Tag: New York

NY County Executive Proposes $7.6 Million Cut in Property Tax

Executive Steven Neuhaus proposes to slash the property tax levy in Orange County, New York, by $7.6 million to $126.5 million in the coming year. Largely due to booming sales tax, the county can expand services and take on new initiatives in 2023 without asking property owners for more money, according to Neuhaus at a…


New York County Executive Proposes $7.6 Million Cut in Property Tax

Executive Steven Neuhaus proposes to slash the property tax levy in Orange County, New York, by $7.6 million to $126.5 million in the coming year. Largely due to booming sales tax, the county can expand services and take on new initiatives in 2023 without asking property owners for more money, according to Neuhaus at a…


Falun Gong Adherents Brave Rain in Brooklyn to Denounce Chinese Communist Party’s Abuses

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.—Heavy rain and cold winds did not deter hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners from parading down Brooklyn’s Chinatown on Oct. 2 to call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s 23-year-long persecution of the spiritual group. Participants, drenched by the rain despite many of them wearing yellow plastic rain jackets, held…


Proposed Law Would Leave New York Parents in the Dark About Children’s Health Decisions

Legislation that would limit a parent’s rights when it comes to their child’s immunizations and sexual reproductive health is under consideration by the New York State Assembly. Assembly Bill 9963 authorizes treatment without parental knowledge or consent if a medical provider believes the child understands the repercussions. However, the proposal is not specific in defining…


LIVE 1:30 PM ET: 2022 NTD International Chinese Vocal Competition

NTD’s 8th International Chinese Vocal Competition is set to place in New York from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. The “International Chinese Vocal Competition” is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The aim of the vocal competition is to promote traditional vocal arts of pure authenticity, pure…


LIVE NOW: 2022 NTD International Chinese Vocal Competition

NTD’s 8th International Chinese Vocal Competition is set to place in New York from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. The “International Chinese Vocal Competition” is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The aim of the vocal competition is to promote traditional vocal arts of pure authenticity, pure…


2022 NTD International Chinese Vocal Competition

NTD’s 8th International Chinese Vocal Competition is set to place in New York from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. The “International Chinese Vocal Competition” is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The aim of the vocal competition is to promote traditional vocal arts of pure authenticity, pure…


Man Arrested in Fatal Stabbing of New York City EMS Worker

NEW YORK—A man has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a veteran emergency medical worker with New York City’s fire department, police said Friday. Peter Zisopoulos, 34, was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the fatal attack on EMS Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, police said in a news release. Russo-Elling was…


Tri-State Task Force Disrupted Major Drug Trafficking in Port Jervis

A total of 36 defendants were charged following a major drug raid in Port Jervis and surrounding areas, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler at a Sept. 28 press conference. The raid was a climax of a months-long investigation by several law enforcement agencies to disrupt Port Jervis-based illegal drug operations. On Sept….


New York Follows California to Adopt Ban on Gasoline-Powered Cars

New York State has jumped more squarely onto the zero-emissions bandwagon by announcing it will follow California’s lead in banning sales of gasoline-powered cars. The announcement was made by New York Governor Kathy Hochul at a press conference on Sept. 29, in which she said that all new sales of cars, pickups, and SUVs in the…