New York City will begin charging private hospitals as much as $1 million a year for hospital ambulances dispatched by the city’s 911 system, a controversial initiative that some medical professionals fear will prompt hospitals to stop providing the service.
New York City can be a tough town. Everybody knows that. But tough enough to need a sheriff? As it turns out, the answer is yes.
The city is getting its sixth area code. Beginning April 16, many new outer-borough phone numbers will be assigned area code 929, adding to the city’s existing 212, 917, 646, 718 and 347 codes.
Winds whipped across the Tri-State on Wednesday as the region wrestled with a day of heavy rain and severe weather that downed trees — killing at least one person, knocked out power and slowed commuters.
Even as New York City’s overall crime rate drops for the 22nd straight year, murders, rapes and robberies are all on pace to show increases.
There was a new parking decree Monday from Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Drivers will no longer be “nickeled and dimed” to death when they park on city streets.
Instead, they’ll need dollars.
Bikers, drivers, pedestrians need to adjust to the bicycling boom; ‘Don’t be a Jerk’. Some estimates say daily bicycle ridership in New York City has nearly doubled since 2005. Bicyclists ride in a bike lane in New York City, a sight becoming more and more common as the number of cyclists continues to increase, creating safety concerns.
The city wants to put more bars where there are usually cars.
The Department of Transportation is accepting applications to build a dozen of what it calls “pop-up cafes” in the parking lanes in front of restaurants.
The NYPD hopes to keep track of suspects’ irises to keep prisoners from disguising themselves. The NYPD began taking pictures of suspects’ irises on Monday.
New York is preparing for the possibility that an extra 190,000 residents could lose emergency unemployment insurance benefits at year’s end if Congress fails to act next week, state Labor Commissioner Colleen Gardner said Friday.
Earth to drug dealers — Google is watching!
Three brazen heroin dealers were captured in Google Street View images working their favorite Brooklyn drug corner, where they peddled their product to hipsters and other dope fiends, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
The mini-spike in murders that has pushed the homicide rate up 15 percent so far this year continued with three more killings this morning, following four on Saturday night and Sunday. Through Sunday, there were 459 murders this year, compared with 399 at this time last year, the police said this morning. Here are the seven new killings:
Hailing a cab may get more pricey if a new proposal to jack up fares is approved, officials said. Yellow cab fleet owners asking for 19% hike. A 5-mile cab ride could jump from about $12 to more than $15.
WIVB — Democrat Andrew Cuomo follows in his father’s footsteps, straight to the governor’s mansion. The Associated Press declared Andrew Cuomo the winner, dashing Carl Paladino’s dreams just seconds after polls closed at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
New Yorkers are accustomed to strong odors, but several years ago a new aroma began wafting through the city’s streets, a smell that was more unnerving than the usual offenders (trash, sweat, urine) precisely because it was so delightful: the sweet, unmistakable scent of maple syrup.
The MTA board has approved increases on tolls at certain New York bridges and tunnels. Crossings that only collect one-way tolls will increase by $1, while round-trip tolls, like those on the Verrazano Narrows, will increase by $2. E-ZPass users will only see an increase of 5 percent.
NY1 — Two of the men convicted in the 2007 shooting death of a police officer in Brooklyn are now being charged in another shooting that happened 24 hours earlier.
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