It's Tuesday in New York City, where the Administration for Children’s Services is allowed to remove a child from their parent without prior permission from a judge if they believe the kid is in immediate danger and there isn't enough time to get a court order.
While these so-called emergency removals are supposed to happen only when all other options have been exhausted, ACS data indicates that about half of family separations in cases of alleged abuse or neglect are done this way.
In one such case, the agency took a 6-day-old baby boy away from his father, prompting a nearly three-year ordeal to reunite them. But a federal appeals court recently ruled that the separation was illegal and violated the child's constitutional rights.
The City Council is scrambling to reverse most of a 2009 law banning metal storefront security gates after small businesses said there was little communication about the change.
Billie Tisch, the philanthropist, chair of the WNYC Foundation and grandmother of the current NYPD commissioner, has died at the age of 98.
Phase one of the project to fortify the Battery against sea level rise has been completed.
Not a single person filed to run for mayor in the affluent Long Island village of Bayville, so when voters go to the polls on June 16, whoever gets the most write-ins will presumably get the $5,000-a-year job.
Variety says "Jean-Michel," a new Basquiat documentary that just premiered at the Tribeca Festival, is extremely good and well-rounded for a project that had the late artist's family's cooperation.
After all this, the U.S. men's soccer team's first game of the World Cupstill isn't sold out.
...maybe they should go back to the $25 ticket model.
The $6 million event on July 19 will feature three large LED screens, DJs and food offerings, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul. Radio hosts Charlamagne Tha God and Elvis Duran will serve as emcees.
“What I received was a closely controlled and limited tour of the facility,” Sherrill said of the visit, which came after the governor was previously denied access to the facility. “That is unacceptable.”
As Pacha prepares for a June 13 and June 14 pre-opener, the club has the intricate challenge of regaining the dance music community’s trust after the Mirage’s botched renovation and subsequent bankruptcy.
