Tag: New York

Video Shows Federal Contractors Flying Illegal Immigrants Into New York at Night so It Won’t ‘Attract Attention’

Video footage has emerged showing federal contractors flying illegal immigrants into Westchester, New York, overnight after they were released from the southern border last year. The 51-minutes long bodycam footage was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and published by The New York Post. It shows migrants. including men, women,…


Nasdaq Profit Beats Estimates on IPO Rush, Investment Products Demand

Nasdaq Inc. on Wednesday reported a nearly 16 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit that topped Wall Street estimates, buoyed by the frenetic pace of U.S. initial public offerings and strong demand for its investment-related products. Technology, healthcare and financial technology companies led the IPO rush during the quarter, that included the stellar debut of Rivian…


Drugmaker Teva Fueled Opioid Addiction in New York, Jury Finds

NEW YORK—Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd fueled opioid addiction in New York state, a jury found on Thursday, a setback for a company still facing thousands of other opioid-related lawsuits around the United States. The verdict, which followed a nearly six-month New York state court trial in a case brought by the state and two of…


Facts Matter (Jan. 25): Scientists Who Pushed ‘Natural Origins’ Narrative Received Over $50M in NIAID Funding in 2020-2021

On Monday, a New York Supreme Court judge issued a court order, officially blocking the governor’s mask mandate. He struck it down because according to him, the mask mandate was unconstitutional. Meanwhile, according to government documents that The Epoch Times obtained—it turns out that four prominent scientists—specifically, the scientists who helped to shape the public narrative…


New York Mask Mandate Back in Place After Appeals Judge Grants Stay

An indoor mask mandate is back in effect in New York State after an appeals judge on Tuesday granted a stay while the governor’s administration pursues an appeal. New York Appellate Judge Robert Miller in New York City granted the state’s request for a stay after Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Thomas Rademaker ruled that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s…


EXCLUSIVE: Unvaccinated Pennsylvania Prisoners Stuck in Lockdown

Unvaccinated inmates in Pennsylvania’s state prisons are being held in lockdown conditions indefinitely, unless they submit to vaccination. It means they must stay in their cells 22 hours a day. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, which oversees state prisons, denies lockdowns are related to vaccination. “Out-of-cell time may vary based on a number of factors,…


Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Dies in Prison

ALBANY, N.Y.—Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful figures in state government for two decades before his conviction on corruption charges, has died in federal custody. He was 77. Silver died Monday, the federal Bureau of Prisons said, adding that the official cause of death would be determined by the…


New York Judge Blocks State Mask Mandate, but Education Department Has Other Plans

After a state Supreme Court judge struck down New York’s mask mandate on Monday evening, the state’s Department of Education said that schools have to continue to follow the mandate. “It is [the department’s] understanding that the Department of Health will appeal the Nassau County Supreme Court decision, which will result in an automatic stay…


State Issues Warning to NYC Restaurant After It Starts Selling 25-Cent Cocktails to Customers

New York’s State Liquor Authority has issued a warning to a restaurant after it began selling 25-cent martinis and Manhattans to customers in an effort to lure them in. Anton’s Cafe and Wine Bar in the West Village announced earlier this month that it was reintroducing 25-cent martinis and Manhattans for customers every weekday lunch during January….


Man Who Shot 2 NYPD Officers, Killing 1, Has Died

NEW YORK—The man who shot two New York City police officers in a Harlem apartment, killing one of them and putting another in critical condition, died Monday of injuries sustained when a third officer shot him, Mayor Eric Adams said at a news conference on his plans to stop shootings. Lashawn J. McNeil, 47, had…