By Adam Reiner, Bloomberg News Buffalo might be synonymous with hot wings, but there’s a less heralded bar staple that represents the city even better. The locally beloved roast beef on a caraway-seed-studded kümmelweck roll is a legacy left over from German immigrants who flocked to the northern New York metropolis in the early 19th […]
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ICE Urges New York to Honor Detainers for 7,000 Criminal Illegal Immigrants Held by State
By Aldgra Fredly U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Dec. 1 urged New York state to honor its detainers for more than 7,000 illegal immigrants currently in custody for various criminal offenses. ICE alleged that the state has already released about 6,947 criminal illegal immigrants with active detainers since Jan. 20. Among those released […]
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Protesters Confront ICE Agents During New York Chinatown Operation
By Kimberly Hayek An immigration enforcement operation targeting street vendors on Manhattan’s iconic Canal Street turned into chaos Tuesday when protestors surrounded federal agents in an attempt to prevent their departure, leading to at least one arrest. The incident took place just after 4 p.m., as federal agents conducted an immigration raid on a part […]
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$33 Million in Benefits Paid to Deceased People in New York State, Watchdog Finds
By Naveen Athrappully About $33 million in Social Security benefit payments were issued to dead people in New York state, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in a Sept. 16 memorandum. In its analysis, the OIG reviewed data on roughly 1.5 million individuals recorded as deceased between January 2008 and […]
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New York Manufacturing Employment Down 45 Percent Since 2000: Analysis
By Andrew Moran Manufacturing employment levels in New York State have declined by 45 percent since 2000, a new analysis shows. Software services firm ETQ, using new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, determined that manufacturing jobs in the Empire State have fallen by 330,794 between 2000 and […]
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New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge Headed to Injured List With Elbow Injury
By Ross Kelly The New York Yankees dropped their third straight game on Saturday, falling 9–4 to the Philadelphia Phillies. However, that defeat, and the losing streak, is nothing compared to the bad news the team announced shortly after falling to the Phillies. Manager Aaron Boone said that star outfielder Aaron Judge will go on […]
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Elon Musk’s X Sues New York Over Content-Moderation Law
By Bill Pan Elon Musk’s social media platform X is suing New York state over a new law that would require X and similar digital services to disclose how they police user-generated content. At the center of the lawsuit, filed on June 17 in federal court in Manhattan, is the Stop Hiding Hate Act, signed […]
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Former New York Assembly Candidate Charged With Campaign Finance Fraud
By Frank Fang A Chinese national allegedly stole around $162,000 in taxpayer money to fund his 2024 campaign for New York state Assembly by defrauding the state’s public campaign matching funds program, federal prosecutors announced on June 13. Yin Dao, 62, a resident of Queens, New York, was charged with wire fraud, according to a […]
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New York Fed Reports Drop in Consumer Inflation Concerns, Positive Shift in Job Market
By Andrew Moran Stabilizing trade policy appears to have alleviated U.S. consumers’ concerns over inflation and the labor market, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Following President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariffs announcement that upended international trade, business and consumer confidence surrounding prices, employment, and the broader economy deteriorated. However, […]
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New Jersey Train Engineers Go On Strike, Halting Service in New York City Area
By Oliver Mantyk NEW YORK CITY—New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike on May 16, halting service to 350,000 riders in the New Jersey and New York area. The strike began at 12 a.m. on Friday after an agreement was not reached in the latest round of negotiations on Thursday. “We presented them the […]
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New York Mayor Says Illegal Immigrant Shelter in Roosevelt Hotel to Close
By Oliver Mantyk NEW YORK CITY—Mayor Eric Adams announced on Feb. 24 the closure of a shelter and processing center for illegal immigrants at The Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan. The shutdown will likely take place before June. The hotel has served as the Asylum Seeker Arrival Center and Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center […]
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Mangione Appears in New York Court for First Time Since Arraignment
By T. J. Muscaro Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City on Dec. 4, appeared before the New York State Supreme Court on Feb. 21, as legal teams gave Judge Gregory Carro an update on discovery proceedings. Mangione’s attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, addressed members of the media […]
