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N.J. fire chief dies at 110. This was his touching final wish.
Vincent Dransfield was so famously resilient that when he passed away at home in Passaic County, three months after celebrating his 110th birthday, it came as a surprise. “It was very unexpected,” said his granddaughter, Erica Lista. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a...
NYC mayor faces bipartisan blowback over new round of migrant debit cards: 'The gravy train’ must stop
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is taking heat from both sides of the aisle over news his office will distribute thousands more debit cards for migrants to use for sustenance.
NYC animal shelters are overcrowded with dogs, and few people are adopting them
Animal shelters in New York City are dealing with too many dogs -- and not enough people wanting to adopt them. In the first quarter of this year, there were 311 dog adoptions at Animal Care Centers of NYC – not even half of the pre-pandemic rate. [ more › ]
NYC’s poorest ZIP codes forced to bear brunt of migrant crisis, confidential docs reveal
Some of the Big Apple’s poorest ZIP codes are being forced to bear the greatest brunt of the city’s migrant crisis — including a Queens neighborhood saddled with more shelters than any other part of the five boroughs, internal data kept from the public but obtained by The Post reveal. Long Island City is home to a staggering 23 government-run migrant shelters — 12% of the 193 operating in New York City, according to data tallied off a confidential list of shelter sites used by city agencies. “The city dropped a bomb on us,” said Queensbridge Houses resident Danny Beauford, whose...
City’s migrant debit-card spending balloons — as no-bid vendor rakes in a fortune
In June, I reported that after months of inactivity, City Hall had loaded up its migrant cash-debit cards with another nearly $1.1 million in taxpayer money. Days later, the Adams administration confirmed it: Gotham taxpayers will spend $2.6 million through the end of the year to add 7,300 families to the existing program, which has served about 900 families since March. The city considers that “pilot” successful — but still hasn’t released a whiff of data to prove it. Even if you think it’s a good idea to try giving migrants cash cards instead of direct aid for meals and other basics, the way Adams has gone about...
NYC spends a billion dollars on migrant housing
New York City has spent over a billion dollars on housing migrants in hotels — part of a move that is both unfair to the public and representative of the city’s misguided priorities. An internal document obtained by the New York Post found that 153 of the 193 migrant shelters in the city are hotels, […]
After Heated Exchange, Parsippany Council Meeting Turns Ugly When Resident Flicks Off Councilman
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The June 25th Council meeting of the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills took an uglier than normal turn when a resident who spoke out during the public comments' session, gave a controversial gesture to one of the Councilman as she shot up her middle finger at him. Danielle Valenzano took to the podium to speak out against Musella after a heated back and forth between the Mayor and the Councilman. The Mayor and Councilman argued over the PILOT projects and former Township Attorney John Ingelsino's involvement in them. It is important to note that John Ingelsino...
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