Governor Kathy Hochul and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the indictment of 13 individuals in a massive 780-count case for allegedly stealing more than $2.2 million in merchandise from 128 Home Depot stores across New York and eight other states between August 2024 and September 2025. The Queens-based theft crew, working with “fences” who…
A new online petition is renewing calls to restore the historic Tappan Zee Bridge name to the Hudson River span now officially known as the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. The petition, launched on November 23, 2025, argues that the original name honored both the Indigenous Tappan people and the region’s Dutch heritage, and that…
AG James Joins Coalition Suing to Protect Billions of Dollars Intended to Provide Affordable Home Solar Power to Communities NationwideEPA Illegally Revoked Nearly $250 Million for New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a coalition of plaintiffs in filing two lawsuits to protect billions of dollars in grant funding that would connect…
Year New York State Spending on Climate ($ billion) New York City Spending on Climate ($ billion) Total Spending ($ billion) Total Coal Production (Mt) China+India+Russia Total Oil Production (kb/d) China+India+Russia 2000 0.05 0.10 0.15 1880 10300 2002 0.06 0.12 0.18 2153 11765 2004 0.07 0.15 0.22 2755 13780 2006 0.08 0.20 0.28 3085 14330…
—Mayor Eric Adams marked the first anniversary of the city’s Partnership Assistance for Transit Homelessness program, a police-clinician “co-response” effort launched in August 2024 to connect unhoused riders to services. City officials said PATH teams have made more than 20,100 contacts, delivered care over 6,100 times, and helped nearly 1,900 people living in the subway…
Launched in August 2024, New York City’s Partnership Assistance for Transit Homelessness (PATH) marks its first year on October 10, 2025, with over 20,100 engagements on the subway system, delivering critical services 6,100+ times and connecting nearly 1,900 unhoused New Yorkers to shelter. As part of Mayor Eric Adams’ Subway Safety Plan and the “End…