Mayor Adams touts housing units amid NYC housing crisis
CYPRESS HILLS, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that his administration has created, preserved, or planned for nearly 470,000 housing units during his 3.5 years in office—a figure he hopes will define his legacy amid New York’s worsening housing crisis. “We have already created, preserved or...
NYC Department of Education Spends $745,000 at a Single Restaurant
Open since 2015 in East New York, Fusion East (1179 Elton Street, at Vandalia Avenue) has built the kind of following most restaurants dream about — and not just because of its jerk chicken wings, jerk salmon, chicken and waffles, and roti. Owner Andrew Walcott, a U.S. Air Force vet who also happens to be a corporate...
Potential Gun Ban After Mass Shooting In New York
New rules may follow after an out-of-state gunman opened fire in New York, killing four. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is once again calling for a nationwide assault weapons ban. Hochul's plea comes following Monday's mass shooting at a Manhattan office building. Authorities say Shane Tamura sprayed the lobby at...
‘All hell broke loose’: Queens woman’s home flooded after LIRR wall gives way in...
A Queens woman’s backyard and basement were flooded when a Long Island Rail Road retaining wall gave way during Thursday’s heavy rain.
Queens teen sentenced to up to 4 years for fatal crash with 14-year-old girl
Fortune Williams with her mother, Keisha Francis. The now-18-year-old was driving a BMW his parents gave him before he was licensed. [ more › ]
Mayor Adams wants NYC to collect info on delivery workers — worrying immigrant groups
A delivery person in bike lane on E-bike with flower bouquets in Manhattan. Under newly proposed rules, delivery companies and others that employ people on bicycles would have to keep lists of workers available to the city. Advocates for immigrants and delivery workers say a roster of workers on bicycles could...
NYC deli worker stabbed to death by ‘agitated’ maniac in unprovoked attack: sources
A Brooklyn deli worker was stabbed to death by an “agitated” maniac in an unprovoked attack Friday afternoon, cops and sources said. The disturbed attacker walked into the NY Deli & Mini Market Corp. on Hegeman Avenue near Van Siclen Avenue in East New York just after 3 p.m., and workers — including the victim —...
Postal Worker From Union City Stole Credit Cards On Her Mail Route, North Bergen...
Eirin Novas, 39, was arrested Friday, July 25, and charged with credit card theft, fraudulent use of credit cards, and conspiracy, North Bergen Police Chief Robert J. Farley Jr. said in a press release Friday, Aug. 1. Awilda Taveras-Bido, 46, of Newark, was also charged with credit card theft, fraudulent...
15-Year-Old Was Almost Killed Trying to ’Subway Surf,’ Now He’s Warning Other Kids (Exclusive)
“I feel like God has a purpose for me — a reason for keeping me alive,” Terrell Ismail tells PEOPLE
Early Addition: Diddy wants a redo
Because he's asked a judge to throw out the guilty verdicts or give him a retrial, here are your early links: More pickleball, Presidential Fitness Test, most of the city's roadway dining structures are in rich neighborhoods and more. [ more › ]
