Catched from the NYtimes

The Port Authority is preparing to increase the charge for drivers to pick up and drop off passengers at the airports.

The Puerto Rican rum and coconut drink used to be passed down within families, but now it has become a holiday party staple beyond the community.

Lamar Brown went through a rigorous program at a New York State psychiatric hospital aimed at stopping the “revolving door” for homeless people with mental illness.

Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore to be fire commissioner, weeks after the former commissioner, Robert S. Tucker, resigned, citing Mr. Mamdani’s views on Israel.

A garbage truck hit a parked vehicle, pushing it into the scaffolding, the police said.

The city and the union agreed to a 12-month probation for 30 officers. The department had moved to fire them after they failed psychological exams or background checks.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore, the former chief of New York’s E.M.S., as the first openly gay person to lead the Fire Department.

Representative LaMonica McIver, a Democrat, called on immigration officials to close Delaney Hall in Newark, calling detainees’ food and medical care inadequate.

A “Marty Supreme” showing took a political turn when John Catsimatidis, who has a small role in the movie, invited both Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican rival, Bruce Blakeman.

Linda Sun was accused by federal prosecutors of selling her allegiance and being rewarded handsomely for influence peddling.