Tag: New York

Gun Rights Groups Respond to Supreme Court’s Ruling on Concealed Carry

Following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that struck down certain laws regarding whether Americans have the right to conceal-carry a firearm, gun rights groups celebrated. In a 6–3 majority opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court agrees “that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside…


Supreme Court Strikes Down New York’s Unconstitutional Concealed-Carry Gun Law

The Supreme Court voted 6–3 on June 23 to strike down New York state’s draconian concealed-carry gun permitting system on constitutional grounds. The Supreme Court has been strengthening Second Amendment protections in recent years and observers have said the court’s 6–3 conservative supermajority could help expand gun ownership protections. In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008),…


Supreme Court Rules New York’s Concealed-Carry Gun Law Is Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court voted 6–3 on June 23 to strike down New York state’s draconian concealed-carry gun permitting system on constitutional grounds. The Supreme Court has been strengthening Second Amendment protections in recent years and observers have said the court’s 6–3 conservative supermajority could help expand gun ownership protections. In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008),…


Supreme Court Rules New York’s Concealed Carry Gun Law Is Unconstitutional, Recognizes Right to Carry in Public

The Supreme Court voted 6–3 on June 23 to strike down New York state’s draconian concealed carry gun permitting system on constitutional grounds, recognizing for the first time a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. The ruling is a sweeping victory for Second Amendment gun ownership rights and may help to undo restrictive gun…


Uvalde Police Chief Put on Administrative Leave; ’Torso Killer’ Charged in Killing at New York Mall | NTD Daybreak

Uvalde School Police Chief and on-scene commander during the Texas school shooting is placed on Administrative Leave. He is facing increasing criticism for delaying to take action. A cold case from 50 years ago is finally closed. The infamous New York “Torso Killer” has been charged. A helicopter used for tourism flights in West Virginia…


Trumpet the Bloodhound Wins Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

TARRYTOWN, N.Y.—Now this hound has something to toot his horn about. A bloodhound named Trumpet won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Wednesday night. Trumpet beat a French bulldog, a German shepherd, a Maltese, an English setter, a Samoyed, and a Lakeland terrier to take the trophy. “I am so excited for Trumpet,” said…


Sound Off! Trumpet Is First Bloodhound to Win Westminster Show

TARRYTOWN, N.Y.—Now this hound has something to toot his horn about. A bloodhound named Trumpet won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Wednesday night. Trumpet beat a French bulldog, a German shepherd, a Maltese, an English setter, a Samoyed, and a Lakeland terrier to take the trophy. “I am so excited for Trumpet,” said…


Supreme Court Agrees to Hear New York’s Case Opposing New Jersey Leaving Waterfront Commission

The Supreme Court agreed on June 21 to hear New York’s lawsuit seeking to prevent New Jersey from unilaterally withdrawing from the interstate compact that created the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor to combat corruption. The storied Port of New York and New Jersey’s reckoning with organized crime was immortalized in director Elia Kazan’s 1954 film,…


Rents to Rise for Millions of New Yorkers in Rent-Stabilized Housing

New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board voted on Tuesday to hike rent for around 1 million rent-stabilized apartments in the Big Apple in the largest rent increase in nearly a decade, estimated to impact over 2 million tenants. At a contentious June 21 public meeting that saw tenants plead for another freeze and landlords call for…


6 Injured, 3 in Critical Condition After Taxi Jumps Curb in New York

Six people are injured, three critically, after a New York City taxi cab swerved onto a sidewalk in central Manhattan hitting a group of pedestrians, police said. The crash took place around 1 p.m. local time in New York City’s Flatiron District near 29th Street. The cab was on West 29th Street turning south onto…