Mamdani promises voters his movement will ‘create a society we would like to see’
New York mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani spent the final weekend of his campaign telling his supporters that they have helped him build a movement that will transform the city, where injustice is abolished and the poor are uplifted.
Halloween Horror: Man Critical After Being Struck by Subway on UES
A suicidal man was pulled by first responders from under the Q northbound train at just after 5:30 p.m. in a Halloween horror and was transported by EMTs to NY Presbyterian-Cornelll Hospital in critical condition. Police are treating it as an attempted suicide. “The train conductor observed an individual jump...
Opinion: The next City Council Speaker should be a woman of color
In 2021, the New Majority NYC was proud to help usher in the city’s first majority-women Council – and even prouder that it was a majority women of color Council. Under the leadership of extraordinary women, the Council has advanced historic progress on housing, workers’ rights, public safety, and equity. That’s why...
Ex-youth detention staffer charged with smuggling drugs, blades into Brooklyn facility
NEW YORK — A former staffer at a Brooklyn detention center for teens was charged Thursday with smuggling razor blades, weed and oxycodone into the facility for close to a year — once again highlighting a broader contraband problem at the facility, authorities said. Lymek Frazier, 33, a...
Andrew Cuomo: ‘Diversity Can Be A Weakness’
Cuomo was given the opportunity to “correct the record” if he didn’t mean to say such remarks. Instead, he doubled down.
Teen slain in grim NYC street shooting, killer still on the loose: cops
A 16-year-old was fatally shot in the head in Brooklyn on Saturday night – and his killer is still on the loose, according to police. Officials and members of the community gather at the scene. Paul Martinka Son of LA Crips leader and music executive Eugene ‘Big U’ Henley shot dead on Halloween An NYPD cop...
‘Boots on the Ground’ free breakfast sees long line amid uncertainty surrounding SNAP benefits
People crowded Roberto Clemente Plaza on Saturday morning, where steam rose from trays of food served by the volunteer group Boots on the Ground.
Restaurants give out free food during SNAP suspension
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — The ongoing government shutdown means millions of New Yorkers have stopped receiving their SNAP benefits. Food pantries, non-profits and restaurants are stepping up with free meals to make sure New Yorkers have food on the table. To see a map of food pantries across the city, click here. In...
Her ICE arrest went viral — now she’s in a ‘race against time’ fighting...
MANHATTAN (CN) — Millions of people saw the moments leading up to Maria Tumba Huamani’s ICE arrest in New York City. On Sept. 30, the 20-year-old asylum-seeker from Peru was leaving her routine hearing at 26 Federal Plaza, Manhattan’s top immigration courthouse, where a judge had just set another asylum hearing for...
Single-car crash takes down utility pole on busy New Dorp street Saturday morning
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Richmond Road remains closed early Saturday afternoon, after a single-car crash knocked down a utility pole, causing traffic chaos surrounding a busy stretch of the New Dorp street, according to initial reports. Police were on site at 10 a.m., and no driver was visible in...
