New York City

New York City

When New York City first permitted restaurants to set up outdoor dining six springs ago, it was a godsend to businesses devastated by COVID-19 pandemic-related capacity restrictions that had kept patrons away and put these establishments on the brink of total failure. The de Blasio Administration moved quickly to cut through the red tape and throw this lifeline to so many struggling restaurants. It was haphazard and messy at times, but it worked. Outdoor dining amid the pandemic allowed many restaurants to make it through the economic storm and thrive on the other side of it.

Watching from the courtroom gallery as Sohail pleaded guilty, Chabad Rabbi Yaacov Behrman came away irritated at the prospect of a sentence that could amount to "no consequences." "The message needs to be sent loud and clear that attacking a synagogue will be met with serious consequences," Behrman, a Chabad spokesperson, told reporters afterward. "That message was not heard in court today."

Mayor Mamdani said in a statement that his administration will use every tool we have to hold businesses accountable for mistreating customers. Buying a used car shouldn't be a gamble. But too many dealerships are baiting working people with one price, then charging another, hiding the true cost of loans and locking consumers into contracts designed to keep them trapped in debt. That is illegal, it is exploitative and it is making life even harder for New Yorkers already struggling to get by, Mamdani said.

An unarmed subway station gate guard hired by an MTA contractor to thwart fare evasion was caught on camera multiple times accepting cash from riders in exchange for letting them into the system, the MTA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found in a probe. The OIG investigation found that the female gate guard, employed by Allied Universal, admitted to providing OMNY card swipes to straphangers and taking cash in return on five occasions captured on video actions it said were improper and illegal.

A key component of the sporty lineup is the NYC Neighborhood Passport program. Launched in partnership with Team Wonder, the passport will encourage people to scavenger-hunt their way through the outer-borough neighborhoods, diverse immigrant enclaves, cultural institutions, small businesses and community events that help make New York, well, New York. You'll be able to collect stamps, each designed by a New York City-based artist, from a wide variety of cultural and community organizations including the American Museum of Natural History, El Museo del Barrio, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Prospect Park Alliance, Queens Botanical Garden and the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, as well as at events like dance performances, film showings, block parties, and more.

The event brought together honorees from businesses to unions such as Rebecca Damon, of SAG-AFTRA; Henry Rubio, of the Council of School Supervisors & Administrators, as well as Arva R. Rice, of the New York Urban League. “I made quite a few connections,” Johnson said. “I met people I knew in name, not in person. It's been great to put a face on a name.”

Police are hunting for a brute who pulled a man from his wheelchair inside a Queens subway station last week and brutally beat him. NYPD Police in Queens are on the hunt for the brute who pulled a man from his wheelchair inside a subway station and brutally beat him in a heinous attack last week. According to authorities, the incident unfolded just before 6:30 a.m. on May 4 on the overpass of the Junction Boulevard subway station on the 7 line in Jackson Heights.

Roman Amatitla, 38, of Calamus Avenue, was arraigned Tuesday on a 37-count indictment charging him with four counts of murder in the first degree, 12 counts of murder in the second degree, five counts of arson in the first degree and other related crimes. Amatitla was remanded into custody without bail and faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.

The Soccer Streets events — a partnership between the city and the open streets nonprofit Street Lab, as well as the yogurt brand Chobani — will include activities such as pickup games, running drills, and painting team flags, according to City Hall. The pop-up activation events have been running since May 1 and will continue through the last day of school on June 26; however, Mamdani's office did not immediately specify the days or hours during which they are taking place.

A verbal argument outside the Marlboro Houses in Coney Island turned violent on April 14 when someone pulled a gun and shot a 23-year-old woman in the left arm in front of 2249 Stillwell Avenue, according to police. Investigators say the suspected shooter has not yet been identified, and officers are asking neighbors to share any video or information that could help crack the case.

Jurors found Marcelin guilty of first-degree murder, tampering with evidence and concealing a human corpse, prosecutors said. They returned the verdict after one hour of deliberations, according to the Brooklyn district attorney's office. Marcelin faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sentencing is scheduled for next month.

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