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Deaths Likely Due to Cold Rise to 22 Including Those Found At Private Residences

Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol, left, Department Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park and NYPD Strategic Initiatives Deputy Commissioner Alex Crohn testify at a Council hearing on the city’s response to the snowstorm and freezing temperatures,

The city’s Medical Examiner is investigating 22 deaths attributed to the recent cold snap, a number which includes 15 people found dead outdoors and another seven found at private residences who are also confirmed to have died of hypothermia. Those seven people’s deaths did not appear to have been tallied before Tuesday and a spokesperson […]

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Mamdani to Rescind New Rule That Would Have Restricted Shelter Access

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at the Office of Emergency Management headquarters in Brooklyn ahead of an expected snowstorm,

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is rescinding a new rule set in motion by his predecessor that would have made it harder for people to get off the streets and into shelters.  In a statement Tuesday morning, Matt Rauschenbach, a spokesperson for the mayor, said the city had reviewed the rule — which would have required people […]

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ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza

Federal agents block a door to an immigrant-detention center inside 26 Federal Plaza,

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate, secret floor where they decided that ruling didn’t apply, attorneys for the Trump administration admitted in federal court Monday. A judge’s order last summer mandated capacity […]

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LISTEN: A Vision Zero for Homelessness in NYC

A homeless person tries to stay warm during a brutal cold snap,

Breaking news: Nancy Pelosi endorsing JFK’s influencer grandson isn’t much of a political development, despite the New York Times’ pushing out an urgent alert about it. Neither, for that matter, is the deeply dysfunctional Brooklyn Democratic organization endorsing, un-endorsing and then endorsing Kathy Hochul again.  The FAQ NYC hosts discuss all that and much more […]

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Adams Fined for Using Taxpayer Money to Spotlight Cuomo Sexual Harassment Charges

Former Mayor Eric Adams was fined $4,000 for an August 2025 press conference where he ordered City Hall staff to buy whistles to make a political opponent look bad. The Aug. 22 press conference was held inside City Hall’s rotunda hours after his former aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin and other staffers were indicted on corruption charges […]

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