New York News

Aggregated New York News Articles

• ICE Chief Pleads With NYC To End Sanctuary Policies Following Grisly Murder Of 92-Year-Old
  
  'One simple phone call'
  Jason Hopkins.  Daily Caller.  Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:36:30 +0000.
• Aspiring teen astronaut from New York City wins spot in Disney Dreamers Academy
  
  Keke Palmer from "GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke" broke the exciting news to Myah Mitchell live on ABC's Good Morning America Thursday morning in front of Mitchell's classmates.
  Wls.  ABC News.  Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:36:24 +0000.
• "Mobituaries": The art of obituary writing
  
  In the new Mo Rocca podcast, legendary New York Times obituary writer Margalit Fox calls the obit desk "the best beat in American journalism"
  CBS News.  Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:11:16 -0500.
• Buffalo graduation rates rise slightly, lag behind New York state
  
  Buffalo's graduation rates were slightly up last year, but still well behind the rest of the state. The New York State Department of Education says 64.7 percent of Buffalo students who entered ninth grade in 2015 graduated. ...
  Wgrz-tv Staff.  American City Business Journals.  Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:18:57 +0000.
• MGM Resorts' (MGM) Springfield Casino Disappoints in December
  
  MGM Resorts' (MGM) Springfield is facing stiff competition from casinos in New York and New Hampshire.
  Zacks Equity Research.  Zacks.  Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:36:00 GMT.
• Ex-US rep's fate rests with judge in insider trading case
  
  NEW YORK (AP) - A judge must decide the fate of former U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins after his lawyers and prosecutors disagreed over how he should be punished for conspiring in an insider trading scheme. ...
  Washington Times.  Fri, 17 Jan 2020 01:12:40 -0500.
• New York City-based private equity firm opens Dallas office
  
  The firm, which recently helped finance the Mandarin Oriental hotel slated along Turtle Creek, has opened an office in Dallas.
  Rebecca Ayers.  American City Business Journals.  Fri, 17 Jan 2020 01:34:36 +0000.
• NY Times: James Comey Focus of FBI Leak Investigation
  
  A leak of classified information about a Russian government document is being investigated by federal prosecutors, focusing on whether ex-FBI Director James Comey played a part, according to The New York Times.
  Newsmax.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:33:04 EDT.
• Carlos Beltran is out as New York Mets manager as the MLB cheating fallout continues
  
  Beltran, who played for the Houston Astros in the 2017 season, joined the Mets as manager in November. He is the third manager to be removed following the investigation.
  CNBC.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:41:22 GMT.
• New Study Reveals Vaccination Rates By State: See Where NY Stands
  
  New York ranked among the states with the lowest vaccination rates.
  Priscila Korb.  Patch.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:41:09 -0500.
• Suit Filed to Block New Trump Admin Food Stamps Regs
  
  The Trump administration eliminating food stamp benefits for hundreds of thousands of people is facing a lawsuit challenge from a coalition of 14 states, along with New York City and Washington, D.C.
  Newsmax.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:50:13 EDT.
• After Kicking Off In New York City, Starbucks Takes Its Newest Store Idea To Canada
  
  Last November, Starbucks unveiled a new type of outlet in New York City. Now, it's coming to Toronto.
  By Micheline Maynard, Contributor.  Forbes.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:14:53 +0000.
• New York AG files lawsuit to stop new Trump administration food stamp rule
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump Administration from eliminating food assistance for nearly 700,000 Americans
  CNBC.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:09:50 GMT.
• Group Wants Retirement Policy for NYC Carriage Horses
  
  An organization that unsuccessfully called to end New York City's horse-drawn carriage industry now wants the city to regulate where and how carriage horses retire. ...
  Pat Raia.  The Horse.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:00:09 +0000.
• Black mother files $5million suit against white NY cop who broke into her home
  
  Conese Halliburton shared in her federal suit against former New York Police Department Officer Michael Reynolds that she has suffered 'extreme emotional injury' ever since the incident in 2018.
  Daily Mail.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:55:18 GMT.
• Because of NYC Sanctuary Law, Illegal Was Free When Woman, 92, Was Murdered, Sexually Assaulted
  
  Reeaz Khan shouldn’t have been out on the street when he allegedly murdered and sexually assaulted a 92-year-old woman. It wasn’t just that Khan was in the country illegally from Guyana. ...
  C. Douglas Golden.  Western Journal.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:23:30 +0000.

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