AdvertisementBy New York Daily News and Transit ReporterJan 24, 2021 at 6:33 pmA Bronx man who’s spent more than a year in federal custody is scheduled to be deported to Honduras early Monday, his lawyers said — a move they maintain is in conflict with President Biden’s executive order that put a 100-day moratorium on most deportations.Javier Castillo Maradiaga, 27, was arrested by the NYPD in 2019 for what his lawyer said was a pedestrian violation that was later dismissed.AdvertisementImmigration and Customs Enforcement officials took Maradiaga into custody following his arrest, according...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily News and Transit ReporterJan 24, 2021 at 6:33 pmA Bronx man who’s spent more than a year in federal custody is scheduled to be deported to Honduras early Monday, his lawyers said — a move they maintain is in conflict with President Biden’s executive order that put a 100-day moratorium on most deportations.Javier Castillo Maradiaga, 27, was arrested by the NYPD in 2019 for what his lawyer said was a pedestrian violation that was later dismissed.AdvertisementImmigration and Customs Enforcement officials took Maradiaga into custody following his arrest, according...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJan 19, 2021 at 4:28 pmTalk about a one-eighty.A Queens Occupy Wall Street activist who later became a Trump fanatic made online threats to murder House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, authorities said Tuesday.AdvertisementBrendan Hunt, who works for New York State’s Office of Court Administration and is the son of a retired Family Court judge, was charged Tuesday with making the threats against elected officials over what he falsely claims was a stolen presidential election.He was taken into custody after FBI...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJan 19, 2021 at 4:28 pmTalk about a one-eighty.A Queens Occupy Wall Street activist who later became a Trump fanatic made online threats to murder House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, authorities said Tuesday.AdvertisementBrendan Hunt, who works for New York State’s Office of Court Administration and is the son of a retired Family Court judge, was charged Tuesday with making the threats against elected officials over what he falsely claims was a stolen presidential election.He was taken into custody after FBI...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsDec 22, 2020 at 7:01 pmA Queens Republican club partying to The Bee Gees should have been dancing with masks — and six feet apart.Instead, attendees of the Whitestone Republican Club holiday party boogied to “Saturday Night Fever” songs on Dec. 9 as if they couldn’t catch a COVID fever — weaving and bobbing to the disco soundtrack in a conga line without a single face covering in sight, video of the event shows.AdvertisementCity Council candidate Vickie Paladino was one of several well-known Queens GOPers at the holiday party held at Il Bacco Ristorante in...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsDec 22, 2020 at 7:01 pmA Queens Republican club partying to The Bee Gees should have been dancing with masks — and six feet apart.Instead, attendees of the Whitestone Republican Club holiday party boogied to “Saturday Night Fever” songs on Dec. 9 as if they couldn’t catch a COVID fever — weaving and bobbing to the disco soundtrack in a conga line without a single face covering in sight, video of the event shows.AdvertisementCity Council candidate Vickie Paladino was one of several well-known Queens GOPers at the holiday party held at Il Bacco Ristorante in...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsOct 05, 2020 at 11:00 pmFirst came coronavirus, then came the cry for food.In the past six months, the city has waged an all-out war on hunger — an old, familiar foe whose grip grew stronger during the darkest days of the pandemic.AdvertisementCOVID-19 forced nearly one-third of the city’s food pantries — most dependent on senior citizen volunteers — to shut down. The closures led to massive turnouts at those that remained open for families, some walking as far as Coney Island to Park Slope just for a grab-and-go meal.Mayor de Blasio appointed a food czar...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsOct 05, 2020 at 11:00 pmFirst came coronavirus, then came the cry for food.In the past six months, the city has waged an all-out war on hunger — an old, familiar foe whose grip grew stronger during the darkest days of the pandemic.AdvertisementCOVID-19 forced nearly one-third of the city’s food pantries — most dependent on senior citizen volunteers — to shut down. The closures led to massive turnouts at those that remained open for families, some walking as far as Coney Island to Park Slope just for a grab-and-go meal.Mayor de Blasio appointed a food czar...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJun 18, 2020 at 6:39 pm The City Council passed a wave of historic police reform bills on Thursday with veto-proof majority — meaning Mayor de Blasio cannot shoot down the new legislation. “The NYC Council just passed legislation to criminalize chokeholds and other methods of restraint (such as kneeling on a person’s neck) used by police officers while conducting an arrest,” Council Speaker Corey Johnson tweeted late Thursday afternoon.Advertisement After years of mixed signals on police reform, De Blasio said on Thursday he would sign the chokehold bill,...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJun 18, 2020 at 6:39 pm The City Council passed a wave of historic police reform bills on Thursday with veto-proof majority — meaning Mayor de Blasio cannot shoot down the new legislation. “The NYC Council just passed legislation to criminalize chokeholds and other methods of restraint (such as kneeling on a person’s neck) used by police officers while conducting an arrest,” Council Speaker Corey Johnson tweeted late Thursday afternoon.Advertisement After years of mixed signals on police reform, De Blasio said on Thursday he would sign the chokehold bill,...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsMay 04, 2020 at 5:30 amCentenarian Frances Abbracciamento of Queens had caught a cold in late March during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in New York. Days later the 106-year-old was diagnosed with pneumonia, and her four children prepared for the worst.“We really thought we were going to lose her,” her daughter, Alda Spina, told the Daily News.AdvertisementBut by the end of April, Abbracciamento, who will celebrate her 107th birthday this week, had made a near-full recovery — and it was only then that her family learned she had survived...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsMay 04, 2020 at 5:30 amCentenarian Frances Abbracciamento of Queens had caught a cold in late March during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in New York. Days later the 106-year-old was diagnosed with pneumonia, and her four children prepared for the worst.“We really thought we were going to lose her,” her daughter, Alda Spina, told the Daily News.AdvertisementBut by the end of April, Abbracciamento, who will celebrate her 107th birthday this week, had made a near-full recovery — and it was only then that her family learned she had survived...WW…