New York
Late last month, Mayor Adams unveiled his $99.7 billion executive budget for fiscal year 2023. When studying the mayor’s proposal, Vera Institute of Justice calculates that in FY 2023 the Department of Correction (DOC) will see a budget decrease of just 1.8% from the current year’s modified budget. Meanwhile, departments that provide critical services to … Read more
New York veterans will soon access their programs or earned benefits under one state agency with a familiar face at the helm. The current state Division of Veterans’ Services will be elevated to the Department of Veterans’ Services on April 1, 2023, creating a one-stop shop for New York’s service members. “No one who served … Read more
The Manhattan district attorney’s fraud case against Donald Trump’s family real estate business and its long-serving bookkeeper should move forward, prosecutors urged to judge in lengthy court filing Monday. The filing comes in answer to a February motion by the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, to have felony charges against them … Read more
A monolithic arch made from bass speakers pulses and vibrates. It sounds like some otherworldly heartbeat but also like you’re waiting in line outside of a rave. Whether one sees it as a sinister techno-druid inter-dimensional portal or an innocuous assemblage of subwoofers depends on the beholder. Kevin Stahl’s 2019 nine-foot tall sculpture, transition, is … Read more
Belgium has introduced a mandatory 21-day quarantine for monkeypox patients as cases spread globally. The UK has also urged close contacts of monkeypox patients to self-isolate to stem a recent mysterious outbreak of the disease, which is typically endemic to Africa. The WHO has so far confirmed 92 cases of the disease in 12 countries, … Read more
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN (WABC) — Once, not so long ago, pay phones were a common sight all around New York City, and they had been for over a century. But then came cellular phones in the late 1990s, and the number of public phones began to decline. And later, smart phones like the iPhone arrived. And … Read more
In what felt like a long overdue move, the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair took place in Harlem this year with a line-up of 25 galleries, an impressive haul of contemporary art from Africa and the African diaspora in tow. “This is the first time in my memory that a major art show has come … Read more
Brooklyn’s economy has rebounded more quickly from the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic than each of the four other boroughs of New York City, a new analysis has found. A 20-page report by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released Monday showed that while Brooklyn had reported the highest total number of COVID-19 cases and deaths as … Read more
STATEN ISLAND, NY — A man who spent more than 20 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a fatal shooting on Staten Island will receive a pre-litigation settlement of $7 million from New York City, Comptroller Brad Lander announced on Monday. More than two decades after being sentenced to a prison term of … Read more
HARRIMAN STATE PARK, New York (WABC) — A 12-year-old Boy Scout suffered minor injuries and needed a rabies shot following a black bear attack at a campsite in New York. It happened in the overnight hours of Sunday, May 1, at the Tom Jones Shelter in Harriman State Park and involved a Boy Scout Troop … Read more
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