It's Friday in New York City, where Juleah Jorge and her daughter currently rent a second-floor apartment in the Bronx with help from a federal assistance program that's about to die.
The Emergency Housing Voucher program, which supports about 7,500 city households, was created in 2021 as a way to help renters and boost the economy during the pandemic. When Congress approved the program, they expected funding to last a decade. But officials now say the money will likely run out this summer — and the Trump administration doesn't plan to add more.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Stonewall National Monument yesterday to witness local elected officials and activists raise a Pride flag in the same place where federal officials removed one just days before.
New York’s U.S. senators condemned the Trump administration for firing prosecutor Donald Kinsellajust hours after he was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York by a panel of federal judges.
Christopher Redding, a 16-year-old football star was fatally shot Wednesday after a brawl in a busy area of the Bronx's Kingsbridge neighborhood. He's the second teen to die from gun violence so far this year, according to an analysis of NYPD data.
The increase in unlicensed trucks coincides with a shift in NYPD policy starting in 2020, when police brass instructed officers to stop responding to less serious car crashes.
