New York City on Thursday announced it is reducing police numbers and cutting budgets in areas like education as it continues to struggle with the exorbitant costs related to the “sanctuary” city’s migrant crisis. Mayor Eric Adams announced a $110.5 billion budget, saying cuts across all agencies were necessary with …
Read More »Suspect's colorful briefs lead NYPD to robbery arrest
A pair of multicolored briefs peeking out above a robbery suspect’s low-slung trousers helped police arrest him more than a year later, federal authorities in New York said Wednesday. The robbery happened at a tobacco shop in Queens on Sept. 14, 2022. Three masked men got out of a Mazda …
Read More »New York couple, 5-year-old son, found stabbed to death in apartment: officials
A Bronx couple and their five-year-old son were found stabbed to death inside their apartment early Sunday morning, according to law enforcement officials. Just after 6:30 a.m., police responded to an apartment building at 674 East 136th Street in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx for a 911 call. …
Read More »New York City calls for dismissal of lawsuit filed by ex-bodega clerk Jose Alba after murder charges dropped
Lawyers representing New York City called on a federal judge to drop a lawsuit filed by ex-bodega clerk Jose Alba after murder charges against him were dropped. Jose Alba, a former bodega worker, was attacked while working behind the counter on July 1, 2022, by 35-year-old Austin Simon as well …
Read More »Defiant Letitia James rallies with far-left ally Mamdani after indictment, vows to keep fighting Trump
New York Attorney General Letitia James rallied with New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Monday night and vowed to continue fighting President Donald Trump’s “aggressive policies” in her first public appearance since she was indicted on fraud charges. With three weeks until Election Day, the “Our Time …
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 …
Read More »Two Delta regional jets collide on taxiway at LaGuardia Airport; 1 injured
Two Canadair jets operated by Endeavor Air, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, collided on a taxiway at LaGuardia Airport in New York Wednesday night. The incident took place at 9:58 p.m. between two Canadair CRJ-900 regional jets. One was an outbound flight and the other inbound, according to the …
Read More »Democratic socialist group backing Mamdani condemns Gaza ceasefire, calls for more anti-Israel resistance
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the political party to which New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani belongs, brushed off Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas on Monday and called for further resistance to Israel’s “apartheid and occupation” of Gaza. The DSA released the statement, titled “Until Palestinian Liberation,” on its …
Read More »Machete-wielding offender with 20 arrests charged in blue city hit-and-run that killed cancer survivor
A New York City man with nearly two dozen arrests is facing even more time behind bars for allegedly fatally striking a cancer survivor with his motorcycle last year, according to police. Timothy Bohler, 31, is accused of slamming into Lelawattie Narine, 52, with his Jiajue motorcycle in the Bronx …
Read More »‘Absolutely a communist’: Mamdani dodges label, but his record and expert say otherwise
Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has repeatedly insisted he is not a “communist” when asked by reporters despite a history of promoting communist ideology which has prompted many to place that label on him. “No, I’m a democratic socialist,” Mamdani told CNN earlier this week when asked …
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