Lifeguard charged with lying about 2 brothers who drowned in N.J. pool
A lifeguard at a school pool in Hudson County who told police that two teenage brothers had been asked to get out of the deep end shortly before they drowned has been charged with lying to police. The brothers – Chu Ming Zheng, 19, and Jack Jiang, 16 – drowned...
One Of NYC’s Oldest Operating Bars Was Once A Star In Your Favorite Mob...
You may not know this nearly 200-year-old tavern by name, but you'll recognize it as a background in one of Martin Scorsese's most memorable films.
O’Dea: Some of Jersey City’s prior financial decisions ‘were borderline on criminal’
Hudson County Commissioner Bill O’Dea (D-2) declared that some of Jersey City’s prior financial decisions “were borderline on criminal” at an otherwise fairly standard budget Town Hall in Ward C last night. “We all knew there was a budget problem. But nobody knew it was this...
NYC $30 minimum wage proposal pushed by Mamdani would ‘obliterate’ certain industries: expert warns
NYC council considers controversial $30 minimum wage proposal that has local businesses and economists warning of major economic consequences for workers.
Queens mother sues New York City over removal of baby without court order
Meredith Trainor with her daughter's baby shoes and blanket. The baby was one of the more than 1,300 children the city separates from their parents without a court order each year, according to the agency’s data. [ more › ]
Mamdani Cuts Legal Lifeline for His Predecessor
(This content was created with the help of AI.) New York's current mayor is cutting a key lifeline for the city's former one. Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration has asked a court to let it withdraw city-funded lawyers for ex-Mayor Eric Adams in a sexual assault lawsuit, citing what Corporation Counsel Steve Banks...
Community showing support for beloved doorman attacked in Upper West Side building lobby
A GoFundMe is raising money in support of a 79-year-old doorman who was attacked in the lobby of an Upper West Side apartment building on March 8.
This city might raise its minimum wage to $30, the highest in the U.S.
The federal minimum wage currently sits at $7.25 an hour, as it has since 2009. A new proposal in New York City wants to establish a minimum wage that’s more than four times that amount. Nation’s Restaurant News (NRN) reports that Brooklyn City Council Member Sandy Nurse put forward...
Critics Warn New Yorkers May Be ‘Forced to Sell Their Homes’ as Zohran Mamdani’s...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a new estate tax proposal that critics say could affect middle-class New Yorkers. According to a memo circulated by City Hall, the Democratic mayor wants to bring the estate tax exemption threshold from $7 million to $750,000, a move critics say would affect the middle class. New York is one...
Rikers Island correction officer from Coram pleads guilty to falsifying workers’ compensation claim
Todd Faustin, 43, of Coram pleaded guilty to making a false health care statement in connection to a claim made about an incident at Rikers Island, according to the New York State Department of Investigation. He agreed to pay both restitution and forfeiture, each to the amount of $370,336.79. The...
