Author: Gothamist

App-based food delivery workers in New York City face high rates of injury and assault, especially those who rely on app delivery as their primary job, according to a new academic study by a team of CUNY researchers. More than one in five food delivery app workers said they had been injured while working, and…

The pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked college campuses in New York and across the country have left university administrators scrambling to potentially reshape their plans for upcoming graduation ceremonies — and hoping to avoid the need to cancel them altogether. The unrest comes at a time when many graduating seniors already saw their high school…

The MTA inked a $141 million contract on Tuesday to install cameras on thousands of buses that automatically ticket drivers illegally parked along their routes — which officials said will speed up service for riders across the city. The deal expands an MTA pilot program that since 2019 has allowed for cameras on roughly 600…

Police say they fatally shot a man in the early hours of Saturday after he refused to drop a knife he’d pulled on someone in Corona, Queens. The man was in a dispute with a woman at around 4 a.m. Saturday near the corner of 103rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue, NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey…

New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams advised her fellow councilmembers this week to ignore a new protocol from Mayor Eric Adams that encourages elected officials to fill out a detailed form in order to meet with leaders of his administration. Although she said the mayor’s team had not officially informed the Council about any…

Because every 9-year-old rizzler knows you gotta have a strong pencil game, here are your afternoon links: NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell once fatally shot someone, Tulip Festival coming, the man behind the Higgs boson and more. [ more › ] Read the full article here

Tax Day is less than a week away, and police say thieves are in high gear trying to steal money from vulnerable New Yorkers who are trying to follow the law. Police say tax scams come in several forms. Fraudsters may pose as IRS officials, and ask people to pay over the phone using gift…

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A 46-year-old Bronx man was indicted on hate crime charges in connection with a subway slashing last month, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Monday. Milton Hamlin was accused of making homophobic remarks and cutting a 27-year-old gay man who was riding the subway in Midtown on March 1, authorities said. Hamlin was charged with…

Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where people are itching “to be in our bodies and in places.” Here’s what else is happening: More than 20 New York state courts are closing or limiting proceedings during the eclipse. About 140 people, mostly New Yorkers, pooled together to buy a middling Danish professional soccer team…