New Year’s Eve Safety Measures in Times Square 2024

New Year’s Eve Safety Measures in Times Square 2024

City officials are taking steps to ensure that all spectators who plan to spend New Year’s Eve in Times Square can do so safely. It is a previous celebration to welcome 2024. Confetti and joy flooded this part of Times Square, where tourists already fill every corner, and on Sunday hundreds of thousands are expected … Read more

Bronx Teen Stabbed in Critical Condition – Another Fatal Stabbing in Rose Hill

Bronx Teen Stabbed in Critical Condition – Another Fatal Stabbing in Rose Hill

A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after being stabbed this Saturday night in the Bronx, with a sharp object in the neck. Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy for first-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon. At around six o’clock yesterday afternoon the police arrived after an emergency call to White Plains Road … Read more

Delicious Cuban Christmas Traditions: Pernil, Ropa Vieja, and Congrí Recipes & Celebration Traditions

Delicious Cuban Christmas Traditions: Pernil, Ropa Vieja, and Congrí Recipes & Celebration Traditions

On Christmas Eve, traditional flavors are intertwined with the essence of the celebration. “In order to start the rumba you have to start with the pig,” says Laura. On this special occasion, for Cubans, traditional dishes such as pernil, yuca with mojo, congrí, ropa Vieja with rice and beans, become the protagonists of the night, … Read more

New Yorkers weigh in on the decision to revoke the mayor’s powers

New Yorkers weigh in on the decision to revoke the mayor’s powers

Starting in the summer of 2022, Mayor Adams asked to have emergency powers, in order to manage contracts quickly and respond to emergency cases, such as the increase in immigrants arriving in the city, among others. The municipal comptroller has denounced that a good part of the processes did not adhere to the established regulations, … Read more

Domincan Lieutenant and Veteran NYPD Officer Attacked and Injured in Subway Station

Domincan Lieutenant and Veteran NYPD Officer Attacked and Injured in Subway Station

After the attack, Dominican lieutenant, veteran NYPD officer, Gypsy Pichardo was left with deep cuts on his left cheek and eyebrow. The eye was swollen from the strong blows he received on Saturday, November 11, inside a subway car, at the 238th Street and Broadway Avenue station. In the video you can see how two … Read more

New York Taxi Drivers Alliance Obtains Restraining Order Against Additional Ride-Sharing Licenses

New York Taxi Drivers Alliance Obtains Restraining Order Against Additional Ride-Sharing Licenses

The New York Taxi Drivers Alliance obtained a temporary restraining order to stop the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission from issuing new licenses for the pairing of additional cars with applications such as Uber and Lyft. The commission will not be able to continue accepting applications for new FHV licenses starting this Monday the 13th … Read more

NYCHA Proposes New Rules for Bicycle and Scooter Storage to Improve Fire Safety

NYCHA Proposes New Rules for Bicycle and Scooter Storage to Improve Fire Safety

The city’s housing authority or NYCHA proposes a new set of rules to regulate the storage of bicycles and electric scooters in its complexes, in order to improve fire safety. “There are fewer fires. Fewer fires if they comply, but they don’t comply,” says Andrés Guerrero, a Williamsburg resident. With this new proposal of limitations, … Read more

Cyclists Struck by Car in Brooklyn: One in Critical Condition, Investigation Underway

Cyclists Struck by Car in Brooklyn: One in Critical Condition, Investigation Underway

Two cyclists are hit by a car in Brooklyn. The incident occurred shortly before midnight on Halsey Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area. According to police, a 20-year-old woman was driving a BMW when she hit a 19-year-old cyclist and a 32-year-old man. Both were taken to Kings County Hospital. The 19-year-old suffered a head injury … Read more

Tragic Fire Claims Life of 12-Year-Old Girl in Bronx Home

Tragic Fire Claims Life of 12-Year-Old Girl in Bronx Home

A family is in mourning after a 12-year-old girl who used a wheelchair died in a house fire in the Bronx. At around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, firefighters and Emergency Medical Service workers responded to the call about the fire in a two-story house located at 42-23 Boyd Avenue in the area of Wakefield. The … Read more

Federal Transit Administration, MTA, and State of NY Guarantee Million-Dollar Funds for Second Avenue Subway Expansion

Federal Transit Administration, MTA, and State of NY Guarantee Million-Dollar Funds for Second Avenue Subway Expansion

By signing this agreement, the federal transit administration, the MTA and the state of NY guaranteed the million-dollar funds for the expansion of the Second Avenue Subway line. “Today I have the honor of signing the $3.4 billion financing agreement to expand the subway from Second Avenue to 125th Street. The Q line will also … Read more