This veteran N.J. teacher’s career is over after Hurricane Sandy fraud scheme
A longtime New Jersey teacher has lost all of his teaching certificates after state officials found he helped falsely claim thousands of dollars in Hurricane Sandy disaster relief money. In a decision issued last month, the state Commissioner of Education upheld a 2024 ruling by the State Board of Examiners...
2 security guards busted for impeding NYPD cops from entering psych ward at NYC...
A security guard was arrested early Monday for allegedly impeding NYPD officers from entering the psych ward at a Brooklyn hospital where their colleague needed help, law enforcement sources said. An NYPD cop was supervising a prisoner who was receiving psychiatric treatment at the Kings County Hospital Center around...
NYC Nurses Strike Enters Fourth Week As Healthcare Benefits Cut
NYC's nursing strike enters its fourth week with 15,000 nurses still picketing for better staffing ratios and workplace safety protections. Some progress occurred when Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian agreed to maintain health benefits, but final agreements remain elusive. Meanwhile, Monte...
Kierce departing as Jersey City DPW director, will remain head of city’s OEM
Greg Kierce’s last day as the Jersey City Department of Public Works director will be April 15th as the city begins a nationwide search for his successor, though he will remain head of the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. “From day one, this administration has...
Multiple people taken into custody by ICE in Jersey City, Hoboken
Jersey City Councilman Jake Ephros recorded one of the ICE arrests.
ICE Out: Hudson County Officials Issue Emergency Community Meetings, Educational Resources After Arrests
Screenshot of Jersey City community meeting via Zoom. Editor’s note: Chelsea Pujols works in Immigration law. Many Hudson County community members made a statement on Sunday through emergency meetings and social media posts: get ICE out of their communities. On Sunday, a video circulated on social media showing an...
Connecticut girl with cancer bringing a ‘silly’ Vizsla to Westminster dog show
"(Sunny's) personality is really fun," said handler Michayla Hopkins, 11, of Plainfield.
This Vintage Coffee Soda Has A Small But Intensely Loyal Fan Following
Rarely will you find more steadfast fans of specific food and drink than in New York City. For this vintage coffee soda, the followers are intensely loyal.
Mayor Mamdani is failing at his core job: keeping NYC FUNCTIONING
The No. 1 job of a mayor, above everything else, is to keep his or her city functioning . Yet with people dying on the cold streets of New York and trash building up in parts of the city, New York is by no means functioning. Not even close . The snow and frigid temps have tested Gotham’s socialist Mayor Zohran...
NYPD identifies woman whose dismembered remains were found in Brooklyn
A victim has been identified after a woman's remains were found in Brooklyn on Sunday morning.
