New York City

Last Monday, during morning arraignments in courthouses across New York’s five boroughs, public defenders read into the record the names of a dozen people who have died in city jails this year. In Manhattan criminal court, Amanda Jack, a Legal Aid attorney, recited the names from a wooden lectern, saying…

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The mayor calls the city’s Covid-19 protocols the “gold standard,” but epidemiologist Michael Osterholm says there’s a lot more the city can and must do. October 8, 2021 On the morning of September 13, shortly after the New York school system’s Covid-screening website crashed, Mayor Bill de Blasio stood outside…

HoldMyNFT brings to Opensea an exclusive collection of ultra-rare 1000 NFTs designed to be held in custom digital hands! New York City, 7 Oct 2021, ZEXPRWIRE, HoldMyNFT is an all-new venture set out on a mission to become the largest community of NFT holders with a collection of 1,000 NFTs. This…

The New York City homes where 11 people drowned were in areas marked as low risk for inundation A person walks past flooded homes in a Queens neighborhood that saw massive flooding and numerous deaths following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on…

The Irish owner of one of New York City's most legendary bars Jimmy Neary has passed away at the age of 91 in the United States. The Sligo native ran the legendary Irish pub Neary's in Manhattan where he welcomed presidents, mayors and other well-known faces. Hailing from Tubbercurry, he…

EXCLUSIVE: 7th & Union, the drama directed by Anthony Nardolilloa that follows a Mexican boxer looking to save his family, has won the Best Narrative Feature (U.S. Cinema) prize at the 25th annual Urbanworld Film Festival. “7th And Union” UrbanWorld Film Festival The New York City-set festival, which highlights the…

Hundreds march to protest vaccination mandates in New York City, United States on October 4, 2021. (Photo by Teachers March Against Vaccine Mandate /IPX) Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Anti-vaxxers tore down a mobile COVID-19 testing tent in Manhattan on Monday during a…

Businessman Andrew Yang, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2020 and mayor of New York City, said he has left the Democratic Party. “Throughout my twenties, I remained a staunch Democrat, though like many others I was drawn primarily to national races,” Yang wrote on his website. “I co-hosted a…

The international relations and co-operation department in Pretoria has fired its financial boss, Caiphus Ramashau, for his role in the controversial attempt to purchase land in New York City for R118m. Ramashau's termination follows on the heels of former DG Kgabo Mahoai, who was booted last month. They were charged…