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$1M Lottery Ticket Sold In Fort Lee
Monday, Oct. 7, was particularly remunerative for nine winner. Three draw participants and six Scratch-Off players combined to win nearly $800,000. The top winner landed the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot of $413,896, with a ticket sold at J&M Grocery in Newark. John’s Liquors & Deli in Hudson County’s Kearny sold...
Authorities nab scofflaws with fines over $445K in enforcement blitz on Outerbridge Crossing
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A major enforcement action against ghost cars resulted in more than 500 summons issued at the Outerbridge Crossing during the Tuesday morning rush hour. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that 30 vehicles were impounded in the first effort by a...
Nearly 800,000 New Yorkers collected welfare checks last fiscal year — most in decades
New York City shelled out cash assistance to 787,400 residents last fiscal year — the most welfare checks it’s issued in at least two decades, dating back to the Giuliani administration. While taxpayers have already been socked with a more than $5.5 billion tab the past two years to provide shelter and other services for a mass influx of migrants, they’ve also had to separately deal with a surge in New Yorkers seeking handouts. Mayor Adams budgeted $2.46 billion in federal, state and city funds for cash assistance payments during the fiscal year that ended June 30 after previously budgeting $1.99 billion in...
Girls Tennis: Bayonne Advances Past Dickinson, 3-2, in County Tournament
JERSEY CITY, NJ – The Bayonne girls tennis team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Hudson County Tournament with a 3-2 victory over Dickinson on Friday.Bayonne (11-7) will play at top-seeded Hoboken in the semifinal round on Tuesday.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTERFirst SinglesSecond SinglesThird SinglesFirst DoublesSecond Doubles For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
NYC Sees First Decline in Overdose Deaths in Four Years
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Drug overdose deaths in New York City decreased in 2023 for the first time in four years, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The decline — from 3,070 deaths in 2022 to […] The post NYC Sees First Decline in Overdose Deaths in Four Years appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Optometrist attacked mid-appointment in front of patient on Upper East Side: NYPD
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) – An optometrist is speaking out after he says he was attacked in the middle of an appointment by an unknown man on Thursday. The man walked into the doctor’s office on East 77th Street just before 1:30 p.m., according to police. That’s when he approached the doctor from behind […]
New York City’s $4B shelter system rife with mismanagement, nepotism, investigators say
NEW YORK (AP) — A yearslong investigation of New York City’s $4 billion homeless shelter system found widespread mismanagement, self-dealing and nepotism. The review of dozens of nonprofit organizations that contract with the city to provide shelter to unhoused individuals and families began in 2021, before the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants placed additional strains on New York’s shelter system. It was released on Thursday by the city’s Department of Investigation.
WNBA Finals reach decisive Game 5 for first time since 2019 as Liberty and Lynx head to New York
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It’s fitting that a record-breaking season for the WNBA would come down to a winner-take-all Game 5 of its Finals. For the first time since 2019, the league championship will go the distance. This one will be in New York on Sunday night. The Minnesota Lynx staved off elimination with an 82-80 win over the New York Liberty on Friday night to force the fifth game. “I think that, you know, for our team, we bounce back after a loss really, really well, and making sure that everybody is on the same page going forward,” Liberty star Breanna Stewart said. “In the playoffs, in a series, there’s going to be momentum shifts. There were momentum shifts in the game tonight. But mentally, understanding what’s our ultimate goal, how are things going right here.
Brutal NYC train operator stabbing prompts calls from union for MTA to ramp up subway safety
The city’s largest transit workers’ union is demanding that the MTA ramp up safety measures at the end of subway lines in the wake of the brutal stabbing of train operator Myran Pollack in Brooklyn last week. Members of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 — which represents more than 40,000 bus and subway workers — rallied Thursday outside the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue station at the end of the No. 4 line, the same stop where a recidivist attacker stabbed 60-year-old Pollack twice on Oct. 8. “We need real action now. Our members are facing unacceptable dangers, and the current policies just...
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