New York City

  • NYC Mayor pleads ‘not guilty’ at trial

    New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday pleaded not guilty in appearance at a federal court in Manhattan, one day after unsealing an indictment against him. Federal prosecutors charged Adams with five counts of bribery, wire fraud and solicitation, primarily related to his mayoral campaign in 2021. Adams, a Democrat, entered the court in…

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  • New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams’ inner circle. Caban, who had been in charge of the nation’s largest police department for about 15 months, said in an email to staff that he…

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  •   I heard a story about former New York City mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and would like to share with you. One winter night in 1935, LaGuardia paid a visit to night court in the poorest section of the city. He told the judge to take the night off, took his seat on the bench, and…

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  •   Google Hudson Square is coming to New York City, with an attaching price tag of more than a billion dollars. Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., is following in the footsteps of Amazon in choosing NYC to build a new campus comprising 1.7 million square feet. The mega campus will include leased properties at Hudson…

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  • You definitely have no slot machine experience if you’ve neither won or lost — in millions — but this woman named Katrina Bookman has seen it all from a perspective. God knows, I bear no grudge against casino owners and lovers — but this young lady deserves an attention for her predicaments after winning an eye-popping $42,949,672.76…

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