NYPD wants to slam the brakes on city’s skyrocketing car thefts
The NYPD wants to slam the brakes on the rising number of car thefts in the city, which are continuing to surge at breakneck speeds, officials said Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
7 Syys 20237min
New Airbnb rules come into effect for New York City: what to know
New York City’s short-term rental market is primed for a dramatic transformation starting this week, when a long-awaited measure intended to crack down on illegal short-term rentals takes effect. While the rules do not ban sites like Vrbo and Airbnb from operating, the latter company has described Local Law 18 as a “de facto ban” on its business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
6 Syys 20238min
Migrant shelters in NYC spark protests
Scores of protesters surrounded a small shelter housed in the shuttered St. John Villa Academy in Staten Island. Dozens of demonstrators descended on Gracie Mansion in a chaotic scene that culminated in arrests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 Syys 20236min
Mayor Adams presses feds to ‘stand up,’ accelerate work permits for migrants amid crisis
Mayor Adams on Thursday urged the federal government to “stand up” and expedite work authorizations for asylum seekers pouring into New York, continuing calls that he began a year ago as relations between New York leaders and the White House remain tense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 Syys 20236min
NYC public schools bracing for record influx of new migrant students
Local public schools are preparing for a record number of migrant students — many of whom do not speak English, and faced traumatic experiences in their home countries and on their journeys to the United States — when classes resume next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
31 Elo 20236min
Governor Hochul preps for new COVID-19 variant sweeping U.S.
Governor Hochul Tuesday urged New Yorkers to take extra precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the state is examining an especially virulent new strain of the virus amid a surge in infections and hospitalizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
30 Elo 20235min
NYC bracing for possible school bus strike next week with back-up plans
Mayor Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks provided details Monday on contingency plans if roughly half of the city’s school bus drivers and attendants strike when school resumes in just over a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
29 Elo 20236min
Migrants returned to Staten Island school after court reverses ruling blocking city from using it as shelter
A Staten Island judge ordered Friday that Mayor Adams’ administration cannot use an old private school in the borough as a migrant shelter, but the ruling was reversed within hours by a higher court, allowing the city to proceed with housing new arrivals at the site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
28 Elo 20235min
