Report: State underestimates sewage pollution
By SEAN EGAN New York’s waterways are far more polluted with raw sewage than the state Department of Environmental Conservation has been reporting under a …[read more]
Wi-Fi slated for city buses
By REZA MALEK New York City buses are about to catch up to modern technology. Riders will see a major upgrade as it was announced …[read more]
Feds, Apple battle in Brooklyn court
By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA The legal battle between national security interests and personal privacy escalated last Monday after the Justice Department appealed a Brooklyn federal court …[read more]
Crown Heights Residents Demand Same Repairs as Gentrifiers
BY AMBER ALEXANDER A large group of Crown Heights residents protested in the streets of their neighborhood ON THURSDAY to deplore the conditions of their …[read more]
Council seeks translators for immigrant seniors
By JONATHAN GOMEZ City Council members have urged the city’s Department of Aging to provide more language interpreters to community-based programs that work directly with …[read more]
Prada Lays an Egg with PETA for Using Ostrich Feathers
By ALEAH WINTER PETA demonstrators took their protests to new heights on Thursday as they stood outside of Prada’s Broadway store in Manhattan with an …[read more]
Activists Demand Cops Be Fired After Teen’s Shooting Death
By PRISCILLA PEREZ Community supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement demanded the firing of a group of Bronx police officers Thursday, following the U.S. …[read more]
Racing Officials Say Federal Anti-Doping Bill Left in the Paddock
By DANIEL STEIN-SAYLES The New York Racing Association board of directors on Thursday tepidly endorsed a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to …[read more]
Bronx DA Busts 84 Gangbangers in Wide Sweep
By KECIAH BAILEY & LA QUINTA CLARK Bronx DA Darcel Clark announced the indictment of 84 local gang members on Thursday, in relation to 386 …[read more]
Staten Island Pol Says: Call Isis Acts ‘Genocide’
By INEZ SHARABY Republican U. S. Representative Dan Donovan joined representatives of three of the world’s major religions on Thursday to urge Secretary of State …[read more]