The water of Flushing Bay was placid on an unseasonably warm mid-December weekday, rippling just softly with the gentle breeze. “On a typical weekend practice, unless we’re expecting a storm, the waters are pretty much calm like this,” said Winston Liao, 39, as he looked out from Pier 1 of the World’s Fair Marina, where […]
One doctor accidentally chopped off part of a newborn’s left index finger during a delivery. He also attacked two nurses who vividly described how he choked them while in a rage. Another doctor drained the wrong side of a patient’s chest while attempting to remove a mass of fluid and altered a medical record to
Despite some December jitters, the stock market has jumped more than 24% this year and Wall Street profits are likely to climb by almost 70%. The result will be big bonuses early next year, which will fuel consumer spending and income tax collections. Merger and acquisition activity, Wall Street’s most lucrative business, is expected to
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Mayor Eric Adams characterized as “alarming” the allegations against NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, who resigned late Friday after a subordinate filed a complaint alleging Maddrey had pushed her into sexual favors for overtime pay on the job. “The allegations are extremely concerning,” the mayor said hours after the New York Post broke the
Author and veteran columnist Amy Sohn talks with Harry Siegel about her book, The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, and Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age, and explains why the “zombie” Comstock Law still on the federal books kept coming up during 2024’s presidential election. https://feeds.fireside.fm/faqnyc/rss?comstockdouche Sohn details how the lives of two “sex
New York City’s Campaign Finance Board has warned Mayor Eric Adams he may be found to have breached the rules for receiving public matching funds. If the Board sticks to its findings, Adams would have to return the $10 million in taxpayer funds he got during his 2021 campaign. Adams now has a chance to
The saga of a North Bronx subway station whose nearly $22 million makeover a decade ago did not include elevators finally has an end in sight — after federal prosecutors and riders with disabilities accused the MTA of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. Transit officials announced last week that work to install elevators at
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In the 18 months since Samuel Williams died in the course of a police pursuit after his motorbike collided with an unmarked NYPD vehicle that swerved in front of him, his family has received only one communication from the city government: a bill for $3,429.23. It arrived in a letter addressed to Williams seeking payment
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An Amazon delivery driver and a top Teamsters Local 804 organizer were arrested during a picket at the Amazon DB4 Distribution Center in Maspeth, Queens, Thursday morning, hours after the union launched a nationwide strike against the company, according to video and multiple witness accounts. Video obtained by THE CITY shows NYPD officers placing a
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the former chief advisor to Mayor Eric Adams, has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in a case brought by the Manhattan district attorney alongside her adult son and two other defendants on charges of bribery and money laundering. District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused Lewis-Martin and her 38-year-old son, Glenn Martin II
