#Drop in weekly arrests outpaces increase in NYC crime

#Drop in weekly arrests outpaces increase in NYC crime

“#Drop in weekly arrests outpaces increase in NYC crime” Serious crime spiked across most major categories amid another plunge in arrests last week, NYPD statistics showed Monday — and sources said the bloodshed would have been even worse if not for the lousy weekend weather. And amid a doubling of incidents in the transit system…

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#It’s time to bring New York back to life

#It’s time to bring New York back to life

“#It’s time to bring New York back to life” It’s time for a citywide victory party: America has beaten the pandemic.  Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio should admit it today and give New York a full reopening so we can all celebrate over this first long weekend of summer — freely eating, drinking and…

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#Street menaces are Mayor Bill de Blasio’s parting gift

#Street menaces are Mayor Bill de Blasio’s parting gift

“#Street menaces are Mayor Bill de Blasio’s parting gift” Some classic New York traditions are best left in the past. Any Gothamite of a certain age well remembers the bad old days of aggressive squeegee men demanding payment for unwanted services, or aggrieved panhandlers following and threatening subway commuters. As Bill de Blasio wraps up…

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#Randi Weingarten keeps digging a deeper hole

#Randi Weingarten keeps digging a deeper hole

“#Randi Weingarten keeps digging a deeper hole” “Teachers are tired; they are exhausted. We have to find a way to repair and nourish them as well as families in terms of attracting and retaining our teaching force,” American Federation of Teachers boss Randi Weingarten whined Friday. We guess she’s trying the “pity us” card after…

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