MTA threatens another ‘Summer of Hell’ of subway disruptions if NYC doesn’t cough up...
There’s going to be Hell to pay if the MTA doesn’t get its way — again. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday threatened another “Summer of Hell” if the Big Apple doesn’t continue ponying up big bucks — even as a recent watchdog study warned the city’s payments keep snowballing. Not to mention New...
NJMVC Launches ‘REAL ID Thursdays’ to Expand Access to REAL ID
Beginning Thursday, March 20, NJMVC Licensing Centers will focus on the issuance of. REAL ID, adding nearly 4,500 new appointments for each “REAL ID Thursday” going. forward. This will include added license renewal appointments, where customers with. licenses expiring within three months can renew their license and...
WSP plans for major workload increase if permit-to-purchase gun bill passes
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Patrol is gearing up for the potential passage of a bill in Olympia that would require gun buyers to get a permit before purchasing a firearm and require gun safety training to obtain a concealed pistol license. Kateri Candee manages the Firearms Background Division at WSP...
Son accused of killing dad, a retired police officer in NY home, police say
LONG ISLAND (PIX11) – A New York man allegedly fatally shot his 75-year-old father, a retired police officer, in their Dix Hills home on Wednesday, according to police. Christopher Miller, 43, allegedly fatally shot his father, John Miller, with a shotgun multiple times, according to officials. Police say Miller,...
Meet the ‘Plant Man’ turning the NYC subway into a traveling flower shop
He’s turning the concrete jungle green. Nearly every night, Miguel “Mike Plants” Andrade transforms the subway into a traveling floral shop, where he hawks succulents, orchids and even trees to straphangers in need of plant “therapy.” The Bronx resident, 44, is entering his 15th year as the 1 train’s “Plant Man,” a...
Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Multiple Child Sex Offenses
NEW JERSEY - A New York man was sentenced to life in prison on charges stemming from his travel to have sex with a 13-year old New Jersey minor, his coercion and enticement of a minor, and his production and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney John Giordano announced.
A New Jersey Paleontologist’s Priceless Fossil Collection Was Dumped In A Landfill By UPS...
Professor Martin Becker of New Jersey's William Paterson University shipped 19 boxes of fossils to a colleague in Florida — then they were dumped in a Tennessee landfill by UPS because the university failed to make their payments. New Jersey’s William Paterson University is being sued by one of...
Hochul excited about ‘redoing our prison system’ post-strike as advocates fume over HALT program...
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that she is “excited” about efforts which she described as “redoing our prison system” in the wake of a three-week illegal strike by correction officers across the state. The governor’s response to the strike may have ultimately sent 75% of officers...
The switch to OMNY cards and what you need to know about the “Reduced...
To make some New Yorker's commute cheaper, the MTA is continuing the "Reduced Fare Program".
‘Honest’ mechanic found dead in NYC auto shop: sources
WHITESTONE, Queens (PIX11) – A beloved mechanic in New York City was found dead Monday in the auto shop he helped run for more than 40 years, sources said. The 65-year-old man was found dead inside Mekniko Autoworks on Cross Island Parkway in the Whitestone area of Queens around 3 p.m., according to the NYPD. […]
