Tag: NY News

Chinese Police Overseas NY Outpost Can Be Tool for Sabotage in US: Expert

A report emerged in September that said Chinese authorities have opened 110 police service centers outside of mainland China—including one in New York City—that repatriate Chinese people using coercion, according to a security policy expert, but which also may be used for sabotage or espionage. Frank Gaffney, the executive chairman at the Washington-based Center for…


New York Mayor Declares State of Emergency Over Illegal Immigration ‘Crisis’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday declared a state of emergency over the surge of illegal immigrants that have been bused and to the city in recent weeks. “This is a humanitarian crisis that started with violence and instability in South America and is being accelerated by American political dynamics,” Adams said in…


Judge: Fake Heiress Can Fight Deportation on House Arrest

NEW YORK—A U.S. immigration judge cleared the way Wednesday for fake German heiress Anna Sorokin to be released from detention to home confinement while she fights deportation, if she meets certain conditions. She must post a $10,000 bond, provide a residential address where she’ll stay for the duration of her immigration case and refrain from…


New York Offices to See $453 Billion in Value Wiped Out Due to Remote Work

Offices in New York face losing $453 billion in value due, in part, to the rise of remote work, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has found. According to the study, which was conducted by researchers at New York University and Columbia University, the value of offices in New York City declined by around…


NYC Moves Immigrant Tent City to Randall’s Island

New York City is moving its tent city for around 16,000 immigrants from the Bronx to Randall’s Island citing flooding problems caused by weekend storms. Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, announced the move on Monday night saying the relocation of the $150 million Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center was the “most efficient and effective…


US Postal Service Workers Arrested Over $1.3 Million Credit Card Fraud and Theft Scheme

Three U.S. Postal Service employees have been arrested in connection with a $1.3 million fraud and identity theft scheme in which they allegedly used stolen credit cards to purchase luxury items. According to a release from the Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Postal workers Nathanael Foucault, Johnathan Persaud, and Fabiola Mompoint were arrested Thursday in New York alongside a fourth individual, Devon…


NIH Continues Pouring Millions Into Organization That Funded Wuhan Lab

Millions of federal dollars have continued flowing into EcoHealth Alliance, government records show. The New York-based nonprofit has drawn heavy scrutiny for its role in funneling public money to a key laboratory in China for bat coronavirus research that many believe may have caused the pandemic. On Sept. 21, the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…


NIH Continues to Pour Millions Into Organization That Funded Wuhan Lab

Millions of federal dollars have continued flowing into EcoHealth Alliance, the New York-based nonprofit under heavy scrutiny for its role in funneling public money to a key laboratory in China for bat coronavirus research that many believe may have caused the pandemic. On Sept. 21, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued three grants to…


NIH Approves Millions in New Grants to Organization That Funded Wuhan Lab

Millions of federal dollars have continued flowing into EcoHealth Alliance, the New York-based nonprofit under heavy scrutiny for its role in funneling public money to a key laboratory in China for bat coronavirus research that many believe may have caused the pandemic. On Sept. 21, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued three grants to…


Falun Gong Adherents Brave Rain in Brooklyn to Denounce Chinese Communist Party’s Abuses

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.—Heavy rain and cold winds did not deter hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners from parading down Brooklyn’s Chinatown on Oct. 2 to call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s 23-year-long persecution of the spiritual group. Participants, drenched by the rain despite many of them wearing yellow plastic rain jackets, held…