Category: New York

NYC Mayor Plans to House Illegal Immigrants in Houses of Worship, Private Homes

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, announced a plan on Monday to house illegal immigrants in houses of worship and private homes as the city struggles to cope with arrivals from the southern border. With Republican governors in Southern border states sending illegal immigrants north to sanctuary cities like New York, Adams has…


NYC Mayor Plans to House Illegal Immigrants in Churches, Private Homes

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, announced a plan on Monday to house illegal immigrants in houses of worship and private homes as the city struggles to cope with arrivals from the southern border. With Republican governors in Southern border states sending illegal immigrants north to sanctuary cities like New York, Adams has…


Health and Economic Benefits of Trails Discussed at Vision Hudson Valley Conference

A group of field experts, nonprofit leaders, and government officials discussed the health and economic benefits of trails at an annual conference by Vision Hudson Valley on June 2. Garnet Health Foundation President Bill Dauster, an avid outdoorsman, opened the health panel discussion by citing his personal observation. “I wonder all the time when I…


‘A Symbol of Defiance’: Memory of Tiananmen Square Massacre Kept Alive by Advocates

Then-five-year-old Hu Yang was too young to be part of the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square that would later be violently crushed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using tanks and guns. But that hasn’t stopped him from trying to keep its memory alive. In front of a local government building in his hometown, the…


New Tiananmen Museum Opens in New York Ahead of June 4 Anniversary

NEW YORK—The hope for a “free China” lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to the Chinese communist regime’s 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of the 34th anniversary of the massacre. The June 4th Memorial Museum in New York will be the only such permanent…


Post-Mortem Exams Being Performed on 2 Dead Whales Seen Floating Off New York This Week

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y.—Two dead humpback whales were spotted floating in the waters off New York this week, officials said, part of a troubling rise in whale deaths in the region. Necropsies were being performed Friday to determine what killed the two whales that were first seen Wednesday, one off eastern Long Island and one in Raritan…


NY Department of Transportation Informs Residents of Exit 122 Improvements in Wallkill

A public meeting was hosted by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) at Wallkill’s town hall on June 1 to inform residents about the upcoming phase two improvements of Exit 122 on Route 17. The improvement will widen and lengthen Exit 122 lanes on the eastern side of the highway and enhance the…


Bragg Moves to Block Trump’s Request to Move ‘Hush Money’ Case to Federal Court

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said in court filings that it opposes former President Donald Trump’s effort to move a “hush money” case to a federal court. Bragg argued in documents filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan (pdf) that Trump is not entitled to a venue change for the state criminal case because…


Orange County’s 3rd Amazon Warehouse Granted $10 Million in Tax Exemptions

A soon-to-be-constructed $200 million Amazon warehouse in the Town of Wawayanda was awarded more than $10 million in tax exemptions by the Orange County Industrial Development Agency (OCIDA). It is the third Amazon warehouse to be built in the county, following a one-million-square-foot distribution center in the Town of Montgomery and a “last-mile” delivery station…


Macy’s Slashes Expectations for the Year After a Pullback by Shoppers in the Spring

Macy’s slashed its outlook for the entire year as sales weakened in the first quarter during an increasingly challenging economic environment, including stubbornly high inflation. Sales began to flag in March, forcing the New York department store to cut prices on clothes and other discretionary items. Macy’s results wrap up the retail industry’s fiscal first-quarter…