Projet Montréal defeats motion to consult before pedestrianizing Ste-Catherine St.

A plan to open four plazas on Ste-Catherine St. can’t go ahead without approval from the general public, the opposition insists. “We want merchants, institutional partners, residents and the city at large to have a say on the future of the most important commercial artery in the country,” says Ensemble Montréal’s Julien Hénault-Ratelle.Photo by Dave … Read more

Unhinged man arrested for threatening to ‘blow up’ NY Sen. Cordell Cleare’s Harlem office

An unhinged man was arrested Monday morning after he allegedly walked into a state senator’s Harlem office and threatened to “blow up this place up,” cops and law enforcement sources said. The suspect, identified as Vadim Dergachev, allegedly leveled a series of disturbing threats against Sen. Cordell Cleare’s staff around 10:15 a.m. inside the Adam … Read more

Unlicensed NYC boarder’s business still operating despite at least 3 dog deaths, grieving pooch owners say: ‘City has done nothing’

An unlicensed animal-boarding operation in a Park Slope apartment is still operating despite three dogs being killed by raging mutts while there, the dead pooches’ stricken owners allege. “Everywhere I turned, I was told there’s nothing that can be done,” lamented one of the tragic Brooklyn dogs’ owners, who only gave her first name, Lindsay, … Read more

Deep blue NY and NJ had double-digit swings toward Trump, leading the way nationwide

Deep blue New York and New Jersey saw the largest shifts nationwide toward President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 election, according to a top analyst.  Dave Wasserman, a senior editor and elections analyst with the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, found an 11.5% swing toward Trump in the Empire State and a similarly impressive 10.1% movement … Read more

Vietnam War vet, 81, killed in Colorado plane crash 50 miles from destination: ‘Earned his final set of wings’

An 81-year-old Vietnam War veteran was killed while piloting a plane that crashed in a field in Colorado on Friday. Alex Benson Watson, a Nebraska man known among his friends and family as Ben, “earned his final set of wings” following the crash, his family wrote in his obituary. Alex Benson Watson was killed after … Read more

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