Zohran Mamdani Calls for Starbucks Boycott
Mamdani Aligns Himself With Labor New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is calling on the public to avoid Starbucks as thousands of the company’s baristas launch an open-ended strike. His stance offers an early look at how he may use the visibility of the mayor’s office to champion organized labor. Baristas Walk...
Video of NYC garbage truck nicking pedestrian was worth whopping $50M verdict to Bronx...
A Bronx man who was clipped by a city garbage truck while crossing Bruckner Boulevard has won a whopping $50.7 million verdict from a jury. Video of the September 2021 incident shows construction foreman Darcy Bottex, in a white hat and bright orange shirt, walking back to his work site after a quick stop at a deli...
Proposal Suggests Sending New York Judges to Prison for a Day
A recent proposal has been put forth that would require New York judges to spend a day in prison. The idea behind the proposal is to give judges a firsthand experience of the conditions within the prison system. This proposal has sparked a lively discussion on social media platforms, with many people voicing their...
Hated NYC street prankster goes viral after getting ‘well-deserved’ stomp-kick from victim
A New York City street prankster who likes to jump out of a traffic drum and scare unsuspecting Big Apple pedestrians got his just desserts in a video that went viral this week. The clip, which garnered over 1 million likes on Instagram, showed the man know only as “ Coneman ” getting served some karma when the...
Adams gives COVID vaccine ‘refusers’ a second chance
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday, Nov. 5, announced that the city will offer a second opportunity to employees who were terminated for failing to comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The mandate, first issued in 2021 under the previous mayoral administration, required city employees to be vaccinated....
Man killed in shootout near medical center after telling deli worker he planned to...
Officers took the man to a hospital where he was pronounced dead Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images A man was killed in a shootout with police in New York City after pulling a gun on multiple people and threatening to shoot up a hospital , cops say. The man was in an elevator in a residential building in Manhattan ’s...
Jersey City schools settled 14 employee lawsuits over discrimination, harassment & retaliation.
A shadow has fallen over the classrooms and administrative offices of the Jersey City Public Schools, a shadow cast not by a lack of funding or pedagogical failure, but by a deeply rooted culture of fear and favoritism that has cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and, more tragically, has broken the...
Sicko pours scorching-hot cooking oil on NYC man — leaving him with severe burns
A crazed woman poured scorching-hot cooking oil on a man in a Brooklyn home, leaving him with burns so severe that investigators are having trouble communicating with him, cops and sources said Friday. The gruesome attack took place near East 94th Street and Winthrop Street in Brownsville around 5:20 a.m. Oct. 15...
Incredible New York Kid Climbs Into Shoe Store Dumpster and Gives Away Brand-New Shoes:...
Major store chains need to be called out more often for their waste. Especially at restaurants and grocery stores, the amount of food waste is astounding. It makes you think about all the people who could benefit from having fresh food instead of throwing it in the garbage, so it can instead feed the local landfill....
Mamdani’s plan for social workers to respond to 911 calls does not look promising
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani plans to deploy social workers for 911 calls instead of police officers, despite a similar initiative that is already failing. The Big Apple launched the Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division (B-HEARD) program in 2021 — it currently only operates in some...
