Not a single hand rose in opposition or abstention to hiring Farrah Kule Rubin as the new district manager for Community Board 8 on Tuesday, May 9. Following a discussion in executive session, her hiring was approved.
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By Eric Harvey
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5/22/23
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Two back-to-back protests are indicative of the growing tensions at the site of a proposed charter middle school.
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By Stacy Driks
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5/21/23
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Half a dozen guards from A&H Security have been standing sentry at the Van Cortlandt Motel as workers buzz around them, piling mattresses in the driveway in recent weeks and stretching yellow caution tape across the entrance. A sign taped to the window last Wednesday read, “Sorry no rooms available,” and another sheet of paper next to it said, “DHS Office,” directing guests to the side door around the corner.
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By Abigail Nehring
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5/21/23
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Consumers reported losing nearly $8.8 billion to scams in 2022, according to the Federal Trade Commission. In first quarter of this year alone there have been nearly 22,688 fraud reports in New York state with 8,083 of them coming from imposter scams.
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By Eric Harvey
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5/21/23
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The 24-year-old former Marine who held a 30-year-old homeless man in a chokehold in a subway car May 1 is now facing second degree manslaughter charges.
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By Eric Harvey
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5/21/23
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This multi-family 5-bedroom, 4-bathroom, Colonial townhouse at 5629-5631 Post Road in North Riverdale is recently renovated.
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By Charles Brophy of Douglas Elliman
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5/21/23
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Samba Diallo has more pairs of basketball shoes than the younger version of himself could ever dream of. And on occasion during his collegiate career, he showcased different color schemes with one half of his footwear game unique in appearance. He didn’t do it to be different. Rather, it was his reminder of how his story was different.
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By Pete Janny
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5/21/23
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It was only seven months ago when the administration of the International Leadership Charter School broke ground on its middle school one block away from its West 231st Street campus. Evelyn Velez, the school curriculum and instruction director for the new school at the time boasted about how supportive the community was.
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5/21/23
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To the editor:
Jordan Neely’s life was violently ended by a fellow New York City subway rider in what U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rightly called a “public murder.”
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5/21/23
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To the editor:
New York City recently celebrated Earth Week by powering up new rooftop solar panels in Brooklyn, cleaning up parks in Queens, and releasing PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, our new plan to create a more climate-resilient city for all.
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5/21/23
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