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NYC weather: Thunderstorms with pea-sized hail to hit Manhattan and Staten Island Monday
The National Weather Service issued a weather alert at 4:59 p.m. on Monday for strong thunderstorms until 5:30 p.m. for Manhattan and Staten Island. The storms could bring wind gusts of up to 30 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 inches). "At 4:58 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm over...
MTA announces discounted fares, expanded bus routes
NEW YORK CITY - As the congestion pricing deadline is approaching, the MTA will offer discounted fares on Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad trips and express bus service in Brooklyn and Staten Island. "Building on the best subway service in decades and historic on-time performance on Metro-North and...
Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri is coming to Yonkers
Celebrity Chef and philanthropist Guy Fieri will be in Yonkers May 5 in support of his and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar’s Santo Spirits brand. The Cinco de Mayo appearance will take place at Stew Leonard's (1 Stew Leonard Drive) from noon to 1 p.m. for a "meet and greet" and sample sipping. Fieri will take photos with fans and sign bottles of Santo Tequila, a liquor that arose from a decades-old friendship between himself and Hagar.
NYC’s once-bustling Flatiron District now a wasteland of empty storefronts as rampant shoplifting wreaks havoc on iconic nabe
Flatiron is in shambles. The once-thriving Manhattan business district is now a virtual wasteland littered with empty storefronts — with locals blaming spiking crime and the Big Apple’s disastrous post-pandemic retail real estate market. “Big Box” retailers — including Lowes, Bed Bath & Beyond and Staples — have fled in the last few years, leaving one of the city’s shopping meccas peppered with vacant retail space. Businesses who are trying to hang on have been plagued by rampant shoplifting and thefts, according to workers and city crime statistics. “Business is horrible,” said Tenzin Tsethar, manager of The Wine Gallery at Sixth Avenue and West...
Guatemalan Immigrant Charged With Woman's Rape In Fairview
Bylly Xilox Aquino, 25, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, May 1, on a detainer filed by ICE. Aquino, who's married, has been on Anderson Avenue just off Kamena Street, records show. Fairview police seized him after a woman said he held her down on a bed,...
Feds detail ‘grandparents scam’ based in Dominican; 5 NYC residents among 16 accused
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Federal authorities charged 16 people — including five New Yorkers — in connection with a “grandparents scam” based in the Dominican Republic that allegedly stole millions of dollars from American seniors. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led the investigation, which resulted in...
West Side Hot Dog Showdown Between a Times Square Titan and Hell’s Kitchen’s Freebie Feast
A tale of two hot dogs — one a 65-foot behemoth and the other more traditionally sized and free with any drink purchase. The two Manhattan munchies were just blocks apart — one in Times Square and the other at Hell’s Kitchen dive bar Rudy’s. We sent out our intrepid reporter Dashiell Allen, who doesn’t […] The post West Side Hot Dog Showdown Between a Times Square Titan and Hell’s Kitchen’s Freebie Feast appeared first on W42ST.
Bob Menendez’s wife was reported missing to cops by her other lover during secret trip with senator
When indicted Sen. Bob Menendez first began dating his current wife, she vanished for a week — and was declared a missing person by cops because her other lover feared for her safety. Nadine Arslanian left the lights on and TVs blaring at her Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home...
North Jersey man pleads guilty to embezzling $488K from Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
A Bergen County man has pleaded guilty to collecting nearly half a million dollars in overtime pay for work he did not do, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Tuesday. Joseph Ferrara, 56, of North Arlington, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Julien X. Neals in federal court in Newark. He was...
Be prepared for dense fog in 4 N.J. counties Wednesday morning
A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 7:20 a.m. for dense fog until 9 a.m. for Passaic, Bergen, Essex and Union counties. "Patchy dense fog is being observed across the Lower Hudson Valley, portions of northeast NJ and portions of southern CT. The dense fog is expected to remain patchy and lift by 9 a.m. Use caution if traveling this morning. Use low-beam headlights and leave plenty of distance between you and the vehicle in front of you," says the weather service.
I pay $623 in rent and have a doorman: Everything you thought you knew about affordable housing is wrong
When Merete Muenter tells people that she pays $623 a month for her studio in an affordable housing complex in New York City, many assume the worst: a run-down dump in a crime-ridden neighborhood. The reality is that her subsidized rental is far nicer than any of the market-rate places...
3 Things To Know Today
1 Police Move In On Columbia University Protesters. The New York Police Department was called in to clear protesters on the campus of Columbia University last night. Around 9 pm, campus authorities authorized the NYPD to go onto campus “to restore safety and order to our community.” The initial focus for officers was the occupied Hamilton Hall, and officers said they found a heavily fortified building when they entered. Around 50 protesters were arrested and taken away by bus. NYPD officials said the protesters in Hamilton Hall will be charged with burglary in the third degree, criminal mischief, and trespassing. After securing the building, officers moved on to the tent encampments on campus, and later in the evening police reported that the only thing remaining at the site of the protesters’ encampment was empty tents they said the university would clear away. Columbia University says it’s asked the NYPD to “retain a presence on campus through at least May 17th.”
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