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New Yorkers banned from taking out trash until 8pm as rat numbers surge: ‘This is not Ratatouille’

“The biggest swing that you can take at cleaning up our streets is to shut down the all-night, all-you-can-eat rat buffet,” NYC Sanitation commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022

As NYC struggles to manage the migrant crisis, some New Yorkers open their own homes

NEW YORK — Melanie Van Orden is a volunteer with NYC ICE Watch, a mutual aid group working with the migrants flooding into the city. One night, late, she got a text: A group of migrants was wandering the city looking for a place to stay the night.

Tribune News Service · Oct 17, 2022

Mayor Adams releases 2021 tax forms, which appear to contradict NYC financial disclosure

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ most recent tax forms, which he released to the press Thursday night, appear to contradict financial disclosures he made to the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board for the 2021 calendar year.

Tribune News Service · Oct 14, 2022

Stefan Bondy: Obi Toppin’s dunks are worth more than just two points

INDIANAPOLIS — There are different schools of thought, often divided by generations. Showmanship or showboating? Insulting or fun? Exhilarating or reckless?

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

NYC homeless shelter population hits all-time high amid cascading migrant crisis

NEW YORK — The city’s homeless shelter population has hit an all-time high as hundreds of Latin American migrants continue to pour into New York every week as part of a crisis that’s driving the local social safety net to the brink of collapse.

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

NYC rat sightings up 71% from same point in 2020 despite mitigation efforts

NEW YORK — New York City rat sighting rates have reached the stRATosphere.

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

Mayor Adams signs bills formalizing NYC’s Times Square as ‘gun-free zone’ despite court setback

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Eric Adams signed a couple of bills into law Tuesday formalizing Times Square as a “gun-free zone” — even as the designation remains in legal limbo due to a recent ruling from a federal judge in upstate New York.

Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022

Nearly 2,000 migrants arrived in NYC over weekend as shelter crisis shows no sign of abating

NEW YORK — At least 1,800 Latin American asylum-seekers arrived in the city over the weekend, signaling that the migrant wave is accelerating even as Mayor Eric Adams’ administration scrambles to shelter thousands of desperate travelers already in New York.

Tribune News Service · Oct 10, 2022

NYC mayor declares emergency over migrant buses from Texas

Mayor Eric Adams says 17,000 asylum seekers have been bused into New York City since April, straining resources.

Al Jazeera · Oct 7, 2022

Mayor declares state of emergency for NYC over migrants

New York City’s mayor has declared a state of emergency over the thousands of migrants being sent from southern border states

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022