New law would give NYC officials authority to change speed limit

PIX11.com (News) 3/29 4:45P Eileen Lehpamer

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- There is a renewed push to lower the speed limit in New York City. Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets held a rally at City Hall Park Wednesday to push for Sammy's Law. It would give city officials the...

Queens' first legal recreational marijuana dispensary set to open

PIX11.com (News) 3/29 4:40P Jay Dow

JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) -- Feverish, last-minute touches, including painting, stocking shelves and hashing out the final game plan, were all happening Wednesday night on the eve of a grand opening of Queens' first legal recreational marijuana...

Neighbors want alternative community center during Brooklyn Library construction

PIX11.com (News) 3/29 2:01P Greg Mocker

RED HOOK, Brooklyn (PIX11) -- New York City is known for its libraries. Red Hook residents are monitoring a construction project at their local branch because it will be closed through 2025. It’s also a popular spot for community events. During...

Food delivery apps want to charge NYC restaurants fees for marketing services

PIX11.com (News) 3/29 1:43P Ayana Harry

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Food delivery apps in New York City may soon be able to charge local restaurants for optional marketing services if the City Council passes pending legislation. In 2021, New York City put new limits in place, restricting how...

Why fentanyl is the 'go-to' drug for dealers

PIX11.com (News) 3/29 12:54P Mary Murphy

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Drug overdose deaths in New York City more than doubled between 2015 and 2021, according to the most recent Health Department data , with fentanyl blamed in 80% of the fatalities. In total, 2,668 New Yorkers died of drug...

High School in Brooklyn rallies against recent gun violence

The Brooklyn Paper 3/29 12:10P By Sarah Belle Lin

Dozens of students, educators, and representatives from gun violence prevention groups from a Brooklyn high school marched Wednesday to Justice Gilbert Ramirez Park to protest against gun violence....

City Island demolition symbolizes a new chapter for the neighborhood

BXTimes.com 3/29 12:01P Camille Botello

South of Pelham Bay on the far western end of the Long Island Sound, sits one of the Bronx’s most unique areas. Spanning just about 1.5 miles long and a half mile wide, City Island isn’t the typical...

Trump grand jury poised to take pre-planned break from case

PIX11.com (News) 3/29 10:11A MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Pre

NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money paid on Donald Trump’s behalf is scheduled to consider other matters next week before taking a previously scheduled two-week hiatus, a person familiar with the matter said...

Op-Ed | The governor and Legislature must address the Bronx home health crisis

BXTimes.com 3/29 9:29A By Assemblymember Karines Reyes

More than 21,000 Bronx residents per year – mostly seniors and people with disabilities – receive home health care. Most receive this care after a serious hospital stay and need this “post-acute” care to heal and recover at home. Home health care...

Brooklyn Public Library says mayor’s proposed $10M budget cut would force shorter hours, fewer...

The Brooklyn Paper 3/29 8:52A Jada Camille

The Brooklyn Public Library is facing over $10 million in budget cuts following Mayor Eric Adam’s call for citywide spending reductions for the next four fiscal years, and says those cuts could have...

What’s Happening?: Exciting events and activities in the Bronx

BXTimes.com 3/29 8:05A Julian Tiburcio

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum Egg Hunt 2023 April 1 and 8, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Visit the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum for their annual Easter egg hunt. Children aged two to 12 can hunt for eggs around the...

$8M Fraud Scheme: Westchester Man Billed Millions In False Transportation Claims

The Eastchester Daily Voice 3/29 8:00A Ben Crnic

A Westchester man will spend years in prison after billing more than $8 million in false transportation service claims as part of a multi-million-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme. Yonkers resident Julio Alvarado, age 63, was sentenced to 95 months in...

Former administrative law judge’s OnlyFans account exposes him

Brooklyn Daily Eagle 3/29 7:25A suzanne

CITYWIDE — Judges in New York haven t gotten a raise since 2015 and it appears that at least one of them has turned to nude modeling instead of waiting around. Gregory A. Locke, a 33-year-old former administrative law judge in New York City, has...

Marijuana dispensary licenses to be approved in Brooklyn after lengthy legal battle

The Brooklyn Paper 3/29 7:07A Kirstyn Brendlen

After a months-long court battle, legal retail marijuana licenses will soon be granted in Brooklyn — the only borough that had been left out of the initial rollout of dispensary licenses last fall. ...

New York Identifies ‘Disadvantaged Communities' That Will Receive Extra Climate Funding

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 3/29 6:19A Emma Newburger,CNBC and Gabriel

The communities are located in large parts of northern Manhattan and the Bronx, as well as central Brooklyn and across the coastlines of New York City.