Outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the move during a Tuesday press conference, saying the cash-grab is a “limited-time opportunity” and will be “by far the biggest booster incentive program” created in the United States. “We want everyone, right now, as quickly as possible, to get those boosters. And we’re …
Read More »PETA tells New Yorkers how they should treat rats
The Italian-made traps in question have been endorsed by Mayor-elect Eric Adams and are reportedly being used increasingly by New York businesses to help stop an infestation that has been blamed for rising cases of the bacterial infection leptospirosis. Reports of rat sightings are up about 40% this year, at …
Read More »New Yorkers trudge through waist-high water as flash floods fill subway stations & shut down roadways (VIDEOS)
A soggy Thursday afternoon in the Big Apple saw residents wading through waist-deep water as they attempted to reach their subway platforms, while streets – including the Major Deegan Expressway – were crippled by the downpour. Numerous videos floating around social media captured the flooding. “Stairs looking like a water …
Read More »‘Turn off those big a** billboards!’: New Yorkers fume over alert to save energy as massive screens blaze in Times Square
A notice from the city’s energy manager Con Edison asked people to reduce their power consumption on Wednesday, saying they should limit the “unnecessary use of air conditioning” and other appliances, including washing machines, dryers, and microwaves. The alert was relayed by outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio, and even sent …
Read More »New Yorkers freak out as NYPD deploys Digidog, despite city’s project to ban ‘weaponized robots’
The dog was seen exiting the housing project on Monday with a group of human police officers, who acted almost subservient to the shiny blue metal creature while escorting it out of the Kips Bay building. While the New York Police Department insisted the faux-canine had not played an “active …
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