A real estate firm in New York City has lodged a class-action lawsuit over the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers, alleging it violates the U.S. Constitution. Cornerstone Realty, a Staten Island broker, filed the lawsuit, obtained by The Epoch Times, on Tuesday. It takes aim at a mandate issued by former Mayor Bill…
New York City Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Private Employer Vaccine Mandate
NY Fed Develops New Index to Measure Global Supply Chain Pressure
As the world enters uncharted territory with the global pandemic, sudden rise of new variants, widespread uncertainty, and country-wide shutdowns, a group of New York Fed researchers has developed a new index to measure the critical factors underlying all global economic activity—supply chains. The record-high supply chain pressures that have led to high prices, product…
17 Alleged Members of Powerful YPF Gang Charged in String of Violent Shootings Across New York
Seventeen alleged members of three violent street gangs responsible for a string of shootings across New York have been charged in a 118-count indictment, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced on Jan. 4. The alleged members are part of street gangs collectively known as YPF, an alliance of three street gangs in…
SEC Delays Decision on NYDIG Bitcoin ETF
NEW YORK—The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday said it delayed its decision on a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal from NYDIG, which would be based on the price of bitcoin held in a trust. The SEC said it will make a decision about whether to allow the bitcoin ETF from NYDIG, a subsidiary of…
New Manhattan DA to Stop Pursuing Prison Sentences for Certain Crimes
New Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has ordered prosecutors to stop pursuing prison sentences for many criminal cases, in a shake up of how his office will address some crimes, with just days on the job. Bragg’s office will “not seek a carceral sentence” except in cases of homicide, domestic violence felonies, public corruption, and…
Prosecutor Drops Groping Charge Against Former New York Gov. Cuomo
A New York prosecutor on Tuesday dropped a groping charge against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, alleging he could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. Albany County District Attorney David Soares, a Democrat, said that prosecutors in his office found the woman who filed the complaint both “cooperative and credible,” but a review of the…
New York Makes Major Adjustment to COVID-19 Hospitalization Reporting: Governor
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state is making an adjustment regarding how hospitals will report patient intake by separating hospitalizations with COVID-19 or because of COVID-19 amid an increase of cases driven, in part, by the Omicron variant. “So we’re looking at a critical moment, but we’re going to start asking some questions. We…
Federal Court Releases 2009 Settlement Between Virginia Giuffre and Late Financier Jeffrey Epstein
A 2009 settlement agreement between the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and his long-time accuser Virginia Giuffre, formerly known as Virginia Roberts, was made public on Monday. The settlement, disclosed by a New York court, shows that disgraced businessman Epstein paid Giuffre $500,000 “and other valuable consideration” to end the lawsuit without any admission of liability or fault. Filed…
Federal Court Releases 2009 Settlement Between Virginia Giuffre and Late Convicted Sex Offender Jeffrey Epstein
A 2009 settlement agreement between the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his long-time accuser Virginia Giuffre, formerly known as Virginia Roberts, was made public on Monday. The settlement, disclosed by a New York court, shows that Epstein, a convicted sex offender, paid Giuffre $500,000 “and other valuable consideration” to end the lawsuit without any admission of liability…
An Artistic Mission
Growing up in Salzburg, Austria, Johanna Schwaiger was constantly surrounded by beautiful art—from the city’s Baroque architecture to majestic fountains and public gardens. “I always thought the masters of these works were of a distant past, … had magical skills, and I thought if I could only learn a little bit of what they knew,…
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