NYC installs red light cameras at 600 intersections, reaching state-law maximum
New York City has installed red-light cameras at 600 intersections citywide, the maximum allowed under state law.
Long Island City tenants claim $50 million in rent overcharges, file class action lawsuit...
Tenants of three Long Island City apartment buildings are alleging that the developer that owns their sites had overcharged rent by more than $50 million in a new lawsuit filed Tuesday against the landlord. An investigation by watchdog organization Housing Rights Initiative (HRI), in partnership with State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez’s...
New York Wildlife Investigators Catch Illegal Primate Trafficking In Buffalo
A small primate was being sold illegally in Buffalo last Thursday. State wildlife investigators posed as buyers and arrested the seller, charging them with a felony.
Driver Caught With Pounds Of Fentanyl After Tire Pops During East Fishkill Pursuit: NYSP
A Brooklyn man is facing serious felony drug charges after police said he led them on a chase from Dutchess County into Putnam County, where troopers found nearly 12 pounds of suspected fentanyl inside his vehicle. The incident began at around 10:48 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, when troopers tried…
Hudson Valley’s First Apple Store Opening in Dutchess, But…
The Hudson Valley is finally getting an Apple Store, but there's a catch that may disappoint some iPhone customers.
New York cop arrests Black man on drug charges that could have sent him...
A police officer is supposed to find evidence, not plant it. But one New York cop allegedly planted drugs on a Black man who could have faced 10 years in prison. His own body camera ended up exposing him. For Ivin Harper, this wasn’t his first arrest over questionable drug charges. A year earlier, another […]
Mice, Flies and Sewage Problems Closed 22 Manhattan Restaurants Since September, and Four Have...
City inspection records name every establishment closed since Sept. 1, list the violations cited, and show which ones have since been cleared to reopen. New York City health inspectors ordered 22 Manhattan restaurants and food businesses to close between Sept. 1 and Oct. 15, citing problems that included evidence of mice and rats, filth flies, live roaches, and failing drainage or sewage systems, according to the city's restaurant inspection dataset. As of the records refreshed Oct. 19, 18 had b
As Wallkill grapples with 2027 budget, residents say they can’t afford proposed tax hike
As in many places across the region, one Hudson Valley town is considering a steep property tax increase. But Wallkill residents say they cannot afford to pay a proposed 64% tax hike. Jeannine Allen, a near-lifelong resident of the Orange County town that forms a "U" around Middletown, said the...
Feds raid NYC adult day cares in sweeping probe into Medicaid fraud involving money-laundering,...
The feds raided at least two Brooklyn adult day cares Tuesday as part of a sweeping probe into more than 100 sites suspected of Medicaid fraud involving everything from money laundering to kickbacks, officials said. The crackdown is part of a monthslong “massive effort to combat fraud and abuse” involving taxpayer dollars and some of the state’s most vulnerable people, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. “We are targeting providers we believe who engaged in illegal activity ranging from money laundering to
Gas Prices To Skyrocket Amid Linden Refinery Lockout, Largest In Northeast: Report
Drivers across the Northeast could soon be paying more at the pump after hundreds of workers were locked out of one of the East Coast's largest oil refineries in New Jersey, union leaders warn. The 385 workers at the Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery in Linden were locked out Monday afternoon, Oct. 19, af…
