#De Blasio gets earful from Bronx business owners, street vendors

#De Blasio gets earful from Bronx business owners, street vendors

“#De Blasio gets earful from Bronx business owners, street vendors” Bronx business leaders beseeched Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday for help against rising crime and declining quality of life, including competition from illegal street vendors — who made their own pitch to Hizzoner. Directors of eight of the borough’s 11 Business Improvement Districts plus…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 28, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 28, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 28, 2021” The Issue: The Nightlife Advisory Board’s proposal to allow regulated drinking in outdoor public places. Allowing alcohol consumption outdoors in New York City could work if it is properly regulated (“Out in pub-lic,” July 27). There are places where this should be allowed and places where it…

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#Cop busted by ‘concerned citizens’ in NJ underage sex sting

#Cop busted by ‘concerned citizens’ in NJ underage sex sting

“#Cop busted by ‘concerned citizens’ in NJ underage sex sting” A Pennsylvania police officer was busted in an underage sex sting conducted by a group of “concerned citizens” posing as children, police said. Clifford Horn, a 54-year-old corporal for the Central Bucks Regional Police Department, had little to say when approached in Atlantic City, New…

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#Inside Texas’ fight against a ransomware hack

#Inside Texas’ fight against a ransomware hack

“#Inside Texas’ fight against a ransomware hack” DALLAS — It was the start of a steamy Friday two Augusts ago when Jason Whisler settled in for a working breakfast at the Coffee Ranch restaurant in the Texas Panhandle city of Borger. The most pressing agenda item for city officials that morning: planning for a country…

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