Mayor Bill de Blasio is insisting that New York City is better off now after his eight years at the helm — even though murder rates are up, street homelessness has surged and the Big Apple’s economic recovery lags amid the pandemic. “I’m convinced this place is better than eight years ago,” de Blasio told … Read more
Reading, writing and ratios. An error-laden letter from a Virginia teachers union calling for more protections against the coronavirus has gone viral on Twitter. Startled by a slew of linguistic gaffes, an Arlington parent took a correction pen to the piece and posted the aftermath online. “Hey @VEA4Kids, are you going to send out more … Read more
The perennially tardy Mayor de Blasio was two hours late to his own farewell festivities. The lame-duck leader was scheduled to commemorate his final day at City Hall Thursday with a “walkout ceremony” outside the building at 3:00 p.m. Thursday. De Blasio had planned the ceremony a day before his official last day in office. … Read more
Sign up for our special edition newsletter to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic. Healthy young kids in New York may be spared from the worst of Omicron. The majority of children hospitalized in recent weeks with serious cases of COVID-19 at one major New York City pediatric center had underlying conditions or … Read more
An embattled shelter and services provider that has been repeatedly lit up for failing to address the homeless situation at Penn Station blew city money on a booze cruise, fast food, and movie tickets for its staff, according to an audit. Bowery Residents’ Committee charged the city at least $2,653 for the $36,510 catered boat ride, along with … Read more
Police officials said Thursday there were no credible threats to the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, but revelers should expect multiple layers of screening with the hyper-contagious omicron variant spurring extra steps of protection to safely ring in 2022. “Normally at this, we talk about safety, we talk about threats and there are … Read more
A Staten Island grand jury dismissed the case against a man who killed an acquaintance who came to his apartment armed with a box cutter on Christmas Eve. Emmanuel “E.J.” Diaz, 32, was cleared Thursday of charges of murder, strangulation, criminal obstruction of breaking and assault in the death of Rafael Ramos, 36, according to … Read more
Sign up for our special edition newsletter to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic. Long Island Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin accused Gov. Kathy Hochul of mishandling the latest coronavirus outbreak — citing long lines, closings and chaos at over-run COVID-19 testing sites amid a record spike in new cases. “We … Read more
Newly released data shows that nearly one in every 1,000 unvaccinated Big Apple residents is being hospitalized for COVID-19 — a rate so high it literally went off the chart! City Health Department statistics released Thursday showed that the weekly hospitalization rate for unvaccinated people was 97.46 per 100,000 during the week that ended Dec. … Read more
The NYPD solves thousands of cases each year — but a handful of others prove difficult to crack, even with hours of investigative work and the help of media attention. This past year was no exception. Here’s a look back at some of the notable criminal cases of 2021 that remain unsolved: Julissia Batties Seven-year-old … Read more