NYC grocery stores rely on food stamp sales. Here’s what SNAP cuts could mean.
Maxi Julio, owner of Mora Bakery in the Bronx said 80% of her customers pay with EBT cards to buy rice, oil, sugar and eggs. She worries what will happen if her customers can't afford to shop. Food retailers say more than half their sales rely on SNAP. Without those funds, they have to cut back on staff and...
‘Life-Saving Intuition’: New York Woman Spots Men Following Young Girl at Night, Sparks Intense...
This post features an OpenAI-powered summary derived from the NewsBreak users' discussions on ‘I think I just saved someone’s life’: New York woman notices girl walking ahead of her in the middle of the night. Then she sees a group of men start following her.
Feds crack down on Washington Square Park’s brazen drug market with 19 arrests
Nineteen people have been hit with federal charges for allegedly running a brazen, open air drug market in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park — flooding the popular haven with fentanyl, heroin and crack cocaine. The drugs dealt by the alleged career dealers led to two deaths last year alone — including an 18-year-old...
City to send notorious jail barge to Louisiana in the coming days
Every time Lezandre Khadu drives into the Bronx, her heart sinks. Without fail, she spots “The Boat,” the notorious jail barge where her son, Stephan Khadu, died. “It’s a feeling that I get over my whole entire body,” she said. “It’s just rage to know that my son lost his life in that place, and I wasn't there with...
Police say they’re ‘tired’ of Dem cities spending billions on illegal aliens over cops:...
Police group express frustration as Democratic-led cities spend billions on illegal immigrant services while law enforcement faces staffing shortages and budget cuts.
Street vendors robbed at gunpoint in Flatbush; suspect on the run
Police say a man pulled a gun on two street vendors in the Flatbush area, threatened them and stole some cash.
Editorial | Feeding the hungry through SNAP is a constitutional duty for New York...
The Preamble of the US Constitution is 52 words in length, but its general theme is very much like the four-word line from the Hippocratic Oath for doctors: “First, do no harm.”. It makes clear that the federal government established through the Constitution provides many things to ensure domestic...
NYC Council passes bill requiring gun stores to display graphic warning images
The City Council passed legislation making New York the first place in the U.S. to require the warnings.
4 construction workers injured in partial building collapse
Four construction workers were hospitalized after a partial building collapse in Sunset Park . The incident happened at 6208 8th Ave. Tuesday morning. The Department of Buildings say concrete was being poured when the floor area - measuring about 20 feet by 24 feet - collapsed. This caused four workers...
New York man charged after stealing victim’s identity, attempting to withdraw $8K: police
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A New York man is facing felony charges after stealing another man’s identity and attempting to withdraw $8,000, according to Manheim Township Police. Daniel McKeithan, 53 of New York, has been charged with forgery and identity theft following a fraud incident on Oct....
