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Editorial Roundup: New York

May. 02, 2024 07:39 AM EDT

Albany Times Union. April 26, 2024. Editorial: What, New York worry? As big as it is, the state’s new budget fails to address a host of crises – and the lack of urgency is troubling. Remember the opioid crisis? It never went away. ...

Etsy: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

May. 01, 2024 16:18 PM EDT

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP) — BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP) — Etsy Inc. (ETSY) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $63 million. On a per-share basis, the Brooklyn, New York-based company said it had net income of 48 cents. The results fell short of Wall Street...

Instagram fraudster 'Jay Mazini' has been sentenced for his crypto scheme that preyed on Muslims

Apr. 24, 2024 21:28 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The former Instagram influencer known as “ Jay Mazini ” who swindled millions of dollars from online followers and a network of Muslims during the pandemic was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Jebara Igbara, 28, of New Jersey,...

Nets coach Jordi Fernandez eyes early success and a rare lasting stay in Brooklyn

Apr. 24, 2024 14:21 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden weren't the only ones who didn't stick around long in Brooklyn. The Nets have gone through coaches almost as quickly as superstar players in recent years, even while the team had been good enough to make five straight...

3 hospitalized after knife attack on party boat in New York City along Brooklyn waterfront

Apr. 20, 2024 23:25 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A knife attack on a crowded party boat at a New York City pier Saturday resulted in the hospitalization of three people, police said. A 911 call came in around 5 p.m. reporting the assault along the Brooklyn waterfront near 58th Street and the Brooklyn Army...

Amateur rivals Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia meet as pros. Overweight Garcia can't win Haney's belt

Apr. 19, 2024 16:28 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — There was a time when Ryan Garcia was a better fighter than Devin Haney. Haney himself concedes that, though he figures they were around 10 years old at the time. That was at the start of an amateur rivalry that spanned six fights, with each winning three times. ...

How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea

Apr. 19, 2024 14:08 PM EDT

New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death. Politicians have long come up with creative ways to battle the rodents, but some...

Kyrie Irving is healthy and drama-free in Dallas as a playoff pairing with Luka Doncic dawns

Apr. 19, 2024 06:03 AM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving is healthy and publicly free of drama, self-inflicted or otherwise, heading into his first playoff game with co-star Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. The eight-time All-Star and 2016 NBA champion alongside LeBron James in Cleveland brought up on his...

Trump lawyers say Stormy Daniels refused subpoena outside a Brooklyn bar, papers left 'at her feet'

Apr. 17, 2024 21:58 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving Stormy Daniels a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor, who is expected to be a witness at the former president's criminal trial, refused to take it and walked away. ...

Catholic officials in Brooklyn agree to an independent oversight of clergy sex abuse allegations

Apr. 17, 2024 12:46 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — An independent monitor will oversee the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn's handling of sexual abuse allegations under a settlement between the diocese and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The agreement announced Tuesday will address “years of mismanaging...