Since the African American George Floyd was killed in a brutal police operation in Minneapolis (US state) last week, there have been protests and riots in many cities in the United States. In New York it was particularly heavy on Tuesday night. Hundreds of looters stormed Manhattan for the second night in a row on … Read more
New York City is one of the hot spots in the Corona crisis: 292,000 sick and 17,500 dead. The requirement to stay at home places a heavy burden on citizens: many have neither a balcony nor a terrace, and it is difficult to move around outside of other people. Mayor Bill de Blasio is now … Read more
NEW YORK – Authorities are on the trail of a man for questioning in connection with the violent attack on a minor in broad daylight in Brooklyn. In a surveillance video shared by the Police, it is seen when on October 14, at about 3:10 pm, a 12-year-old boy was waiting for a friend sitting … Read more
What you should know A new outdoor installation at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in New York City is not just public art, but a special tribute: a tribute to those who died due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “CoVIDA – Homage to Victims of the Pandemic” (or “CoVIDA – Tribute to the victims of the pandemic”), by … Read more
NEW YORK – Authorities are investigating the incident that claimed the life of a bicyclist Sunday afternoon in Manhattan. The accident occurred Sunday at the intersection of East 97th Street and Second Avenue, around 5:00 pm, when a bicyclist was hit by a pickup. The victim was transported to the Metropolitan Hospital where she was … Read more
NEW JERSEY – “Hundreds” of vehicles from a caravan of President Trump supporters blocked the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey Sunday afternoon. Videos posted on social media show hundreds of vehicles with flags of Republican President Donald Trump blocking and honking their vehicles on the busy Garden State Parkway during midday Sunday. As reported … Read more
NEW YORK – A light show, live music and dozens of bottles of alcohol, authorities dismantled for the second time this weekend an illegal Halloween party, this time, the event had more than 500 attendees crammed into a local El Bronx Sunday morning. Photos: Authorities dismantle tremendous party of more than 500 attendees in The … Read more
A firecracker explodes every few seconds. Sometimes just one, but so loud that the windows tremble. Then two, three, four in a row. Sometimes you can see flashes of light and rain of fire. It’s eleven o’clock in the evening in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. And if it stays as it has in the past few … Read more
NEW YORK – An 8-year-old girl and two adults were taken to hospitals after being caught in the crossfire when bullets began flying in Manhattan on Saturday night, authorities said. None of the three victims, a 39-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, in addition to the girl, had any connection to the shooting that broke … Read more
Would you like to learn to cook better? or learn more about nature or history? Now you can receive personalized book recommendations according to your interests through a new program revealed by the New York Public Library. The New York City Public Library (NYPL) just launched a new program that allows anyone to order a … Read more