• AOC Pushes a Green New Deal for Public Housing

    Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is reportedly planning to propose a new version of the Green New Deal, and it is loaded with provisions Read More

  • A timeline of New York City subway shootings in 2024

    Officers stand near the entrance to the Bronx subway platform where a shooting occurred on Monday afternoon. A series of subway shootings in early 2024 prompted Gov. Kathy Hochul to order National Guard members into busy stations to create a sense of security. [ more › ]

  • New York City’s subway system has become more and more violent

    New York City’s subway system has become more violent over the past few years, and it is still on a lethal pace in 2024. The system has seen a 53% increase in reported felony assaults from 2019 to last year despite ridership being down 30%. According to the New York Post, felony assaults made up […]

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    New York City to send 800 more officers to police subway fare-beating

    New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep watch on turnstiles, officials announced Monday. It's the latest in a string of recent moves to address concerns about safety and unruliness in the nation's busiest subway system. The train could not stop and the person was struck and was pronounced dead at the scene, the New York Police Department said.

  • New York City to send 800 more officers to police subway fare-beating

    New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep watch on turnstiles

  • New York City to send 800 more officers to police subway fare-beating

    NEW YORK (AP) — New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep watch on turnstiles, officials announced […]

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    New York City to send 800 more officers to police subway fare-beating

    NEW YORK (AP) — New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep watch on turnstiles. Officials announced the initiative Monday. It’s the latest in a string of recent moves to address concerns about safety and unruliness in the nation’s busiest subway system.

  • Claims of ‘lawlessness’ on New York City subways increase danger, critics say

    Violent crimes in 2024 have been used as ‘political tool’, and law enforcement response does not solve root issues, critics sayA high-profile string of violent crimes on New York City’s subway in 2024 has been used “as a political tool” by pundits and politicians, transit advocates say, leading to a false perception of spiraling underground crime, which could create more danger in the future.Crime in the subway system, one of the world’s most used rapid transit systems, declined in 2022 and...

  • AOC and Sanders aim to place public housing at center of Green New Deal

    Proposal aims to decarbonize all of nation’s public housing units, with an investment of between $162bn and $234bn over next decadeWith a sweeping legislative proposal, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders are attempting to place public housing at the center of the green energy transition, tackling the twin crises of global warming and soaring housing costs.“Public housing should be the gold standard for affordable, environmentally friendly, and safe communities,”...

  • New York City Reaches Deal To Limit Shelter Stays For Adult Migrants

    New York City Reaches Deal To Limit Shelter Stays For Adult Migrants Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), New York City has reached an agreement with the Legal Aid Society that will enable the city to limit the duration of stay for adult migrants in shelters amid an ongoing surge in new arrivals, according to the mayor. Hundreds of illegal immigrants line up outside of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City on June 6, 2023. (David Dee...

  • AOC and Sanders unveil Green New Deal 2.0 focused on public housing: ‘Different world is arriving’

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced a new effort for public housing under the “Green New Deal” banner, claiming the effort is necessary because of various “crises facing us today.” The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act was reintroduced on Thursday after being previously proposed in April 2021 during the […]

  • Video shows man who reportedly threw lit containers of flammable liquid at people on New York City subway platform

    Surveillance video shows a man who reportedly threw lit containers of flammable liquid at a group of people on a New York City subway platform on February 5, 2024. The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the person’s whereabouts.