A major fire broke out Tuesday morning (March 17) at a high-rise building in New York City’s Midtown Manhattan, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky just hours before the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The blaze erupted around 9:45 am on March 17 on West 43rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Heavy…
The Federal Aviation Administration briefly grounded all JetBlue flights early Tuesday morning due to a request from the airline, the agency said in a notice posted to its website. It was not immediately clear why JetBlue requested the ground stop, which was lifted about 40 minutes after it was imposed. The airline and the FAA…
“More than half of all school districts” in New York will get 1,000 more 3-K seats by fall 2026, announced Mayor Zohran Mamdani. This will push the total number of 3-K slots above 40,000. The 3-K program offers free, full-day education to three-year-olds before they start kindergarten. Any parent in New York City, regardless of…
At least two people were arrested after a pair of “suspicious devices” were ignited Saturday (local time) during protests outside of Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City’s mayor, NBC News reported. The incident took place while an anti-Islam demonstration led by conservative influencer Jake Lang and a counterprotest were underway, police commissioner…
Conservative activist Jake Lang, who was leading an anti-Muslim protest outside the official residence of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday, claimed to have survived an “assassination attempt” by “two Muslim men” as explosive devices were hurled during the agitation and a counter-protest. Amid the chaos, authorities arrested six people connected to the…
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday posted a video showing himself celebrating Holi and making rangoli with a group of young kids. “Today, I made rangoli with New York’s cutest at a home-based provider in South Richmond Hills — one of the first neighborhoods receiving free 2-K seats this fall,” Mamdani wrote on Instagram,…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday (local time) strongly criticized the United States and Israel for carrying out military strikes on Iran, calling the action a “catastrophic escalation” and an expansion of what he described as an illegal war of aggression. In a post on “Americans do not want this,” the mayor wrote….
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday (February 24) told the residents of the region that the 3-K and Pre-K programs are closing on February 27, 2026, encouraging them to enroll their kids before the deadline. In a video posted on Instagram, Mamdani, along with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, said that this is the last…
With many businesses and schools shut across New York City on Monday as it experienced Blizzard, Mayor Zohran Mamdani decided to pay New Yorkers to shovel snow on city’s streets during historic winter storm. During a press conference, Mamdani said that the city had arranged 33 vans and two buses in coordination with the New…
The National Weather Service predicted more snowfall on Tuesday over parts of the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Lower Great Lakes, and Central Appalachians. A major winter storm swept across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, causing travel disruption and power outages. The weather office in its latest bulletin said, “Low pressure moving out of the…
