‘EMS is the lowest-paid first responders in the city’: FDNY commissioner pushes EMS pay...
NEW YORK — Newly minted Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore made a fiery pitch for EMS pay parity during a “State of the FDNY” breakfast, claiming it was time EMS is embraced “as an equal in the Fire Department and in the first responder community.”. “EMS is...
Respectfully, Antonio Reynoso is from Brooklyn
Antonio Reynoso hadn’t even sat down at the coffee shop yet when he brought up his memories of the neighborhood. “This place used to be a Dominican dive bar,” he said. “They used to play típico here.”. Reynoso would know. He grew up down the street,...
The New ‘Poor Door’: Amenity Fees Are Too High for Affordable Housing Tenants
Tenants who get affordable housing through the city’s lottery or a rental assistance voucher often can’t afford amenity fees in new mixed-income luxury buildings, creating what one described as a “two-tiered system” within New York City rentals. “How can I be loitering in my own home?”
People Drive From All Over New York To This No-Fuss Restaurant For Its Legendary...
Ever notice how New Yorkers trust their feet more than reviews when it comes to steak? When people are willing to cross boroughs without complaint, something serious is happening behind the door. At Keens Steakhouse, the room carries a low confident energy, shaped by long lunches, unhurried dinners, and...
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...
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...
NYC cigar bar goes up in smoke, injuring 7
Where there’s smoking, there’s fire. Seven people were injured when a blaze broke out at a Brooklyn cigar bar early Saturday. Memorial honoring 41 victims of Swiss New Year’s Eve nightclub fire destroyed in early-morning blaze Firefighters battle a blaze at a cigar bar in Brooklyn early Saturday. Citizen Video...
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...
