By DANIELLE KOGAN The possibility of a Medicaid cap inspired some 20 disabled adults in wheelchairs and their home attendants to protest outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s New York City office…
Witness’ Gripping Account of Disposal of Body Parts
By JODI-ANN MALARBE The chilling testimony continued on Thursday in the trial of a reputed pimp accused of murdering and cutting up his ex-girlfriend, as a key witness took the…
Making Grand Concourse Grand Again
By NICHOLAS WILLIAMS Bronx Assemblywoman Latoya Joyner presented a ceremonial check of $30,000 to the 161 street Business Improvement District (BID) Thursday afternoon for a project to “beautify” the Grand…
Mayor Wants City Workers to Help Round Up Homeless
By DANIELLE KOGAN Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announced on Thursday a new initiative that would formally require city workers to report the locations of homeless persons they happen to come…
Native American Art Show to Open
By MARIE FIERO The National Museum of the American Indian was set to open a new exhibit on Saturday that explores modern art through the eyes of Native Americans. “Stretching…
Activist ‘Dreamer’ Has His Day in Court
By NASRA ABDALLA KHAMIS Immigration activist and undocumented immigrant Marco Saavedra's told an immigration judge at his asylum hearing on Thursday that he feared for his life if he were…
Bklyn Town Hall Dumps on Trump
By KEVIN LIMITI Congresswoman Yvette Clarke hosted a “town hall” Thursday where she and others gave Brooklynites in attendance an earful of the wrongs that they said President Trump had…
Former Banker Admits Receiving Millions in Bribes
By FRITZNER NEPTUNE Former Credit Suisse banker, Surjan Singh, testified to a jury in Brooklyn Federal Court on Thursday that he had accepted millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks…
‘Food Poisoned’ Shelter Residents Sue City
ByDANIELLE KOGAN Residents of a Brooklyn homeless shelter announced on Thursday that they are suing the city for $8 million after they reportedly caught food poisoning from intentionally mislabeled and…
Defendant Sentenced in Subway Hate Crime
By NICHOLAS WILLIAMS A 54-year-old Harlem man was sentenced on Thursday in Queens Criminal Court on a charge of third-degree assault as a hate crime following a train altercation in…