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‘Egregious acts of violence’: why is Eric Adams cracking down on subway buskers and mango sellers?

The NYPD has dramatically increased low-level arrests, especially targeting those trying to make a living on the streets

The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2022

Editorial: The good guys vs. the gun lobby: Gov. Hochul and AG James try to keep New York’s streets safe after the Supreme Court opens the firearm floodgates

Under the twisted vision of the Supreme Court majority, states and localities are now barred from deciding who can get a permit to carry a concealed weapon. While it’s allowed to ban felons, require training and the like, six justices’ absolutist interpretation of the Second Amendment rules out requiring people…

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022

20-year-old woman shot and killed while pushing her infant in a stroller in New York

NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell was unable to confirm if the shooting was a domestic violence incident.

WEKU · Jul 1, 2022

NYC Mayor Adams doubles down on push to probe Rudy Giuliani for falsely reporting a crime

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams stepped up his assertion that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani falsely reported a crime, likening Giuliani’s recent assault allegations to the notorious “Central Park Karen” saga in which a white woman accused a black man of threatening her and was later charged with filing a…

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022

NY Attorney General James and NYC Mayor Adams sue ‘ghost gun’ distributors, citing murder and violence as impetus

New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday that they’ve filed two separate lawsuits against ghost gun distributors whose tactics have resulted in illegal firearms landing in the hands of criminals.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

Officials sue to halt sales of ghost guns to New Yorkers

New York City and state officials have announced lawsuits against 10 sellers of gun parts that the officials said can be assembled into untraceable ghost guns and sold without background checks

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

Giuliani on defensive after uproar over assault claim

NEW YORK: Two days after Rudy Giuliani claimed a worker had assaulted him at a Staten Island supermarket, the once-vaunted former mayor was spending Tuesday morning like many men his age: complaining about his aches and pains.

Bangkok Post · Jun 29, 2022

New Yorkers head to the polls to vote in first primary of 2022

Voters from Brooklyn to Buffalo and from Queens to Kingston came out to the polls in short supply Tuesday to decide who’ll run in this November’s general election — a contest that will ultimately determine who is New York State’s governor.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

NYC mayor: Investigate Giuliani for 'false' slap claim

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has suggested that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani be investigated for filing a false police report for claiming he was assaulted — and publicly saying he felt like he’d been shot — by a heckler who touched his back Sunday at a Staten Island grocery…

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022

Judge says NYC can't let noncitizens vote in city elections

A judge has blocked New York City from letting noncitizens vote for mayor and other municipal offices

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022