Ahead of President Biden’s visit, the governors of New York and New Jersey announced that they had been granted storm-recovery funds. Source: New York Times
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New York City Shuts Train Service as Ida Barrels Through Region
By Gotham Rex on September 2, 2021
About 200 people were rescued from a train near Newark Airport on Wednesday night as heavy rains and flooding shut down major train routes. Source: New York Times
The Cocaine Was Laced With Fentanyl. Now 6 Are Dead From Overdoses.
By Gotham Rex on August 31, 2021
The deaths over three days in Suffolk County reflect a dangerous shift in the street-drug marketplace, according to police and prosecutors. Source: New York Times
Drug Distribution Companies to Pay N.Y. More Than $1 Billion to Settle Opioid Lawsuit
By Gotham Rex on July 21, 2021
The payout to New York will take place over the next 17 years, and joins a $26 billion deal to settle the thousands of nationwide lawsuits. Source: New York Times
A Fourth of July Symbol of Unity That May No Longer Unite
By Gotham Rex on July 3, 2021
In a Long Island town, neighbors now make assumptions, true and sometimes false, about people who conspicuously display American flags. Source: New York Times
An Opioid Case Like No Other: New York vs the Entire Supply Chain
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2021
New York’s sweeping lawsuit is the first opioid case in which a jury rather than a judge will decide the outcome. Source: New York Times
There Are Jobs in the Hamptons. If Only Workers Could Afford The Rent.
By Gotham Rex on June 26, 2021
Unable to staff shifts, some restaurants and shops, already reeling from lockdown closures, are suspending service during the lucrative summer season. Source: New York Times
Their Daily Miracle: Getting 8 Tons of Food to the Needy, Every Day
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2021
An army of “food rescuers” in New York try to make the best of an inherently wasteful grocery system. Source: New York Times
The Case of Long Island’s Disappearing Brood X Cicadas
By Gotham Rex on May 19, 2021
The insect cohort known as Brood X may not emerge on Long Island, a sign of humanity’s effects on even nature’s most reliable periodic events. Source: New York Times
How to Vaccinate Homebound Seniors? Take the Shots to Them.
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2021
Millions of older Americans, chronically ill and trapped at home, pose a big challenge to inoculation efforts. Doctors are on it. Source: New York Times
Sourdough on Shabbat? Inside the City’s Kosher Food Revolution
By Gotham Rex on February 26, 2021
Young observant Jews are stretching the boundaries of traditional cuisine. Source: New York Times
Wreckage of T.W.A. Flight 800 to Be Destroyed Years After Explosion
By Gotham Rex on February 25, 2021
The National Transportation Safety Board said it no longer needed to use a reconstruction of the plane brought down in one of the deadliest crashes in U.S. history. Source: New York Times
Robert Maraj, Father of Nicki Minaj, Is Killed in Hit and Run, Police Say
By Gotham Rex on February 14, 2021
He died at a hospital on Saturday after being struck on Friday evening in Mineola, N.Y., on Long Island, the authorities said. Source: New York Times
‘I Am Blown Away’: Strangers Are Helping Strangers Get Vaccinated
By Gotham Rex on February 4, 2021
After snagging appointments for themselves or their parents, some New Yorkers have joined a growing movement to assist others. Source: New York Times
Ticket Brokers Agree to Pay Millions in Scalping Settlements
By Gotham Rex on January 22, 2021
The settlements are the first enforcement actions brought under the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, which was designed to prevent brokers from buying large numbers of tickets. Source: New York Times