Liam Quigley
Articles by Liam Quigley
New York City's streets could feel the wrath of Operation Epic Fury.
"Border czar" Tom Homan said on Sunday that the immigration officers would help guard exits at the airports, which would free up more TSA agents to staff screening areas. At JFK and LaGuardia airports, that didn't appear to be happening.
A fatal crash at LaGuardia led to crowding at Newark and JFK as some fliers rebooked flights during an already-hectic travel period from the partial government shutdown.
Port Authority executives say the crash happened on a runway as the plane was landing and the rescue vehicle was responding to a separate incident.
On the campaign trail, Zohran Mamdani vowed to roughly double the funding for the parks department. His first budget proposal as mayor would cut its funding.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made moves to expedite the installation of new bike lanes across the city, many of which were sidelined under his predecessor Eric Adams.
Gregory Anderson, a public service veteran with sanitation department experience, will oversee the aggressive containerization of city trash.
The quiet corner of the park is well known to birdwatchers, but fell into disrepair after years of neglect.
Washington Square Park seems to be filled with people who have a bad case of "main character syndrome" these days.
The city plans to begin issuing fines in June ranging from $50 to $200 to homeowners who don’t use official city bins for their trash. But thousands of people who ordered the bins still haven't received theirs.
Transportation officials attributed the spike in faulty signals to fallen trees and ice damaging electrical wires.
Parks department officials shrank the planned size of the so-called Skate Garden after locals raised concerns about its impact on the green space.
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