It's Thursday in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration will empty out a hulking men’s homeless shelter in Midtown and relocate its 250 residents by mid-March, city officials told Gothamist.
The city-owned Bellevue shelter on East 30th Street, which doubles as the point of entry for single men and adult families seeking emergency shelter in New York City, is in a serious state of disrepair and will undergo a major redevelopment.
“My administration is focused on ensuring every New Yorker experiencing homelessness not only has access to shelter, but to spaces that are safe, humane and truly livable,” the mayor said.
WABC radio host Sid Rosenberg said he apologized to Mayor Zohran Mamdani yesterday after calling him an "America-hating, Jew-hating, Radical Islam cockroach" and a "jihadist" in a since-deleted social media post.
Randy Santos, who beat four homeless men to death with a metal bar in Chinatown back in 2019, was convicted of murder last month. In the time since those killings, violence against homeless New Yorkers has persisted.
Police yesterday arrested a second alleged snowball thrower in the Feb. 23 Washington Square Park snowball fight, accusing him of obstructing government administration and harassment.
Nonprofit agencies that help settle refugees in upstate New York cities are asking the state for a lifeline, saying their work continues even after the Trump administration all but choked off the flow of newcomers.
New Jersey commuters are placing bets on when this big fat mountain of snow in a train station parking lot is going to melt.
The former co-treasurer of the Sag Harbor PTA faces up to seven years in prison for stealing $10,000 from the organization's bank accounts and spending it at Target and Lululemon, among other stores.
One of the two entry doors at the Upper West Side "Planetarium" Post Office has been out of order since last fall, and while it's only a minor inconvenience — people can still use the other door — locals say if it could be fixed, it would give them a little more confidence in the system.
Assemblymember Tony Simone, a Manhattan Democrat, introduced a bill last week that would allow New York City to set up “sip and stroll” zones for two months this summer.
The New York City Council’s ethics committee has charged Councilmember Vickie Paladino with violating the body’s rules for repeatedly posting Islamophobic content on social media.
