The former head of the NYPD’s School Safety Division solicited and accepted bribes from the CEO of a Florida-based tech company in a bid to snag a multi-million deal to put his panic button software in New York City’s public schools, federal prosecutors charged Thursday. The former NYPD chief, Kevin Taylor, and the executive, Geno […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani nominated on Thursday former federal prosecutor Nadia Shihata to serve as the city’s top anti-corruption watchdog, leading the Department of Investigation. Shihata, a top assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York for more than a decade, led the team who brought down R&B singer R. Kelly on racketeering charges […]

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Congressmember Dan Goldman on Thursday morning toured the previously secretive holding cells used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants in lower Manhattan. His visit, the first by a lawmaker, came after the revelation earlier this week that, in addition to holding cells on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, ICE also was […]

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NewYork-Presbyterian nurses rejected a tentative agreement by an overwhelming margin Wednesday, voting to extend their strike — now 31 days running — against the hospital system.  Their union, the New York State Nurses Association, said the unfair labor practice strike and bargaining will continue. Out of approximately 4,200 NewYork-Presbyterian nurses who were eligible to cast […]

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New York City’s estimated $12 billion budget gap over the next two years shrank to $7 billion over the last few weeks after updating revenue and bonus estimates and tapping into reserves, Mayor Zohran Mamdani told state lawmakers Wednesday. The mayor traveled back to Albany for his first “Tin Cup Day” as mayor, after years […]

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