Multiple people protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainments in New York City on Friday were struck by a vehicle in the Murray Hill neighbourhood of Manhattan. At least seven people suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the New York Fire Department said. Video on Twitter shows a woman being taken into custody […]
Rapper Casanova was among 18 members of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation gang who were charged in a 16-count indictment released this week. Prosecutors say members of the gang killed 15-year-old Jalani Jones in Poughkeepsie, New York, in September, assaulted rivals, dealt drugs, and committed firearms offences. Members of the […]
Police shut down a party with hundreds of guests at a 10-acre Airbnb property in Long Island, New York, Newsday reported. According to Newsday, about 400 people were in attendance and authorities were able to stop the party before it began early Monday morning. The host of the party has […]
Ten people were arrested at an unauthorised fight club event in New York City on Saturday, according to local authorities. New York City sheriffs halted a “Rumble in the Bronx” event that had about 200 people in attendance not following coronavirus guidelines, according to NBC New York. Authorities confiscated two […]
Large groups of people, some without masks, packed Washington Square Park over Labour Day weekend for an outdoor party. More crowds gathered in the park this weekend for another round of outdoor partying, despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticising New York University administrators and New York police for not taking adequate […]
A former New York gynecologist accused of sexually abusing women and girls including former presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s wife was charged on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. The Justice Department said Robert Hadden faces six federal counts of “enticing and inducing individuals to travel interstate to engage in illegal sexual […]
You can rent one of 28 mini lawns on The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City to enjoy food and drinks with your friends this summer. Each 14 x 14 foot lawn at The Greens comes with two deckhairs, a sun umbrella, a cool box, and USB port, […]
A woman was shot, and later died, after asking a man to stop using illegal fireworks, police said Saturday, according to the New York Post. Shatavia Walls was shot eight times in Brooklyn, New York at around 8:30 p.m. on July 7th, four days after the US Independence holiday, the […]
As of this week, women going into labour in NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals won’t be allowed to have anyone with them, including their partners. The move has been criticised as a traumatic addition to childbirth and is in contrast with World Health Organisation guidelines that state “having a companion of choice present […]
Pregnant patients giving birth in NewYork-Presbyterian’s hospitals will be alone and not allowed visitors for the foreseeable future to lessen the risk of coronavirus infection,The New York Post reported Sunday. Hospital authorities told staff that partners of mothers-to-be would be banned from labour and delivery rooms, according to a video […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York on Sunday announced that New York City’s public schools would shut down this week. The city’s public-school system is the largest in the US, and its closing was at the centre of a contentious debate among officials seeking to ramp up the region’s response […]
Five people were stabbed at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, during a Hanukkah celebration Saturday night. The attack was just the latest in an uptick of violence against Jewish New Yorkers, with at least nine incidents linked to anti-Semitism taking place during the Hanukkah holiday. The New York […]
Catholic schools in New York City have banned boys from wearing their hair in braids, despite city and state laws that ban hair discrimination. David Bloomfield, a professor of education law at Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Centre, told the New York Daily News that Catholic schools can opt out […]
New York City has been trying to get rid of its rat problem for years. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has debuted a new way to eliminate them: Enticing them with food into a tank filled with alcohol, then drowning them in it. The rat traps can accommodate up to […]
Parts of New York City and New Jersey are hit with flash floods during severe rainfall, a stark transition from the heat wave that hit the area just a few days before. WABC-TV reported the rainfall is bringing one to two inches per hour and winds reaching at least 60 […]
As a New Yorker, I avoid Times Square at all costs and never understood why so many tourists flock to the area. One afternoon, I decided to spend a few hours in Times Square to truly understand the allure. First, I went to three top tourist attractions. M&M’S World was […]
Vittorio Caruso, of Glen Cove, Long Island, in New York, died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic on June 17. Relatives told Fox News that Caruso went into respiratory distress after drinking something at the Boca Chica Resort in Santo Domingo. Caruso’s family is the latest of many to come […]
