Metro
Bombshell reparations plan for black residents passes in Alameda County — despite budget blackhole
A California county that faced a $91 million budget gap this year has approved a sweeping reparations plan for black residents that calls for major changes to housing, education, healthcare and criminal justice.
United worker has furious meltdown at California flyer and threatens to call ICE: ‘You don’t act like a citizen’
A United Airlines worker erupted at a Mexican-born US citizen during a wild airport showdown in California, threatening to call ICE on the passenger before snapping, “You don’t act like a citizen.”
Exclusive | NYC jail watchdog stops using word ‘inmate’ because social justice group says it’s derogatory
New York City’s jails watchdog is set to go woke — scrapping the words “inmate” and “inmates” from its rule book and replacing them with “people in custody” or “person in custody.”
Second death reported in NYC’s Legionnaires’ cluster – but source of outbreak likely eliminated: officials
A second person has died from the Legionnaires’ disease cluster in the Upper East Side, health officials said Saturday, as declining cases have brought hope that the source of the deadly outbreak has likely been eliminated.
Exclusive | Mamdani administration makes cash-for-syringes pilot program permanent
New York City is making its controversial cash-for-needles program — which pays 20 cents a syringe with a $10 daily cap — permanent in the new budget as critics say it just funds addicts’ habits.
Shocking video shows streets of Soho underwater as NYC is hit with heavy rain and flash flooding
The bustling streets of Soho turned into an underwater nightmare Saturday as heavy rain battered the Big Apple causing severe flooding across the city.
US ambassador to UN slaps down Zohran Mamdani’s threat to have Benjamin Netanyahu arrested when Israeli PM visits NYC
Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the United Nations, played down New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s threat to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested during the UN General Assembly.
Lefty NYC DSA boss rips Big Apple landlords during Fox interview — but gets quickly shut down
“What are you talking about?” Fox News presenter Martha MacCallum asked NYC DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo.
Super-rich California couple spends $250K on childcare — including baby chefs
Christine Landis, CEO of Peacock Parent, and her husband spend a staggering $250,000 annually on staff to raise their two children.
Hochul backed NY data-center ban to satisfy DSA, other far-left Dems during re-election bid: critics
Gov. Kathy Hochul and other Dems caved to socialists and the rest of the party’s far-left faction by making New York the first US state to pause construction of large data centers, critics said.