New York City school officials received the same bomb threat early Tuesday that prompted the closure of the Los Angeles school system, but police quickly concluded that it was a hoax.
A Brooklyn judge has tossed a gay student’s lawsuit against the city and the men found guilty of a brutal, Williamsburg Shomrim beat-down that left him blind but ruled the fashion pupil can still sue the Orthodox Jewish community watch group behind the attack.
A Howard Beach newspaper publisher in debt to the mob attempted to threaten a woman out of pursuing sex assault claims against a Bonanno crime family associate, federal authorities said Wednesday.
Yasmin Seweid, the Muslim student arrested after falsely claiming that she was attacked by three Trump supporters on a New York City subway train, confessed to investigators that she was, in fact, just out drinking with friends that evening. She reportedly fabricated the story to avoid reprisals from her strictly religious father.
One day after two men who were members of Bill de Blasio’s inaugural committee were named in an FBI probe involving high ranking members of the NYPD, the mayor has distanced himself from the pair, saying they have not donated to his re-election campaign and he will not accept donations from either of the two…
DetailsNew York – Making his weekly appearance on Brian Lehrer’s Ask The Mayor segment on WNYC a day earlier than usual, Mayor Bill de Blasio blasted the players in the NYPD corruption scandal while taking the opportunity to use U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s latest press conference to vindicate himself.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called on a Syrian Jewish community in New york to empathize with Muslim refugees from their shared homeland – a call that fell on deaf ears, the New York Post reported.
Pointing to his recent comments on abortion and controversial appointment of an alt-right favorite to the White House, Mayor de Blasio on Monday urged all Americans to continue protesting President-elect Donald Trump.
New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio said in an interview Monday that he would categorize drunk driving “that doesn’t lead to any other negative outcome” a minor offense.
Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara is investigating whether Mayor de Blasio engaged in a fund-raising pay-to-play scheme over the controversial sale of a Brooklyn hospital for redevelopment into housing.
