New York City residents have the longest work weeks among the country’s 30 biggest cities because of the grueling commutes to and from work, a report released by city Comptroller Scott Stringer says. A typical work week for full-time worker in New York adds up to more than 49 hours, …
Read More »2 exonerated in 1990s NYC murders after re-investigation points to faulty witness testimony
Two men who served decades in prison for separate murders in New York City were exonerated on Monday after reinvestigations found that they had been convicted based on unreliable witness testimony. Jabar Walker, 49, walked free after he was cleared of a 1995 double murder. He had been serving 25 …
Read More »NYC bans Brooklyn Bridge vendors after mayor says holiday season 'turned dangerous'
Visitors to New York City hoping to take home a souvenir from the Brooklyn Bridge will now have to settle for a photograph, as vendors are about to be banned from the iconic span. The new rule, which goes into effect Wednesday, aims to ease overcrowding on the bridge’s heavily …
Read More »Missing minute in Jeffrey Epstein jail security video revealed in document dump
A newly released congressional video fills a one-minute gap in earlier surveillance from notorious financier Jeffrey Epstein’s jail unit on the night of his 2019 suicide. Two key clips, part of a nearly 34,000-file drop by the House Oversight Committee Tuesday night, revealed the highly-contested minute missing from surveillance footage …
Read More »Secret Service dismantles 'telecommunications threat' near UN General Assembly in New York
The U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday that it “dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York tristate area that were used to conduct multiple telecommunications-related threats directed towards senior U.S. government officials.” The devices were concentrated within 35 miles of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly meeting …
Read More »Giuliani allies turn on GOP’s Sliwa, back Cuomo in NYC mayor race
Rudy Giuliani’s aides and allies have thrown themselves behind Andrew Cuomo instead of Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in the race for New York mayor, according to reports. Joe Lhota, Giuliani’s former deputy mayor and the GOP’s 2013 mayoral candidate, confirmed to the New York Post Thursday he is firmly in …
Read More »Teen arrested for murder in shooting of 11-year-old boy in New York: 'An unimaginable tragedy'
A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy inside a New York home on Thursday. Officers in Newburgh, located about 60 miles north of New York City, responded at around 8 a.m. on Thursday to a shooting at …
Read More »Blue state in the hot seat after ICE busts Illegal immigrant with 'NO NAME GIVEN' on license
FIRST ON FOX: An illegal immigrant carrying a New York state commercial driver’s license with “NO NAME GIVEN” listed as his name was arrested by ICE in Oklahoma, according to DHS. The agency said that it has been working in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Transportation as well as …
Read More »Social media erupts as resurfaced AG James posts come back to haunt her: 'No one is above the law'
New York Attorney General Letitia James faced an avalanche of criticism on social media Thursday following news she was indicted for mortgage fraud as many conservatives brought up past tweets of her taunting then presidential candidate Donald Trump for being indicted. “Roses are red. Violets are blue. No one is …
Read More »Mamdani assails Trump for 'political retribution' against Letitia James in sweeping defense of embattled AG
Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani defended Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James following her grand jury indictment on charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution, calling it a “shameless act of political retribution” from the Trump administration. “This is not simply …
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