Month: February 2016

By ALEAH WINTER City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released an audit on Thursday pinpointing more than 1,000 city-owned vacant lots as potential sites for affordable …[read more]

By MICHAEL ODMARK “It works!” said Mayor de Blasio after making a test call at Thursday’s public launch of LinkNYC, a new program replacing pay …[read more]

By PRISCILLA PEREZ It took three hours for Lower East Side parent Samantha Silva to learn that her son Christopher, 9, had been a victim …[read more]

By AMBER ALEXANDER At a press conference at the Fashion Institute of Technology on Thursday Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney and Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen announced …[read more]

By SEAN EGAN Environmental groups from around New York took to the steps of City Hall on Thursday to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio …[read more]

By DANIEL STEIN-SAYLES Olympic gold medalists and world champions were on hand at a press conference on Thursday for the 109th New York Road Runners …[read more]

By LUIS GONZALEZ & KARI FORD A Bronx defendant charged with beating a 9-month-old boy to death in 2011 again boycotted a court appearance on …[read more]

By SEAN EGAN With INEZ SHARABY & PRISCILLA PEREZ Five persons were arraigned with their heads bowed in shame on Thursday in connection to the …[read more]

By RENEE BEYDA Cynthia Shambel decided not to spend her Valentine’s Day Holiday Week with roses and chocolates this year, rather she chose to dress …[read more]