Today is primary election day and it’s the last chance for New Yorkers who didn’t vote early to go to the polls. In addition to deciding the outcome of the New York State Democratic and Republican primaries for governor and lieutenant governor, it will determine the candidates that will appear on the ballot in the … Read more
Advisors to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are analyzing today whether they will offer the new booster vaccines against COVID-19, which have been modified to better adapt to the mutations of the coronavirus, in the fall. This after Moderna and Pfizer laboratories tested updated injections against the contagious omicron variant. Many experts say that … Read more
An eight-year-old boy was shot along with three other adults, early this Sunday in Brooklyn. The incident occurred shortly after midnight when a crowd was gathered at Quincy Street and Stuyvesant Avenue. NYPD at the incident site. – Apparently two subjects approached on a motorcycle, opened fire and then escaped An eight-year-old boy was hit … Read more
Parts of Broadway, the largest thoroughfare in Manhattan, will soon be car-free after six people were injured in an incident last week. RELATED STORIES: More pedestrian zones on Broadway. – According to Mayor Eric Adams, most vehicular traffic will be blocked between West 29th and 27th Streets from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. It is … Read more
A woman riding a motorized scooter has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn. The incident took place this Friday, around 2 in the morning at the intersection of Lexington Street and Throop Avenue, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant sector. Police presence on Lexington Street and Throop Ave. – According to Police: Bernadine Lewis, … Read more
The city government is asking New Yorkers concerned about contracting monkeypox to make an appointment at the new vaccine clinic in Chelsea. Due to the immediate high demand, the clinic issued a message saying that no more walk-ins would be accepted. At the moment, all appointments at the clinic are full until Monday. RELATED STORIES: … Read more
From 12 noon women and men began to gather in the emblematic Union Square against the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice that ended the constitutional protections of abortion at the federal level. “Totally shocked, totally,” Ellie Martinez said. Ellie has a son, a daughter, a grandson and three granddaughters. The latter are the … Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a restrictive New York gun law in a landmark ruling on gun rights. The justices’ decision (6-3) is expected to ultimately allow more people to legally carry guns on the streets of the nation’s largest cities – including New York, Los Angeles and Boston – and elsewhere. About … Read more
David Rothman raised his sign and his voice against the decision made by the Supreme Court of the nation that annulled the law that imposed restrictions in NY to carry a concealed weapon in public places. “Many years here there is a very strong law: you cannot leave the house with a gun. And suddenly … Read more
The decision of the Supreme Court on the possession and carrying of weapons will allow people to carry them wherever they go. But the decision of 6 in favor and 3 against leaves the door open for restrictions in some “sensitive” places, which are not detailed in the document issued on Thursday. IT MAY INTEREST … Read more