NEW YORK (VINnews) – Mayor Bill de Blasio today established a multi-agency task force to crack down on illegal fireworks sales. The task force will target suppliers, distributors and possessors of large quantities of illegal fireworks by conducting investigations and sting operations within and outside of New York City to disrupt supply chains. The FDNY […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) – A caravan of people drove to Gracie Mansion overnight to rouse Mayor Bill de Blasio by honking their horns, to express their anger over the city’s unwillingness to crack down on an epidemic of illegal fireworks usage. They said if they can’t sleep because of the fireworks, the mayor shouldn’t be […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day before Geoffrey S. Berman was axed from his job as head of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan, he refused to sign onto a letter crafted by senior officials in Washington lambasting New York’s mayor for putting COVID-19 restrictions on religious gatherings. Berman’s refusal didn’t directly contribute to his ouster. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — After years of secrecy, a contentious leak to a news website and a recent change in state law, New York City’s police watchdog agency disclosed Monday the complaint history for the police officer fired for the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner. Records showing former Officer Daniel Pantaleo was the subject […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City ventured into a crucial stage of reopening as stores let people in Monday, offices brought workers back, restaurants seated customers outdoors and residents both welcomed and worried about rebounding from the nation’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak. From Macy’s “Miracle on 34th Street” store to the World Trade Center’s office […]

WASHINGTON (Newsmax) – With calls growing for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to take on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for a seat in the Senate, President Donald Trump weighed in by suggesting she could beat him. “Actually, that would be a big improvement – and she would win!” Trump tweeted late Sunday night in response […]

NEW YORK — A New York City police officer was suspended without pay Sunday after he was recorded putting his arm around a man’s neck in what the police commissioner called an “apparent chokehold.” The department’s action to suspend the officer was stunning in its swiftness, occurring just hours after the morning confrontation on a […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The American Museum of Natural History will remove a prominent statue of Theodore Roosevelt from its entrance after years of objections that it symbolizes colonial expansion and racial discrimination, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday. The bronze statue that has stood at the museum’s Central Park West entrance since 1940 depicts […]

TALLAHASSEE (Newsmax) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a shot at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a press conference over the weekend, referring to the Empire State leader’s proposal for a coronavirus quarantine of visitors. DeStantis advised Cuomo “not quarantine any Floridians in nursing homes,” Fox News reported. DeSantis was making reference to an […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus through contact tracing has been hampered by the reluctance of many people who are infected with the virus to provide information to tracers, according to a report in The New York Times. The Times report said just 35% of the […]