Democrats like congressman Ritchie Torres face backlash for pro-Israel stances as Americans’ views of Israel sour
At a campaign event in the Bronx last month, a congressional candidate quizzed a cheering crowd: “What do you think would happen if the US ended all aid to Israel?” At a Thanksgiving gathering with voters, another candidate in the same race fielded questions about affordability – but also about “moral leadership” when it came to Israel’s war in Gaza. A third candidate vying for the same seat devoted much of his campaign’s launch video to lambasting the current member of Congress representing the district over the funding he’s received from the pro-Israel lobby.
The incumbent in question – congressman Ritchie Torres – is one of the most staunchly pro-Israel advocates in Congress. Dalourny Nemorin, one of his challengers for the Democratic nomination to represent the district calls him the “poster boy” for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or Aipac. “Ritchie Torres cares more about Bibi than he does about the Bronx,” Michael Blake, another challenger, said in the launch video.
Alleged gunman faces nine charges including second-degree murder in New York state case
Luigi Mangione is appeared in Manhattan state court on Monday for the first day of a potentially weeklong proceeding to weigh the legality of evidence gathered during his arrest after the killing of a prominent healthcare executive.
Mangione was apprehended last December in the murder of senior United HealthCare figure Brian Thompson last December. In addition to state-level charges, he faces a Manhattan federal court case.
Plane skidded off runway and 45 cars were piled up as 53 million were under winter weather alerts over Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving weekend storm system brought over a foot of snow and strong winds across the US midwest and thunderstorms across the south, as 53 million people from South Dakota to New York were under winter weather alerts.
Over the weekend, ahead of one of the busiest travel days of the year on Sunday, a 45-car pile-up occurred on interstate 78 in Indiana and a Delta Air Lines plane skidded off the runway in Des Moines, Iowa, during landing.
Multiple arrests were made when anti-ICE protesters clashed with police near a NYC government building, throwing debris and blocking streets in Lower Manhattan.
The US author and orator on leaf blowers and Labubus, the weirdest thing she has done for love and struggling with contemporary novels
I would like to ask your opinion on five things. First of all, leaf blowers.
A horrible, horrible invention. I didn’t even know about them until like 20 years ago when I rented a house in the country. I was shocked! I live in New York City, we don’t have leaf problems. We have every other kind of problem. When I was a kid, we had leaf raking. Which is quiet. Leaf blowers are the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen. First of all, they are incredibly noisy. And second of all, 10 minutes after you use it, that big leaf blower in the sky blows them all back. It’s a very stupid invention.
Unprecedented early support consolidation gives Stefanik the presumptive GOP nomination for New York governor, leaving rivals to petition onto the ballot instead.
Suffolk County prosecutors bust sophisticated porch pirate ring allegedly using hacked package tracking info to steal hundreds of smartphones and tablets.
Stern, credited with designing 15 Central Park West, sought to design buildings that invoked pre-war splendor
Robert AM Stern, an architect who fashioned the New York City skyline with buildings that sought to invoke pre-war splendor but with modern luxury fit for billionaires and movie stars, has died at the age of 86.
Dubbed “The King of Central Park West” by Vanity Fair, Stern was credited with designing 15 Central Park West that, in 2008, was credited as being the highest-priced new apartment building in the history of New York.
If support for Israel is no longer de rigueur in New York, it may soon not be obligatory in Washington. That is good news for Palestinians
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be quaking in his boots at the decisive victory of Zohran Mamdani in the 4 November New York City mayoral election. Not because of absurd allegations of antisemitism for which there is no evidence, but because Mamdani has broken the longstanding taboo for successful New York candidates against criticizing the Israeli government. And he has only reinforced his approach in the month since his election.
New York has the largest Jewish population in the United States – and the second-largest of any city in the world after Tel Aviv. The longstanding assumption was that many Jewish voters prioritized the defense of the Israeli government over other issues, so criticism of Israel would set them against a politician.
Chaotic street takeover in New York City ends with car set ablaze and property destroyed as officials call incident a "planned attack" on residential community.
National news organizations have treated the borough like flyover country. It’s time to change that
As the extraordinary Oval Office meeting between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani shows, there’s a new bellwether in American politics.
For years, Ohio played that role. In every election from 1964 to 2016, the state voted for the winning presidential candidate, and every four years journalists would travel there to interview voters in Columbus and Cincinnati, Dayton and Youngstown. But in 2020 Biden won without carrying the state, and today Ohio is deeply red, costing it its bellwether status. Several other states once considered battlegrounds – Iowa, Missouri, and Florida – have also turned firmly Republican.
Michael Massing is an American writer based in New York City. He is a former executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review
Decades-old missing child case returns to court as formerly convicted suspect Pedro Hernandez faces new trial for 1979 kidnapping and murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz in Manhattan.
NYC officials, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the comptroller and borough presidents could see significant salary increases unde legislation proposed by City Council.
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