“3 to 1, 3-1 Argentina, goodbye mom”. Gustavo Alcayaga spoke to his mother who lives in Argentina before starting the soccer match between his country’s team against Poland. “We are well planned and we will win, there is no other choice,” said Gustavo. Alcayaga, along with dozens of fans of all ages, experienced the emotion … Read more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the allocation of three million dollars for legal assistance to the thousands of immigrants, mostly Venezuelans, who have arrived in the city in recent months. Funding for the next three years will be administered by the state’s Office of New Americans (ONA), which will immediately distribute the first … Read more
“Maintaining and further improving our safety remains a non-negotiable issue for us on commuter trains.” Metropolitan Transportation Authority safety director Patrick Warren said Tuesday at a board meeting at MTA headquarters as he displayed photos of law enforcement officers interacting with the public. The saying comes just as a report from the City Police Department … Read more
“Frightened, the scariest I’ve ever been in my life,” April Booth shared how she felt seeing flames and smoke inside the apartment she’s staying in when an electric bike’s lithium-ion battery it caught fire on Tuesday morning. Firefighters responded to an emergency call at 6:50 a.m. when they reported smoke coming from the sixth floor … Read more
The police file a formal complaint against the mother of the two minors who were found stabbed to death last Saturday in a shelter in the Bronx. It concerns 22-year-old Dimon Fleming was charged with two counts of murder, intent to commit manslaughter and manslaughter, and depraved contempt for a person under the age of … Read more
Immigrant Policemen Victor Brunnel and Bokth Taufique received Proclamations or Diplomas of Valor from Mayor Eric Adams for their heroic and timely action on Thanksgiving Day when they rescued a man who had fallen unconscious on the train tracks minutes earlier of the 6 train, which was rapidly approaching the 116th Street & Lexington Avenue … Read more
“My grandchildren. Since then I haven’t slept well because there are people who have it in my ‘building’.” Minerva Fernández martyrs recalls one fateful morning last August, when in one of Jackie Robinson’s tenement buildings, the East Harlem neighborhood awoke horrified by the deaths of a five-year-old girl and a 36-year-old woman, the product of … Read more
Authorities are on the trail of a gunman who killed a man in Manhattan. It happened outside NYCHA’s Fulton Houses at 400 West 17th Street in Chelsea shortly after 9:30 last night. Upon arrival, police found an unconscious 44-year-old man on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head. Paramedics rushed the injured individual … Read more
Police have tightened security around the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade following mass shootings elsewhere in the country, though stressing that there is no known credible threat to the famous event itself. The holiday tradition, which draws crowds of attendees and onlookers, comes this year two days after six people were killed in a shooting at … Read more
Today is the day known as Small Business Saturday. This initiative seeks to support local businesses to help them stay afloat. These businesses have been particularly hard hit by inflation and are still recovering from the effects of the pandemic. A recent study by American Express found that 61% of small business owners say the … Read more