Dozens of students, families evicted from NYC homeless shelter — after locals plead for...
Two dozen destitute families with 37 school-aged kids were evicted from a Queens homeless shelter — despite desperate pleas for Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stop the displacements. The evictions from the City View Inn in Long Island City began last weeks, shortly after the families received an abrupt notice that it’d...
NYC mom crushed alive after falling into trash compactor — as residents heard her...
A Brooklyn mom of four fell into an apartment trash compactor after leaving a bar and was crushed to death as residents heard her scream in terror, police sources said Friday. Michelle Montgomery, 39 — whose remains were initially thought to have been chopped up and stuffed inside garbage bags at a Williamsburg...
Ex-NYPD Official Indicted for Accepting Bribes From Tech Exec in Scheme First Reported by...
The former head of the NYPD’s School Safety Division solicited and accepted bribes from the CEO of a Florida-based tech company in a bid to snag a multi-million deal to put his panic button software in New York City’s public schools, federal prosecutors charged Thursday. The former NYPD chief, Kevin Taylor, and the...
New York Begins Handing $1,200 To Residents Per Month in Guaranteed Income Pilot Program...
New York City has officially launched a guaranteed income pilot program to test whether cash handouts can help people achieve self-sufficiency and stability. The $1.5 million initiative is giving monthly no-strings-attached payments of $1,200 to young adults aged 18 through 24 who have struggled with homelessness. In...
Woman found dead in trash bag in NYCHA building believed to be tragic accident
Michelle Montgomery, 39, is now believed to have fallen into the garbage chute to her death.
First free grocery story in NYC opens in Manhattan
Prediction market company Polymarket opened the temporary pop-up store that allows shoppers to take home groceries at no cost.
Early Addition: Gov. Hochul deleted post saying she was ‘in’ Long Island
Because it's "on," here are your early links: Bleak Polymarket free groceries stunt, ProPublica work stoppage, you can still find love in the club and more. [ more › ]
This N.J. university just announced its final commencement after 99 years
The school is preparing to merge with another New Jersey public university in July.
11 Food Scraps Legal Experts Say Should Never Go in Residential Trash
Vegetable and Fruit Scraps Vegetable and Fruit Scraps (Image Credits: Wikimedia) In California, throwing away kitchen food scraps in the trash can could be breaking state law, and similar regulations are taking effect across multiple states. Organics like all food scraps, yard trimmings, and uncoated paper make up...
New Yorkers are flocking to city’s ‘first free grocery store’ — but there’s a...
Residents have been struggling with high prices and this was an opportunity they couldn't miss.
