NYC accused the USPS of flooding the state with millions of packs of illegal cigarettes
NEW YORK — New York City accused the United States Postal Service Tuesday of flooding the state with millions of packs of illegal cigarettes shipped here from foreign countries. The Postal Service does little to stop illicit shipments of smokes from China, Israel, Vietnam and…
NYC cop tries to frame man by putting weed in car
BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — A cop surreptitiously put weed in a car owned by a man she later arrested for drug possession, Gothamist reported on Friday. An NYPD officer placed a small bottle of weed into the man’s car via a window during the May 2015…
The biggest NYC companies that are making it big in 2019
If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere – and many NYC companies are making it big. Inc., a magazine which publishes weekly content about small businesses and startups in the United States, recently released its annual report outlining the 5,000 fastest-growing…
NYC condo owner transformed a single apartment into 11 illegal micro-apartments
A condo owner on the Lower East Side transformed a single apartment into 11 illegal, windowless micro-apartments – some so tiny their ceilings were only four-and-a-half foot high, according to a report. The New York Post reported the conversion at 165 Henry St. between Jefferson…
License plates from trash helped NYC worker duck toll fees
One car’s trash was this man’s treasure. A New York City sanitation worker used license plates plucked from the garbage to dodge thousands of dollars in tickets and tolls, authorities said Wednesday. Jason Rivera of Staten Island racked up more than $17,000 in fines and…
NYC has a serious case of rat infestation
A handful of New York City neighborhoods are overrun by rodents despite a recent drop in rat sightings citywide, a new report says. New Yorkers logged 17,353 rat-sighting complaints to the city government this past year, 9 percent fewer than in 2017. But that’s the…