By Katie Balevic, Insider Two Long Island nurses were arrested this week after investigators uncovered a COVID-19 vaccine card fraud scheme in which they made millions selling bogus vaccine cards, and then entering false information into the state vaccine database. Julie DeVuono, a 49-year-old pediatric nurse practitioner, and Marissa Urraro, a 44-year-old licensed practical nurse, […]
New York City Council’s Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Harlem on January 17, 2022 in New York City. (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams yesterday announced his “Blueprint to End Gun Violence” in New York City, which lays out numerous policy proposals to curb the […]
Mayor Eric Adams speaks during vigil for slain police officer Jason Rivera at 32nd Police Precinct. – New York, NY – January 22, 2022 (Shutterstock) Mayor Eric Adams Delivers Remarks on Gun Violence in Blue Room, City Hall Manhattan. (January 24, 2022) Watch video below:
By Gus Saltonstall, Patch The first-year police officer who was shot and killed while responding to a call in Harlem on Friday night was a son of Inwood. Jason Rivera, 22, wrote that seeing the strained relationships between police and residents while growing up in Inwood made him want to join the force so he […]
Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio highlighted a rally on the city hall steps featuring union and AARP members to urge the city council pass his affordable housing initiative. – New York City – March 9, 2016 (Shutterstock) By Will Parker, Wall Street Journal Apartment tenants are forming unions in an effort to gain leverage […]
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Mayor Eric Adams holds Q A after hosting a gun violence roundtable at Public School 46 in the Bronx. – New York, NY – January 22, 2022 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK, NY: Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Peter A. Hatch announced that, starting January 24, third-party food delivery apps […]
New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang announced the arrest and indictment of a Staten Island man who allegedly falsified multiple COVID-19 test results over five consecutive months in 2020 to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. Ajani Shaw, 23, of Staten Island was arraigned yesterday afternoon in Richmond County Supreme Court before Hon. Alexander B. Jeong […]
Senator Chuck Schumer, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mayor de Blasio and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell survey storm damage in Woodside, Queens. New York, NY – September 6, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Erin Donnelly, AOL Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is reflecting on her bout with COVID-19, which she says has made her “slow down” in order to recover. On […]
Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Henry Garrido of the DC-37 union tour coronavirus (COVID-19) mass vaccination site at Citi Field baseball stadium home of the Mets. – New York, NY – March 27, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Reuven Blau, THE CITY A nonprofit umbrella group has taken the unusual step of suing the city […]
To My Extended Family of the 43rd Assembly District (Constituents of Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Garden, East Flatbush and Wingate) I write this letter to you today with bittersweet news that I want you to hear from me directly: After six years serving as your Assemblywoman, I will be leaving this role to serve you […]