New Jersey Gives Green Light to First Cannabis Lounges, Opening Door for Public Smoking...
Last week, state officials approved four spots where people can smoke cannabis in public, marking a first since New Jersey started selling it legally. The move shifts how the state handles public use. Four shops got permits: one in Newark, another in Merchantville, and two in Atlantic City. Each spot...
Police make arrest in Sheepshead Bay hit-and-run that killed 90-year-old pedestrian
Steven Malcaus, 63, is facing several charges, including leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and operating a vehicle without a license.
NYPD: 15-year-old arrested in connection to 4 train stabbing and robbery
They say the three attacked a 39-year-old man at the station, stole his chain, stabbed him in the chest and kicked and punched him.
Smoking marijuana in NYC should be ‘relegated to certain areas’, Adams says
NEW YORK CITY - New York City Mayor Eric Adams says smoking marijuana should be restricted to specific areas of the city because of the smell. "I think it should be relegated to certain areas that you could smoke marijuana, not throughout the entire street, because you do smell it everywhere," Adams said.
Curtis Sliwa Could Be the Next NYC Mayor
Millions of New Yorkers were in shock when 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist candidate who espouses communist principles such as abolishing private property, shot to the top of the heap and won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City by double digits over former Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Thirty-Three-Year-Old Man Dies in Custody on Rikers Island
NYC Department of Correction (DOC) said a 33-year-old man, Edwin Quispe, who was detained on Rikers Island has died. Officials said that on the morning of July 22, a DOC officer observed a man in custody on the floor of a bathroom at the Eric M. Taylor Center. They said a medical emergency was declared and the...
Adam Sandler begins filming Netflix movie in New Jersey with daughter Sunny in lead...
CRANFORD, N.J. — Adam Sandler has started production on a new Netflix film in New Jersey, with his daughter Sunny Sandler cast in the lead role. The movie, Don’t Say…
Wanted Armed Bank Robber Surrenders After Hours-Long Routes 1&9 Standoff: Officials
A man wanted in the armed robbery of a Rahway bank was arrested after an hours-long standoff along Routes 1&9 Wednesday, July 23. A spokeswoman for the City of Elizabeth did not disclose the fugitive's name and said only that he'd surrendered at 3 p.m. The incident began at approximately 9 a.m.,…
ICE Cracks Down After NYC Sanctuary Clash
Federal Agents Launch Unprecedented Operations in Manhattan Federal Agents Launch Unprecedented Operations in Manhattan (image credits: pixabay) The stark reality hit New York City like a cold winter morning when about 20 people were arrested in the predawn operations. Federal agents spread across Manhattan in what...
A love triangle in a ‘world of violence’: Trial of suspect in murder at...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A targeted killing, or an act of self-defense?. That is what a jury will have to decide in the trial of Abdul Olasupo, 27, of Mariners Harbor, who is charged in the shooting death of a man at a neighborhood deli. If you purchase a...