A bus carrying schoolchildren crashed on a highway and fell into a ravine in upstate New York on Thursday, killing one person and injuring several others, police said. The incident occurred on Interstate 84 in the town of Wawayanda, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of New York City, state police said. The bus was … Read more
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Trash cans like the ones shown in the images will be much more common starting next year as no businesses will be allowed to put trash bags on the sidewalks. “We are going to be the cleanest big city in the United States,” said Mayor Eric Adams when announcing that all businesses will have to … Read more
%20ES%20MN%20Siena%20College%20Poll%20CG_127493338_1367 "New York Residents Express Concerns About Worsening Quality of Life and Economic Struggles")
If money doesn’t suit you and you have problems meeting your needs, know that you are not the only one, according to the most recent Sienna College survey of 804 New Yorkers registered to vote. 57% of those surveyed, that is, more than half, think that the quality of life in New York is getting … Read more
Governor Kathy Hohcul yesterday signed a new public health law that cracks down on tobacco sales in New York State. The legislation seeks to make cigarettes and tobacco products less accessible by prohibiting their sale at stands, vending machines and in buildings in New York state. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, … Read more
An elderly adult loses his life after being shot in the head this morning in the Bronx. Officers patrolling the streets reportedly heard gunshots at the intersection of West 168th Street and Ogden Avenue in the Highbridge area. Upon arrival, officers found an 80-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head. The victim was … Read more
Governor Kathy Hohcul yesterday signed a new public health law that cracks down on tobacco sales in New York State. The legislation seeks to make cigarettes and tobacco products less accessible by prohibiting their sale at stands, vending machines and in buildings in New York state. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, … Read more
Efforts to make subway stations more accessible are paying off in the city. Such is the case of the East 149th Street stop of the “6” train in the Bronx, which now has two new elevators. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority indicated that this marks the completion of its fifth accessible station project so far this … Read more
It will be difficult to stay afloat if we continue to receive this number of people said the city’s deputy mayor for health and humanitarian services, Anne Williams-Isom. This during the presentation with the asylum application help center about the state of the migration crisis in the city. According to the director of the mayor’s … Read more
As its name implies, Governors Island is a small 172-acre island in the center of New York City Harbor, just over a half-mile away from Lower Manhattan. The first reference that exists about the island is from 1624, when the colonists of the Dutch West India Company decided to set up camp on the island, … Read more
A delegation led by New York congressmen Nydia Velázquez, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Adriano Espaillat visited the reception center installed in the Roosevelt Hotel, one of the first points of contact for asylum seekers when they arrive in the city, to see how is working. But the press conference after the tour of the facilities … Read more