#Elderly NYC man mugged on Brooklyn subway platform

#Elderly NYC man mugged on Brooklyn subway platform

“#Elderly NYC man mugged on Brooklyn subway platform” A 68-year-old man was mugged on a Bay Ridge subway platform, cops said Friday. The victim was walking on the platform for the southbound R train at Fourth and Bay Ridge avenues around 3:30 p.m. Thursday when an unknown man with an accomplice clocked him in the…

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#Demand for Hermes bags is booming despite the pandemic

#Demand for Hermes bags is booming despite the pandemic

“#Demand for Hermes bags is booming despite the pandemic” The pandemic may have shut down galas, fancy restaurants and Caribbean vacation spots — but it hasn’t come between shoppers and their Birkin bags. French handbag maker Hermes said Friday that its classic Birkin and Kelly bags — which sell for $20,000 each on average —…

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#Top NYS pols push back against Gov. Cuomo over nursing home data

#Top NYS pols push back against Gov. Cuomo over nursing home data

“#Top NYS pols push back against Gov. Cuomo over nursing home data” New York’s top state legislators turned up the heat on Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday for stonewalling lawmakers over the total tally of nursing home residents killed by COVID-19. In nearly identical statements from their spokespeople, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) and…

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#Manchin opposes Neera Tanden confirmation over nasty tweets

#Manchin opposes Neera Tanden confirmation over nasty tweets

“#Manchin opposes Neera Tanden confirmation over nasty tweets” Sen. Joe Manchin on Friday said he opposes Neera Tanden’s nomination as President Biden’s budget director due to her insult-laden tweets, but Biden says won’t pull her nomination. Biden told reporters as he returned to Washington from a trip to Michigan that “no” he won’t withdraw Tanden’s…

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#Jalen Johnson helped Duke by opting out

#Jalen Johnson helped Duke by opting out

“#Jalen Johnson helped Duke by opting out” Jim Boeheim thinks Jalen Johnson did Duke a favor. The Syracuse coach was critical of the freshman’s decision to step away from the team a few weeks before the season is up to focus on the 2021 NBA Draft, but felt it will help the Blue Devils, who…

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