NYC Mayoral Primary Could be Decided Tuesday, Or Get Even More Complicated
After counting ballots incorrectly last week, the New York City Board of Elections is promising to release results that factor in almost everyone’s vote Tuesday.
At Least 26 People Shot in NYC This Weekend, NYPD Says
A 19-year-old woman, a 22-year-old man and a 33-year-old man were among 13 victims in 12 separate shootings across New York City on the Fourth of July, police said Monday.
PSA: Flash Flood Watch in Effect For New York City
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for New York City and the surrounding lasting until late tonight.
After Counting Debacle, Eric Adams Holds Small Lead in Race for Mayor Over Kathryn Garcia
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is ahead in the Democratic primary for mayor after the NYC Board of Elections revised its calculation of who would win with only in-person votes under the new ranked choice voting system.
Residents Requested To Limit Electricity Usage As Heat Wave Continues
With the heatwave that is baking New York City continuing unabated, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio has put out an urgent plea for people to reduce electricity usage.
NYC Mayoral Primary Race Thrown into Chaos as BOE Appears to Botch Vote Count
The Democratic primary race for mayor was thrown into chaos Tuesday as the city Board of Elections appeared to have botched the count amid the city’s first ranked-choice election.
Project Veritas: Illegal Electioneering Exposed in NYC’s Democratic Mayoral Primary
In a release from Project Veritas, a reporter goes undercover to discover if poll workers would do some electioneering, an illegal act of a poll worker steering a voter towards a candidate. Sadly, not all poll workers passed the test.
Rent Guidelines Board Approves Rent Increase for Regulated Apartments in NYC
With the end of the nationwide eviction ban looming, the Rent Guidelines Board approved a rent increase for New York tenants in a Wednesday evening vote.
Rendition of the new bike lane on the Brooklyn Bridge. (City Hall)
Brooklyn Bridge Traffic-to-Bike Lane Conversion Begins Monday
The city Department of Transportation will close off the Brooklyn Bridge’s innermost westbound lane to car traffic Monday night to convert the space into a two-way bike lane, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
NYC Cracking Down on Illegal Fireworks Ahead of Summer
New York City announced the Illegal Fireworks Task Force is cracking down to prevent and tackle the use of illegal fireworks across the city ahead of the warmer months.
NYC Ends Solitary Confinement in Jails
The New York City Board of Correction voted to end solitary confinement in city jails on Tuesday.
Cyberattack Forces NYC to Take Law Department’s Computers Off City Network
New York City’s law department was hit with a cyberattack that forced officials to take the 1,000-lawyer agency offline, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said he believes no data was compromised in the hack.
Officials: Hackers Breached MTA Systems in Cyberattack
The MTA acknowledged that the transit agency’s systems were breached during a cyberattack in April following a report published on Wednesday by the New York Times.
Revolving Door: Homeless Man With 17 Prior Arrests Attacks Asian Woman in NYC
Alexander Wright, 48, was arrested this week for the unprovoked assault on an Asian woman in Chinatown. Wright, not a first time offender, had 17 prior arrests including assaults.
Nine Department of Correction Officers and Employees Charged with Taking Bribes to Smuggle Contraband to Inmates at New York City Jails
Nine current and former employees and officers of the New York City Department of Correction have been cgarged with taking cash bribes in return for smuggling contraband such as scalpels, razor blades, drugs, alcohol, and cellphones to inmates in New York City area jails.
Three suspects wanted in an antisemitic attack in Times Square. (Credit: NYPD)
Suspect Arrested in Attack on Jewish Man in New York’s Times Square
A man was arrested and several others were being sought in connection with an attack on a Jewish man in New York’s Times Square that drew the attention of several politicians and is being investigated as a hate crime, police said on Friday.
Jew Beaten In Manhattan As Anti-Semitic Attacks Spike Across The Globe
A native of Lawrence, NY walking through Midtown Manhattan Thursday evening was attacked and beaten by a group of pro-Palestinian “protesters” in broad daylight, all over simply being Jewish.
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