Jun 16 Ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered to pay $475,000 for misusing public funds on failed White House bid By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press The fine caps off a two-year investigation into the mayor's use of taxpayer dollars to cover the travel costs of NYPD officers who accompanied him during cross-country campaign stops. Continue reading
Jun 01 Airbnb sues New York City over restrictions on short-term rentals By Associated Press Regulations that the city plans to begin enforcing next month would require owners to register with the mayor's office, disclose who else lives in the property, and promise to comply with zoning, construction and maintenance ordinances. Continue reading
May 10 New York City Mayor Eric Adams calls fatal subway chokehold a ‘tragedy that never should have happened’ By Karen Matthews, Associated Press Adams pledged Wednesday to do more to help people like Neely who are experiencing mental health crises. Neely died on May 1 when U.S. Marine veteran Daniel Penny put him in a chokehold aboard a subway train in Manhattan. Continue reading
May 04 Chokehold killed man attacked by NYC subway passengers, coroner says By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press A man who had been shouting at people aboard a New York City subway train died after fellow riders tackled him and one put him in a chokehold that lasted until his body went limp. Continue reading
May 02 As legal marijuana use increases, discarded joints pose hazards for dogs By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press Veterinarians are growing alarmed by an apparent rise in marijuana poisonings among dogs that ingest discarded joints and edibles on city sidewalks. Continue reading
Apr 30 New York City shuts down 4 parking garages after deadly collapse By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press After the deadly collapse of a parking structure in lower Manhattan, New York City building officials swept through dozens of parking garages and ordered four of them to immediately shutter because of structural defects that “deteriorated to the point where… Continue reading
Apr 18 Parking garage partially collapses in New York City, killing 1 By Ted Shaffrey, Associated Press Mayor Eric Adams says one person has been killed in the partial collapse of a parking garage in lower Manhattan's Financial District. Five people have been injured. Continue reading
Apr 04 WATCH: Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago after pleading ‘not guilty’ in New York By Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Flanked by American flags, former President Donald Trump delivered a campaign-style speech to cheering supporters at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday night. Continue reading
Apr 04 Trump’s expected surrender and arraignment creates New York spectacle By Bobby Caina Calvan, Deepti Hajela, Associated Press A small park built on a site that was once a swampy, sewage-filled pond was ground zero for the frenzy surrounding former President Donald Trump's expected surrender Tuesday at a courthouse in Lower Manhattan. Continue reading
Mar 30 Donald Trump was just indicted. What happens next? By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Every day, hundreds of people are taken into law enforcement custody in New York City. Former President Donald Trump is expected to become one of of them next week. Continue reading