaked through about 20 blocks of the Brooklyn neighborhood Sunday while crowds...
NYC subway passenger stabbed following argument aboard train, report says
A 46-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen on an F train near West 4th Street Washington Square station in Greenwich Village Friday afternoon, ABC7 reported. The incident occurred around 4:45 p.m. as the victim and his alleged attacker engaged in a verbal argument that turned physical, the report said.
