It’s buzz time at the Apollo! The state has identified the first location in New York for an officially licensed cannabis shop — at 248 W. 125th Street, across from Harlem’s famous Apollo Theater. “I’m pleased to announce that last night we signed our first lease,” Dormitory Authority president/CEO Reuben McDaniel III said at a … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams again decried the mob of rodents having the run of the city’s streets — as he defended failing to tackle an infestation so close to home it was literally in his Brooklyn building and resulted in a hefty fine. “Upper East Side, Upper West Side, rats are everywhere,” Adams told reporters, when … Read more
A law firm representing a man who was sucker punched after a hockey game at Madison Square Garden — with video of the clash going viral — has become the latest firm to sue the arena over its ban of lawyers whose clients have MSG gripes. The five lawyers of Greenberg Law PC claim an … Read more
Money talks to Albany Democrats – at least more than ongoing calls to overhaul state bail laws. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie did not rule out Thursday calling legislators back to Albany in December to approve a legislative pay raise after he and other Democrats deflected calls for months for a special session over rising crime. … Read more
New York Democrats appear to be circling the wagons to protect state Attorney General Letitia James as she fights for her political life. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Thursday he does not support the idea of investigating his fellow Democrat’s handling of sexual harassment allegations against a top aide despite ongoing questions about whether she … Read more
An MTA worker who lost part of his leg and shattered the other after getting struck by a train earlier this year filed a negligence lawsuit against the city Thursday. Andre Downes – a signal helper and flagger for the transit agency – was hit by a northbound express Q train as he and a … Read more
The city has served up some bad news for pickleball lovers. The fad racquet sport has been banned at a West Village playground, where parents complained for months that adult pickleball fans were hogging up all the blacktop space and making it impossible for kids to have fun. Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground in Manhattan’s … Read more
The streets of New York are going to hell in a fake Prada handbasket. Dozens of bogus designer purse peddlers have turned the area around Rockefeller Center into a congestion-clogged black market — as they hawk knock-off bags to tourists just weeks after cops tried to clean up Lower Manhattan with a $10 million counterfeit swag bust. … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams offered a full-throated endorsement of embattled state Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday in the wake of her former aide’s claim that she covered up sexual harassment allegations against a top staffer while running for re-election. “I don’t think I know a better advocate to fight on behalf of women than Tish … Read more
The driver accused of “intentionally” mowing down a woman after a wild knife fight outside a Queens nightclub surrendered to cops this week, authorities said. Eddie Eason, 25, showed up at the 102nd Precinct station house with his lawyer Wednesday morning and was slapped with a murder charge for running over Tiara Graham, 31, on … Read more