Another act of hate: Bigot berates and menaces Asian woman in Midtown
The sickening string of hate crimes [1] targeting Asian New Yorkers continued Friday in Midtown, with a shameful bigot menacing a senior woman on the street, police reported. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task...
View ArticleCuomo aides subpoenaed in sexual harassment probe: report
The office of state Attorney General Letitia James has subpoenaed dozens of officials in Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration as part of a probe into sexual harassment accusations, The Wall Street...
View ArticleWith anti-Asian hate in U.S. rising, parents grapple over whether to talk to...
After eight people were killed in last week's shootings at three Atlanta-area spas, including six women of Asian descent, Stefany Stuber sat down to talk to her seven-year-old daughter, Olivia. "I...
View ArticleU.S. regulators inch toward pet-insurance rules
U.S. insurance regulators are close to creating a legal standard for pet insurance that would address long-standing consumer complaints that insurers rarely pay up when their furry friends are not...
View ArticleTake Five: Quarter-end tug of war
1/ GOODBYE, Q1 A new U.S. president, the selection of the candidate who might be Germany's next leader, a $1.7 trillion rise in the value of global equities, amateur traders taking on seasoned hedge...
View ArticleGunman in Brooklyn executes driver in broad daylight as he sat inside car
An unidentified shooter executed a 31-year-old man in a hail of bullets as the victim sat inside a parked car in Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon, police reported. It was the borough's second deadly...
View Article‘Nobody’ packs a punch through an unlikely fist
By Molly Given In 2021, movies certainly need a punch to pack in hits with audiences. Superhero films have reigned as supreme for the past few quarters, but when you think of a middle-aged, father of...
View ArticleCharter school application 101: How to enroll your children in a great NYC...
New York City charter schools are now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year. One can apply through the NYC Charter Schools website [1], nyccharterschools.schoolmint.net, to multiple...
View ArticleCommunity transmission to blame for these eleven NYC zip codes with over 10%...
With eleven zip codes in New York City maintaining an infection above 10%, local officials are attributing it simply to community spread which they say can be fixed with proper personal behavior. The...
View ArticleFurious late Rangers comeback falls short in loss to Capitals
A four-goal outburst in the third period was not enough for the New York Rangers, whose furious comeback attempt fell short on Sunday afternoon in the nation's capital in a 5-4 loss to the Washington...
View ArticleNFL expanding to 17 games for 2021 season
The NFL is expected to officially announce that it is going to expand its regular-season schedule from 16 games to 17 beginning in the upcoming 2021 season, ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported on...
View ArticleUp to speed on legal weed
It took a global pandemic that exposed great economic suffering and inequality in New York for the Empire State to finally be on the cusp of fully legalizing marijuana. State lawmakers and embattled...
View ArticleCheck out these charter schools for your child to attend in New York City
It is prime school-search season in New York City. If you are one of the thousands of families weighing their child’s educational options for pre-Kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school, you...
View ArticleNYSNA pays tribute to fallen nurse one year after pandemic, calls for safer...
Family and colleagues celebrated the life of a hero one year after her death from COVID-19. Registered Nurse Freda Ocran was among the first New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) members to pass...
View ArticleJury to hear opening arguments in Derek Chauvin trial for George Floyd’s death
By Jonathan Allen MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A jury will gather on Monday to hear whether the deadly arrest of George Floyd, which ignited a global protest movement ten months ago, amounts to murder as...
View ArticleTwo Brooklyn ferry stops close for 8-10 weeks for $11.4m renovations
The city will close two Brooklyn ferry stops for eight-to-10 weeks starting April 5, as part of two multi-million-dollar dock overhauls — just in time for spring. The city’s quasi-public Economic...
View ArticleMets, Francisco Lindor not on verge of extension yet: report
Time is officially running out for the Mets' talks with Francisco Lindor about a possible long-term contract extension. The 27-year-old superstar shortstop's self-imposed deadline of Opening Day,...
View ArticleOn stimulus spending, Andrew Yang says take it easy – but City Hall and...
Don't spend it all in one place! Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang made that suggestion to the de Blasio administration on Monday, but it was not exactly welcomed with open arms by either mayor's press...
View ArticleYankees notes: Aaron Judge’s allergy scare, updates on Voit, Wilson, Britton
Aaron Judge might as well have just had the allergy attack heard 'round the world. After not appearing for the Yankees' spring-training finale on Monday, manager Aaron Boone told YES Network that...
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