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As wildfires rage in Canada, will NYC see another smokepocalypse?
Canadian wildfires have cast a smokey haze over parts of the midwestern US this week — but experts say it’s unlikely that the Big Apple will experience a “smokepocalypse” similar to the one that enveloped the city last summer. New Yorkers are not expected to feel the effects of the nearly 90 wildfires ablaze in British Columbia and Alberta, which have sent smoke this week toward Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin, FOX 5 NY’s Mike Woods said. “It does not look like significant smoke is coming this way,” Woods said. “In fact, it looks like it’s barely making it into upstate New York.” Hundreds...
“Operation Padlock To Protect” Hits Hell’s Kitchen’s 50+ Unlicensed Smoke Stores
As legal dispensaries finally make their way to Hell’s Kitchen, new emergency regulations allowing the city to permanently padlock unregulated pot shops are starting to curb the neighborhood’s unlicensed cannabis stores. Dubbed “Operation Padlock to Protect” by Mayor Eric Adams, a new set of emergency rules and regulations authorize the sheriff’s office, NYPD and Department […] The post “Operation Padlock To Protect” Hits Hell’s Kitchen’s 50+ Unlicensed Smoke Stores appeared first on W42ST.
Drones smuggled drugs across Niagara River from Canada, 3 suspects caught in NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A smuggling operation used drones to fly drugs across the Niagara River from Canada into upstate New York, using a newly purchased $630,000 house along the river as a drop point, according to a criminal complaint unsealed this week. One person has pleaded guilty and...
Belleville man, 23, who drowned in Spring Lake, identified
SPRING LAKE−A 23-year-old Belleville man who died swimming in the ocean May 4 has been identified. Wilmer Lalvay was found lying facedown in the surf on an unguarded beach by police responding to the call of a drowning swimmer shortly after 2 p.m. that Saturday. Attempts were made to save Lalvay at the scene...
District 10 Challenger Claims Fraud in Newark Candidate's 1,081-Signature Petition
Newark Council President LaMonica McIver could not have obtained over 1,000 valid petition signatures for the District 10 special primary election in the approximately three-day time frame she certified that she did, an attorney for Congressional candidate Brittany Claybrooks argued in a challenge before Administrative Law court Judge Kim Belin on Thursday. A ballot drawing for the special election, which will ultimately fill the vacant seat left by the April 24 death of U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., is scheduled for Monday.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER A potential candidate must have at least 200...
NYC subway rescue: Officers save man who fell onto train tracks l VIDEO
NEW YORK CITY - Two NYPD officers rescued a man earlier this week who fell onto NYC subway tracks after suffering a medical episode. The incident happened on Tuesday evening at the Third Avenue–149th Street station in the Bronx. According to police, the man suffered a medical episode before...
Weekend shaping up to be nicer than expected
NEW YORK (PIX11) — It was another damp and chilly day on Thursday as a coastal storm slowly drifted just to south of the region. While the weekend forecast looked gloomy earlier this week, the latest trend from the computer models now looks promising as the next system may track further south. At this point, we may finally have a dry weekend.
The top ten must-attend foodie events of the summer in New Jersey
Think farmers' markets are an early morning thing? Think again — because 4 p.m. is the new 8 a.m. at Jersey City's bustling Night Market. Held on sporadic Saturdays throughout the warm months, the energetic event is turning the traditional idea of a market on its head with reverse hours, cosmopolitan decor and a clientele largely under the age of 40.
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