Tag: New York

Local Beer Distributer Offers Free Rides to Holiday Drinkers

Goshen, New York-based Dana Distributors will offer New Year’s Eve celebrants a free ride home to drive down holiday drunk driving.  The operation, dubbed the Alert Cab, will run from 4 p.m. on Dec. 31 to 2 a.m. on Jan. 1.  Over 700 bars, taverns, and restaurants in Orange, Rockland, and Sullivan counties participate in…


‘Really God’s Will’: Police Thank Man Who Broke Into School During Blizzard to Save Dozens

Police in Cheektowaga, New York have issued a note of appreciation to a man who during a historic blizzard on Christmas Eve led dozens of stranded people to shelter at a school, which he broke into in order to shepherd them inside to safety. The Cheektowaga Police Department said in statement Friday that they have…


Republican Official Casts Doubt on Rep.-Elect George Santos’s Future

A Republican Party official cast doubt on Rep.-elect George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) future in politics after reports alleged he falsified portions of his background and resume, triggering a local investigation. Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Cairo told a New York Post reporter Thursday that Santos likely will not receive any endorsements from Republican officials or other…


Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Revokes Bail of Pharma Executive Gigi Jordan Who Was Convicted in Death of Son

Bail for a multimillionaire pharmaceutical executive previously convicted of manslaughter in the death of her young son was revoked on Dec. 29 by the Supreme Court a little over a week after the high court ordered her freed. The rulings are unusual because the Supreme Court doesn’t often involve itself in bail disputes in criminal…


Rep.-Elect George Santos Under Investigation After He Had Misrepresented Education, Work Background

Republican Congressman-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) is being investigated by prosecutors after he said he had embellished his professional biography during his campaign to represent the state’s 3rd Congressional District. Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly, a Republican who took office at the start of 2022, said in a statement on Dec. 29: “The numerous…


National Guard Going Door-to-Door in Buffalo, Official Says

Police and National Guard members are going door-to-door Wednesday to check on some Buffalo residents following a major winter storm that left dozens of people dead in recent days, officials said Wednesday. Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz confirmed the development on Wednesday morning in a news conference. National Guard members and police will be deployed…


‘Gift of Love’ Waterford Crystals Placed on Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball

NEW YORK—Nearly 200 new Waterford crystals were installed on the New Year’s Eve ball in Times Square in New York on Tuesday in preparation for Saturday’s celebration to welcome in 2023. Since 1999, replacements for the 2,688 crystal panels that make up the ball have been designed and made by hand by Irish craftsmen at…


National Guard Checks Homes in Buffalo for Storm Victims

BUFFALO, N.Y.—The National Guard went door to door in parts of Buffalo on Wednesday to check on people who had lost power during the area’s deadliest winter storm in decades, and authorities faced the tragic possibility of finding more victims amid melting snow. As a deep freeze eased into milder weather, the National Guard members…


I (Used to) Love New York

Commentary NEW YORK—I was a teenager when I first visited New York. The flight cost $15 on the Eastern Airlines Shuttle from Washington, D.C. You could buy your ticket from a flight attendant on board. She (and it was always a she back then) would roll a cart down the aisle with a credit card…


Woman in Buffalo Found Dead in Her Car After Getting Trapped in Blizzard: Family

A 22-year-old student nurse killed in the blizzard that hammered Buffalo, New York, sent videos to her family while she was trapped in her vehicle before she was found dead about a day later, family members revealed. Anndel Taylor, who was originally from North Carolina, was attempting to travel home after working a shift at…