It Is WABC-TV Day in New York City Empire State Building to light up in honor of ABC station's 75th anniversary Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 10, 2023
NYC mayor wants more aid from the Biden administration to offset $12B in costs for housing migrants With thousands of migrants still arriving in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams is renewing his appeal to the federal government to help the city avert a budgetary crisis as expenses mount The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023
Social media influencer Kai Cenat faces charges of inciting riot after thousands cause mayhem in NYC Social media influencer Kai Cenat is facing charges of inciting a riot and promoting an unlawful gathering in New York City, after the online streamer drew thousands of his followers, many of them teenagers, with promises of giving away electronics, including a new PlayStation The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2023
Person in connection with dancer's stabbing death at Brooklyn gas station is in custody, police say Police have a person in custody in connection with the death of a gay man who was fatally stabbed after a confrontation between a group of friends dancing to a Beyoncé song and several young men who taunted them The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2023
‘The police see us as disposable’: what life’s really like in New York’s maligned ‘red light district’ As rightwing media and the mayor target a Queens neighborhood, sex workers say they’re just trying to survive The Guardian - US · Aug 3, 2023
Advocates accuse New York City of using migrants as 'props' in bid for federal money For days now, newly arrived migrants have been waiting outside New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel, hoping for a bed in an overly crowded shelter system The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023
Classroom Projectors: What You Need to Know for the First Day of School Manufacturers deliver brightness and other critical features for educational settings, but the DLP/LCD debate continues. AVNetwork · Aug 2, 2023
NYC Mayor Eric Adams says there is ‘no room’ for migrants and they will sleep outdoors The mayor promised that New York City will not have ‘tents up and down every street’ The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023
As NYC limits access to migrants and asylum seekers, many are left homeless New York City officials say they are overwhelmed by an influx of asylum seekers. Hundreds of immigrants are crowded into at least one detention center. WEKU · Jul 29, 2023
Up First briefing: Hunter Biden plea deal; coup in Niger, remembering Sinead O'Connor A judge has put a plea deal in the Hunter Biden case on hold. Niger's military announced a coup. Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has died at 56. WEKU · Jul 27, 2023
At least six injured in New York City after crane catches fire and collapses Arm of crane struck top floor of adjacent skyscraper as it fell on 10th Avenue and 41st Street in Manhattan The Guardian - US · Jul 26, 2023
Witnesses share terror watching and hearing construction crane collapse in New York City Arm of construction crane collapsed, striking a nearby building on Wednesday morning The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023
NYC Mayor Eric Adams has cringeworthy response to heckler This isn’t the first time in recent history that Mayor Adams has offered an eyebrow-raising response, after he accused a white woman last month of speaking to him like he was on a ‘plantation’ The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023
New York’s Rikers Island sees seventh death this year after man dies in his cell Death of Curtis Davis comes days after US attorney for southern district of New York says jail complex ‘has been in crisis for years’ The Guardian - US · Jul 23, 2023
Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2023 Mayor Adams to impose 60-day shelter stay restriction for adults amid NYC migrant crisis: sources Mayor Eric Adams is expected to announce a new restriction Wednesday on how long people can stay in city shelters before reporting to an intake center as his administration continues to struggle to house tens of thousands of recently-arrived migrants, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
WEKU · Jul 18, 2023 The New York Police Department has sworn in a Latino commissioner for the first time Edward Caban has 32 years of experience in the NYPD and was picked as the department's first deputy commissioner in 2022. He follows in the footsteps of his father, who was a transit detective.
Tribune News Service · Jul 17, 2023 Smoke from Canadian wildfires returns to NYC as air quality index deteriorates across the city NEW YORK — The downpour and heavy humidity may be gone, but smoke from Canadian wildfires is again on the way to NYC and is pushing the air quality index into unhealthy territory.
Tribune News Service · Jul 17, 2023 Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign reports raising $2.6M so far Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign announced Monday morning it has raised more than $2.6 million for his reelection bid so far, giving him a significant financial edge against any potential challenger he may face in the 2025 election.
Al Jazeera · Jul 17, 2023 New York City names its first Latino police commissioner NYC mayor names 55-year-old Edward Caban as leader of the largest US police department, the first Latino in the role.
The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023 Veteran police official Edward Caban becomes first Latino to head the NYPD Longtime police official Edward Caban has been sworn is as commissioner of the New York Police Department, becoming the first Latino to lead the 178-year-old department
Zenger · Jul 15, 2023 NYC Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto On Work Requirements For Public Housing Vouchers Legislation removing work requirements for housing vouchers approved despite Mayor's concerns
Ballotpedia · Jul 14, 2023 New York City Council removes public housing work requirements The New York City Council on July 13, 2023, voted to override New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ (D) veto of council legislation that removes all work requirements for public housing vouchers.
Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023 New York needs workers. They’re waiting on the sidelines On a recent morning on a sleepy street in Jackson Heights, Queens, more than 20 men and women swarmed a dark blue van in hopes of getting some work for the day. Four managed to get in.
The Guardian - US · Jul 13, 2023 New York set up a hotline for police handling mental health cases. Not one officer has called The line was supposed to offer expert guidance after Mayor Eric Adams expanded police powers to forcibly hospitalize people
The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2023 Six people charged in straw donor scheme to elect Eric Adams as New York City mayor Six people have been charged in an alleged scheme to divert tens of thousands of dollars in public funds to Adams’ campaign months before his election