On June 1, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch formally announced that New York City recorded the lowest number of shootings and homicides in its history between January 1 and May 31, 2025. During this five-month period, the city reported 264 shootings and 112 homicides—surpassing previous record lows set in 2018 and…
August 6, 2023 Cheryl Wills: Welcome to In Focus on… Day 23. I’m Cheryl Wills. Today we’re on location at the birthplace of hip hop, 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. 50 years ago this month, DJ Kool Herc kicked off a party that would one day radically change the music industry and give a powerful…
Lihi Aharon got onto the NYC Subway station by Tribeca, Manhattan after her school’s induction ceremony. She got onto the number 2 train and immediately noticed a woman spreading her belongings onto several seats of the busy train. She asked the woman if she could remove her stuff to sit, but she refused, claiming they…
I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and I have long been clear that no one should be discriminated against based on their sex. We, as a nation, must affirm and protect women’s full equality once and for all. On January 27, 2020, the Commonwealth of Virginia became the 38th…
Governor Kathy Hochul announced the strong early results of New York City’s congestion pricing program, which has reduced traffic by 11% in Manhattan’s core, improved travel speeds regionwide, and boosted transit ridership to post-pandemic highs. Since its January 5 launch, the initiative has generated substantial economic gains—retail, hospitality, and commercial leasing are all rising—while unlocking…
Biden: Well, thank you, thank you, thank you. Your son may not remember this, but one of the greatest honors I’ve had in my life — for real — is that every year at the end of the season of the — of the interns — excuse me, the pages coming in, they vote who…