Cracking down on tax-skipping deadbeats could fill much of Mamdani’s $5.4B NYC budget hole:...
Instead of taxing the rich, Mayor Zohran Mamdani could fill nearly half of NYC’s projected $5.4 billion budget gap by simply collecting unpaid taxes and fines from deadbeats. As of Feb. 28, the city was sitting on $1.1 billion in uncollected property taxes, according to the city Comptroller’s Office. And it has also...
Alternate side parking suspended in NYC on these days
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — City drivers won’t have to worry about moving their cars over to the other side of the street for multiple days this week. Alternate side parking will be suspended for the second half of the week in observance of several holy holidays. Alternate side parking suspended on these days Alternate […]
Coast Guard helicopter rescues 4 from stranded yacht off New York coast
Four people were plucked from a stranded yacht by helicopter Saturday evening after deteriorating weather conditions prevented a boat-based rescue off the coast of New York. The U.S. Coast Guard received a distress call at 5:45 p.m., reporting that the 42-foot vessel Proudfoot was disabled and drifting in 12-foot...
1 dead, 1 in critical condition after brazen Easter Sunday shooting on NYC street
A young man was killed, and another man was left in critical condition after a relentless gunman shot the pair several times on a Brooklyn street on Easter Sunday, according to harrowing surveillance footage and authorities. Police discovered a 30-year-old man and a 50-year-old man both riddled with gunshot wounds...
Bomb Threat Clears Cheesecake Factory At Shops At Riverside Mall, Police Say
Hackensack police received a 9-1-1 call at approximately 12:48 p.m. reporting a bomb threat at the restaurant inside Riverside Square Mall, Hackensack Police Capt. Gregory Zisa said. The Cheesecake Factory and surrounding businesses were evacuated as a precaution. The Bergen County K9 Unit and Bomb Squad responded to...
Video shows crazy road rage cat fight that has witness begging priest for ‘a...
A beef in a Yonkers parking lot erupted into a wild caught-on-video road-rage brawl that landed a woman and a girl in handcuffs — and had one witness begging a priest for “a blessing,” according to a report. The scuffle involving multiple woman unfolded Tuesday on busy Nepperhan Avenue in the southern Westchester...
Bone-headed bandits try to steal McLaren, G wagon during NYC heist — only to...
A bunch of bone-headed bandits tried to swipe an ultra-lux blue McLaren and other posh cars from a Midtown parking garage Sunday — only to be foiled by a pesky security gate, police said. The four or five robbers entered the garage on West 43rd Street near 11th Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan just before 6...
Layoff notice issued to nearly 1,000 N.J. hospital employees, but owner says they shouldn’t...
Nearly 1,000 jobs are on the chopping block at Bayonne University Hospital, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filing with the state. The cuts are set to take effect June 29, according to the filing. The news comes three weeks after the hospital’s owner and operator Hudson Regional...
NYS bill would force MTA to tell riders about bed bug infestations
They’re itching for the truth. New York State lawmakers are pushing a bill that would force the MTA to tell riders about bed bug infestation on trains and buses within 24 hours. The bill, sponsored by Assemblymember William Colton (D-Brooklyn), would set rules to require the MTA to either post a message on its...
The Right Way to Wash Carrots to Remove Dirt, Pesticides, and Germs
An expert explains the best way to get your carrots truly clean—without overdoing it.
