Sixteen people were hospitalized on Tuesday after a subway train hit an object on the tracks at an Upper Manhattan station, causing a fire that filled the station with smoke, according to fire and transit officials. A total of 18 people sustained what fire officials described as minor injuries. Two declined medical attention, officials said. … Read more
Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators barged into Milbank Hall on Barnard College’s Manhattan campus on Wednesday and staged a sit-in over the expulsion of two students who interrupted a class on Israel, sparking a showdown with Barnard’s administration. The masked protesters pushed past a security guard as they entered the building at about 4 p.m., video … Read more
More than a decade ago, a Nassau County detective burst into a nondescript shoe repair store on Long Island, flanked by colleagues intent on shutting down a backroom gambling operation controlled by the Genovese crime family. Federal prosecutors say the detective, Hector Rosario, 51, was not on police business when he raided Sal’s Shoe Repair … Read more
A teenager rescues and defends an infant creature whose species the surrounding adults have condemned as vicious and predatory. Another adolescent battles injury and other hurdles in a quest for basketball stardom. A small child in Mexico contracts polio but finds solace in the world of art. And an 11-year-old Kurdish immigrant arrives in Berlin, … Read more
President Trump has proposed a new visa program that could lead to permanent residency for those willing to pay a fee of about $5 million. Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, said on Tuesday that a “gold card” visa would replace the EB-5 visa, which was designed to encourage foreigners to invest in economically deprived areas. … Read more
Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey proposed a $58 billion budget on Tuesday that would keep spending roughly flat as the state braces for potentially drastic reductions in federal funding, including Medicaid. State officials acknowledged that drafting the final budget of Mr. Murphy’s second term had proved challenging amid uncertainty in Washington, where Republicans … Read more
Allies of former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo filed paperwork on Wednesday forming a super PAC to boost his likely campaign for mayor of New York City, the most concrete sign yet that he is preparing to jump into the race in the coming days. The super PAC, called Fix the City, has been registered with … Read more
The Roosevelt Hotel, a century-old building in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, became the improbable symbol of New York City’s migrant crisis, nicknamed “the new Ellis Island” for its role as an arrival center for migrants seeking shelter in the city. Images of immigrants languishing on the surrounding sidewalks as they waited for beds two … Read more
In the early days of the food-delivery-app explosion, DoorDash came up with a novel way to process tips customers gave to workers: It effectively kept the money for itself. The practice, in place for more than two years, eventually led to an outcry. In 2019, DoorDash halted it. But Dashers, as the app’s workers are … Read more
So the original menu “tells us about who they were and the idea of luxury” in 1912, she said. The waiters served passengers from silver platters. By some accounts, the main galley, which prepared the meals for first- and second-class passengers, had a bakery, a butcher shop and storage space for wine, beer and oysters. … Read more