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As NY preps pot market, sales grow on Native American land
ST. REGIS MOHAWK RESERVATION, N.Y. (AP) — As New York inches toward launching a retail marijuana market, sales are flourishing on some Native American territory in the state. Shops selling marijuana have opened on the U.S. side of Mohawk territory straddling the Canadian border. Others have opened on Seneca territory in western New York, and…
NYC’s retirement system divesting from Russia over invasion
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s retirement system will be divesting from Russian securities, following votes from all five of the pension funds that make up the system deciding to do so. Comptroller Brad Lander says the final vote came Thursday when the New York City Fire Pension Fund approved a resolution to divest.…
NYC lifts vaccine rule that blocked athletes from home games
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor has exempted athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine mandate. But the decision announced by Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday does not include countless government and private workers, some of whom have lost their jobs for refusing to get vaccinated. Police and other unions are blasting the…
NY lights up Niagara Falls, World Trade Center for Ukraine
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York plans to light up One World Trade Center, Niagara Falls and other state landmarks blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine Thursday. Gov. Kathy Hochul said the date marks one month since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Other landmarks that will shine blue and yellow include the New…
Uber adds NYC taxi cabs to its app
NEW YORK (AP) — Uber, hit by driver shortages and a surge in food delivery requests during the pandemic, will begin including New York City taxi cabs on its app. That’s a partnership that until recently would have been unthinkable with both camps fighting ferociously for the same customers. But the wait for an Uber…
Jackson heading for likely confirmation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced down a barrage of Republican questioning about her sentencing of criminal defendants on Wednesday, as her history-making bid to join the Supreme Court veered from lofty constitutional questions to attacks on her motivations as a judge. Her bottom line: She declared at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday…
Wall Street profits drive average bonuses to a record $258K
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York state comptroller says soaring profits on Wall Street helped drive up the average bonus paid to employees in New York City’s securities industry to a record $257,500 last year. The estimates released by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said the average securities industry bonus was 20% higher than 2020 and…
Newtown families: Alex Jones fails to show up for deposition
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Infowars host Alex Jones has failed to show up for a deposition in a lawsuit filed by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Jones missed the deposition in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, with his lawyers citing an appointment for undisclosed medical conditions. Families of some of the…
Ex-prosecutor: Trump ‘guilty of numerous felony violations’
NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor who had led a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last month said in his resignation letter that he believes the former president is “guilty of numerous felony violations.” In the letter published Wednesday by The New York Times, Mark Pomerantz said he disagreed with the Manhattan district…
New York City to let unvaccinated athletes play home games
NEW YORK (AP) — New York city’s mayor will announce Thursday that he’s exempting athletes and performers from the city’s vaccine mandate for private workers. The move will allow Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving to play home games, and let unvaccinated baseball players take the field when their season begins. According to a person familiar…
Pandemic relief money spent on hotel, ballpark, ski slopes
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press review finds that state and local governments have spent nearly $1 billion worth of federal coronavirus aid on projects that have little to do with combating the pandemic. The spending runs the gamut. In Broward County, Florida, $140 million will help to build an upscale hotel. In Dutchess County,…
Defending her record, Jackson back for 3rd day of hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is returning to the Senate for a third day of hearings. She is facing senators again Wednesday morning as Republicans try to paint her as soft on crime and Democrats herald the historic nature of her nomination to become the first Black woman on the high…