New York City mayor restricts bus arrivals to stem migrant surge

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) issued an emergency executive order that restricts bus arrivals in the city to curb the migrant surge as more asylum-seekers are sent via bus from Texas. Adams is requiring bus operators who know they are transporting migrants to the city with fares paid for “by a third party” … Read more

Feds raided Rudy Giuliani’s home and office in 2021 over Ukraine suspicions, unsealed papers show

A 2021 federal raid on Rudy Giuliani’s home and office was spurred by suspicions that the former New York City mayor had sought the removal of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine partly because of the prospect of a financial reward from a Ukrainian official, according to documents made public Tuesday. The documents provide new detail … Read more

New York’s Airbnb Ban Is Causing a Christmas Crunch

Christmas is in full swing in New York City; lines snake through Midtown as tourists oggle department store windows and the Rockefeller Center tree, and the Union Square Holiday Market is bustling with vendors and shoppers. All the while, hotel prices are up and vacancies down compared to the 2022 holiday season—and there are almost … Read more

Theft and crime higher nearby

Target’s shuttered small-format store on Folsom Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood, November 2023. Gabrielle Fonrouge | CNBC On Sept. 26, Target set off a national firestorm when it said it would close nine stores in four states because theft and organized retail crime had made them too dangerous to run. On its face, Target’s … Read more

Rudy Giuliani sued by election workers over defamation

Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, departs the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse on December 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Rudy Giuliani was sued again Monday by two former Georgia election workers who last week won a nearly $150 million defamation verdict against … Read more

US weather cyclone storm winter hurricane: Bomb Cyclone to hit New York City, New Jersey; Heavy rains in North Carolina to Maine

A bomb cyclone, characterized by intense gale-force winds, heavy rains, and the potential for flooding, is advancing toward a significant portion of the East Coast. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for over 32 million Americans, anticipating winds ranging between 40 and 70 mph along the coast, with the possibility of gusts … Read more

Bull on the tracks delays trains in New York, New Jersey

A bull stands on the tracks at Newark Penn Station in Newark, New Jersey, on Dec. 14, 2023. Courtesy of New Jersey Transit via AP It really is a bull market out there. A wayward bull that somehow got loose on New Jersey train tracks Thursday disrupted commuter service between Newark, New Jersey, and New … Read more

Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay Georgia election workers for defamation

Rudy Giuliani at 60 Centre Street in Manhattan on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Theodore Parisienne | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A federal jury on Friday ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay over $148 million to two Georgia election workers for falsely claiming they committed ballot fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The jaw-dropping figure … Read more

Here’s what to expect in 2024 if you want to buy a home

Noel Hendrickson/Getty Images After a year full of record-high interest rates and home prices, experts say there are signs of improvement for the housing market in 2024. In December, the average mortgage rates dropped below 7% for the first time since August and after an 8% peak in October, which pushed housing costs to the … Read more

Charles McGonigal, ex-FBI official, sentenced to 50 months for working with Russian oligarch

Washington — Charles McGonigal, the former top counterintelligence official at the FBI’s New York office, was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Thursday for accepting secret payments from a sanctioned Russian oligarch and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. McGonigal pleaded guilty to a federal charge in New York in August to conspiring … Read more