Topline New York Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin, the second highest-ranking official in the state, was arrested Tuesday by federal authorities on bribery and fraud charges involving alleged illegal donati...
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Woman May Lose $8,000 To Police Even Though She Was Never Charged With A Crime
Cristal Starling at the door to her apartment building in Rochester, New York. Institute for Justice The case is called the United States of America v. $8,040 U.S. Currency, but it’s Cristal Starling’...
Community Benefit Or Corporate Boondoggle?
A general view of Highmark Stadium, current home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, before a game against … [+] the New England Patriots on December 6, 2021 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by T...
New York Latest To Lift Hurdle To Nurse Practitioners During Pandemic
Freeport, N.Y.: Nurse practitioner Dorothy Nanong-Rojas prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster … [+] shots at the Mount Sinai South Nassau Vaxmobile at Freeport High School in Freeport, New ...
NYC loses fight to boot Trump from Ferry Point Bronx golf course
A ‘TRUMP’ branded helicopter sits near a putting green during a ribbon cutting event for a new clubhouse at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, June 11, 2018 in The Bronx borough of New York ...
N.Y. Attorney General Asks Court To Hold Trump In Contempt, Fine Him $10,000 A Day Until He Turns Over Records
Topline New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge on Thursday to hold former President Donald Trump in contempt of court for refusing to comply with a subpoena in her investigation into th...
Manhattan DA says Trump criminal investigation continues
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Florence Regional Airport in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., March 12, 2022. Randall Hill | Reuters The Manhattan district attorney, in an ...
U.S.-listed Chinese stocks jump after China reportedly considers sharing company audits
A security personnel stands guard at the opening session of Baidu’s annual AI developers conference Baidu Create 2019 in Beijing, China, July 3, 2019. Jason Lee | Reuters New York-listed Chinese...
Out With Buses, In With Rideshare
Car and freight travel have reached pre-pandemic levels, but public transit and passenger rail are not expected to recover fully. Many employers are allowing remote work, and, for some, the model of g...
Immigrants’ Daughter OKed For Vermont Supreme Court
People hold signs during a rally in response to the killing of Christina Yuna Lee in the Chinatown … [+] section of New York on Feb. 14, 2022. Lee was stabbed to death inside her lower Manhattan...
Companies bet employee benefits will help them in ‘Great Reshuffle’
Paul Bradbury | OJO Images | Getty Images Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs and rethinking what they want when it comes to work and work-life balance. Companies are responding, meeting the...
Second Starbucks location in Mesa, Arizona, votes to unionize
A pro-union poster is seen on a lamp pole outside Starbucks’ Broadway and Denny location in Seattle’s Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood on March 22, 2022. Toby Scott | Sopa Images ...
Here’s What These Celebrities Are Eating To Prep For The NYC Half Marathon
After two years at a COVID-standstill, the New York Road Runner’s (NYRR) Half Marathon is officially back. And it promises to be a star-studded event. Celebs such as former NFL player Tiki Barber, MTV...
Democrats urge Biden to restart climate negotiations in stalled plan
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at Germanna Community College February 10, 2022 in Culpeper. Virginia. Win McNamee | Getty Images More than 80 House Democrats this week called on Presi...
New Jersey will end omicron health emergency, NYC to lift indoor vaccine mandate
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaks to volunteers as he meets with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka during the gubernatorial election in Newark, New Jersey, November 2, 2021. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters New Jer...
Energy Abundance Is Possible And Europe Shows Us Why It Is Necessary
Fuel prices at an Exxon Mobil gas station in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. … [+] Democratic efforts to define the party’s energy policies are facing mounting pres...
Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng’s City Developments Ramps Up Singapore Projects As Home Sales Hit Record
Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng, chairman of City Developments, speaks during a news conference in … [+] Singapore, on August 11, 2017. Nicky Loh/Bloomberg City Developments—controlled by billionaire...
Five Practical Ways An Airport Can Attract More Airline Service
Airports are the landlords for airlines, and most are always looking for new tenants. Here are five … [+] important tactics an airport can use to attract more airline service. getty A current, b...
Marine Reservist charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot sold fake Covid cards, feds say
A stack of COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards from the CDC. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images A U.S. Marine Corps Reservist from New York who previously was arrested on charges related to part...
New Icelandic carrier makes a play in low-cost transatlantic market
Passengers board an Airbus passenger jet operated by Icelandic low-fare carrier Play. Play Startup low-fare Icelandic airline Play announced new transatlantic service out of a third U.S. airport, Stew...
Big Game 56? Why Some Sports Betting Companies Are Not Calling It The ‘Super Bowl’
INGLEWOOD, CA – FEBRUARY 8: A view of the Super Bowl sign outside SoFi Stadium during Super Bowl LVI … [+] media availability day on February 8, 2022 in Inglewood, CA before Sundays game b...
Netflix will do series on accused bitcoin hack money launderers
The bizarre case of a New York couple accused of trying to launder $4.5 billion in bitcoin stolen by a 2016 hack will be the subject of a docuseries on Netflix, the streaming company said Friday. The ...
New York state lifts indoor mask mandate as surge in omicron cases subsides
A person wearing a face mask leaves a store on January 26, 2022 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images New York is dropping its strict indoor mask mandate as the surge in Covid-19 cases a...
How Crypto’s Original Bubble Boy Rode Ethereum And Is Now Pulling The Strings Of The DeFi Boom
OLAF CARLSON-WEE rode 2017’s “initial coin offering” craze to become one of crypto’s top venture investors. Now he’s raking in hundreds of millions, from a blockchain rage called DeFi, which promotes ...
New Jersey, Delaware Lifting School Mask Mandates—Other States May Be Next
Topline Democratic governors in Delaware and New Jersey plan to lift their states’ school mask mandates starting in March—potentially signaling the end of statewide school mask mandates as Covid-19 ca...
Bodegas look to zoning to defend against instant delivery rivals
A Gopuff location on the Lower East Side of Manhattan across from Stop 1 Deli. Jan. 12, 2022. Hannah Miao | CNBC Grocery delivery start-up Gopuff last fall moved into the ground-floor retail space of ...
New York Giants Should Hire Head Coach With ‘Certain Pedigree And A Certain Level Of Respect’
Former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is a finalist for the Giants’ vacant head coaching position, … [+] according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. (Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswir...
Mango Will Open Flagship Store On New York’s Fifth Avenue
Pedestrians walk outside of MANGO store in Brussels, Belgium on Nov. 23, 2018 getty Mango fashion clothes are sold in 110 countries world-wide. Its home base is in Barcelona, Spain. Now it will open a...