The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission swore in 22 new peace officers on Tuesday at One Police Plaza, bolstering a small agency tasked with overseeing a for-hire transportation system carrying roughly a million passengers daily. According to TLC Deputy Commissioner for enforcement Ira Goldapper, the unarmed cadets completed five and a half months … Read more
Long Island Rail Road service was suspended indefinitely starting at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, May 16, 2026, after contract negotiations between the MTA and railway workers collapsed. Approximately 3,500 employees walked off the job, marking the first time in 32 years that a strike has stopped the LIRR. The shutdown has left an estimated 300,000 daily … Read more
A woman suspected of fatally stabbing a man in the Bronx this past March was apprehended at JFK Airport on Tuesday following a flight from Mexico, police announced Wednesday. Dulce Hernandez, 28, was arrested and subsequently arraigned on an indictment. She faces charges of murder, manslaughter, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon, and has … Read more