Category: New York City

New York City Plans Central Park Concert to Mark Pandemic Comeback

NEW YORK—New York will host a concert in Central Park featuring an undisclosed line-up of major musical artists in August to mark the city’s comeback from the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday. The live music event is part of a week-long citywide celebration of the city, which was once the country’s…


Cynthia Nixon Loves Shoplifters! Watch Out, CVS!

Former ‘Sex and the City’ star and New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon tweeted that shoplifters should not be prosecuted, which critics say is encouraging more lawlessness in the already crime-ridden New York City. Beau asks if this is just insanity, or if Miranda is just playing a character? Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xZxDKv_6cmU…


Woman Sues Over Termination After Calling Police on Man in NYC’s Central Park

A woman who was fired last year after she called 911 on a man who she said threatened her and her dog has sued her former employer, arguing the firm did not carry out an investigation despite suggesting it did so in a strongly worded statement on the termination. Franklin Templeton said in a statement…


New York City Schools to Resume In-person Learning and ‘No Remote’ in September: Bill de Blasio

Remote learning arrangements in New York City public schools will end in September and be replaced with classroom-only instruction, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. “It’s good news,” de Blasio said on MSNBC adding, “one million kids will be back in their classrooms in September, all in-person, no remote.” “We’re going to be back strong, ready, safe….


New York City Schools to Resume In-person Learning, ‘No Remote’ in September: Bill de Blasio

Remote learning arrangements in New York City public schools will end in September and be replaced with classroom-only instruction, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on May 24. “It’s good news,” de Blasio said on MSNBC. “One million kids will be back in their classrooms in September, all in-person, no remote.” “We’re going to be back strong,…


NYC Principal Criticized Over Email Urging Staff to Promote Sanctions Against Israel

A Brooklyn middle school principal has come under fire for using her position to promote pro-Palestinian activism. In an email sent Wednesday, Charles O. Dewey MS 136 principal Amanda Bueno encouraged teachers and administrators to “take a stand” on the side of Palestinians in the latest escalation between Israel and Palestinian jihadist groups in the…


Suspected ‘Hoolie’ Gang Member Charged in Relation to Toddler’s Fatal Shooting in Brooklyn

Authorities in New York City charged a suspect on Wednesday believed to be connected to the fatal shooting of a toddler boy who was struck by a stray bullet while attending a cookout party with his family in Brooklyn last summer.


NYC Schools To Replace Columbus Day with Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People’s Day

Public school students in New York City on Oct. 11 will be celebrating Italian Heritage Day and Indigenous People’s Day instead of Columbus Day, and Juneteenth will become a school holiday for the first time, the city’s education official announced Tuesday. In the 2021–2022 school year calendar released Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 11 was originally labelled…


Schumer Demands Restoration of 24-hour New York City Subway Service

Nonstop subway service should be restored in New York City, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday. “The city that never sleeps has a name we have to live up to everywhere, including within our subway service,” Schumer, the Senate majority leader, told a briefing in the city. As normal life resumes for many in…


Police Arrest Suspect in New York City Synagogue Vandalism Spree

Officials in New York City charged a 29-year-old man in connection to several acts of vandalism in the Bronx over the past several days. Jordan Burnette was charged with burglary as a hate crime and “numerous charges related to the acts of vandalism as hate crimes that have taken place in this community,” Jessica Corey,…