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NYC Mayor Adams Gets Split Decision in Battle Against Rats

NEW YORK—In his battle against rats, New York City Mayor Eric Adams scored a split decision Tuesday when a hearing officer dismissed one summons while upholding another issued by a city inspector citing him for not doing enough to keep rodents at bay from his Brooklyn townhouse. In a city where some residents consider rats…


Sam Bankman-Fried Summoned to NYC by Judge Over Bail Rules

NEW YORK—FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was ordered to return to a New York courtroom this week after the federal judge assigned to his fraud case said he’s communicating with others in ways the government can’t monitor. His lawyers, however, say he was merely accessing postseason NFL football games. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on Tuesday scheduled…


NYPD, Queens DA Arrest 23 of NYC’s ‘Most Dangerous’ Gang Members in Joint Operation

Approximately 23 of the “most dangerous” individuals in New York City have been arrested by NYPD following a two-year investigation that was sparked by the death of a mother-of-two killed by a stray bullet. New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the arrests of the two subsets of the “Crips” street gang in a…


‘Wreckless Spending’: Crash Claims Involving NYC Municipal Vehicles Cost Taxpayers Over $500 Million

New York City taxpayers have paid more than $500 million dollars in civil settlements related to crashes involving city vehicles over the past decade. The majority of crash claims were made against the New York City Police Department, according to a Feb. 12 report from the office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander. Payments to people injured…


Multiple Pedestrians Struck, Dragged by Truck in NYC ‘Rampage’: Official

A man driving a truck hit “went on a rampage” and hit several pedestrians in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on Monday morning, said a New York City councilman. “A man driving a U-Haul went on a rampage in Bay Ridge,” City Councilman Justin Brannan wrote on Twitter Monday, adding that “several people were hit and badly injured.” “We…


New Year’s Eve Machete Attack Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

NEW YORK—A Maine man charged with attacking police officers with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted murder and assault charges in a new state indictment. Authorities have said Trevor Thomas Bickford of Wells, Maine, began studying radical Islamic ideology last summer. They say the…


Fired NYC Workers Have to Re-apply for Job, ‘Just Wasn’t Right’ to Reject Vaccine: Mayor Adams

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday defended the firing of city employees who refused to comply with the now-sunsetting COVID vaccine mandate, arguing that it “just wasn’t right” for them to decline to get the jab. Appearing on Caribbean Power Jam Radio’s “The Reset Show,” Adams was asked about the fate of the…


Fired NYC Workers Have to Re-Apply for Jobs, ‘Just Wasn’t Right’ to Reject Vaccine: Mayor Adams

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday defended the firing of city employees who refused to comply with the now-sunsetting COVID vaccine mandate, arguing that it “just wasn’t right” for them to decline to get the jab. Appearing on Caribbean Power Jam Radio’s “The Reset Show,” Adams was asked about the fate of the…


NYC Workers Fired Over Refusing Vaccines Must Reapply for Jobs: Mayor

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Feb. 10 defended the firing of city employees who refused to comply with the now-sunsetting COVID-19 vaccine mandate, arguing that it “just wasn’t right” for them to decline to get the jab. Appearing on Caribbean Power Jam Radio’s “The Reset Show,” Adams was asked about the fate of…


FEC Requiring George Santos to Formally Declare 2024 Candidacy or ‘Disavow’ Fundraising

The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) has sent an official inquiry to Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), asking him to declare whether he is running for reelection in 2024. The Long Island, New York, lawmaker just won his first election and currently represents the state’s third congressional district. The letter asserts that Santos has “accepted contributions and/or…