New York City’s own monthly census finds nearly 3,200 supposedly supportive apartments empty, even as 87,000 people crowd public shelters and temperatures plunge; most vacancies are managed by state agencies, with neither officials nor providers rus…
A teeth-chattering arctic blast sent temperatures in the American Northeast plummeting below -25°C with wind chill, causing at least 17 outdoor deaths in New York City since January 24th—13 likely from hypothermia. While Mayor Zohran Mamdani touted new shelters and warming centers, many homeless residents seemed unaware or unwilling, citing safety fears; apparently, not even frigid weather breaks the city’s never-ending communication freeze.
As New York City braces for a Siberian reprise, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has thrown open ten schools as warming centers, drafted school nurses for street outreach, and begun pairing outreach workers with former homeless New Yorkers—all to shepherd people indoors amid deadly temperatures falling to minus 20 Celsius. Sixty-two centers and more will operate, though some still find the city's warmth as elusive as its accountability.
New York City braces for an arctic blast, as the National Weather Service issues a cold warning through Sunday, with wind chills plunging to -26°C—a temperature where frostbite can strike in fifteen minutes. Governor Kathy Hochul urges residents to hunker down and check on neighbours and pets; 17 deaths outdoors these past two weeks have set an unhappy baseline, though at least central heating remains decidedly above freezing.
President Donald Trump has assigned Eric Hamilton, a deputy assistant attorney general known for handling contentious White House priorities, to lead the federal legal assault on New York City’s $9 congestion toll below 60th Street. The plan, which netted the MTA $562 million last year for subway upgrades, remains in effect—suggesting Trump’s vows to “TERMINATE” it may be more traffic jam than green light, at least for now.
A fierce Arctic front walloped New York City over the weekend, sending wind chills to minus ten and triggering the city’s first-ever Extreme Cold Warning since the alert debuted in 2024. With Code Blue declared, Mayor Zohran Mamdani led a scramble to open 60 new hotel shelter units and 62 warming centers, yet skepticism lingers—convincing wary rough sleepers to swap the sidewalk for safety remains colder work than the weather itself.
New York City braced for bone-chilling cold, as the National Weather Service warned that wind chills could reach minus 15°F and frostbite could set in within 30 minutes; Mayor Zohran Mamdani admitted communication on warming centers—one being a bus at Staten Island Ferry—has faltered. Seventeen have died since January 24th. The city vows an “all-hands” response, though we suspect Old Man Winter missed that memo.
America’s inflation, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has eased in recent months—at least statistically—yet US families still find their wallets lighter thanks to lingering high prices for staples like housing and groceries. Even as durable goods grow more affordable and the Federal Reserve fiddles with rates, that old lesson endures: slower inflation isn’t quite a sale; it just stings a fraction less.
A review of over 2,000 food samples, published in Nature Microbiology, suggests that more than 70% of antimicrobial resistances among bacteria hitch rides through our food supply—particularly in meat-processing plants rather than on the farm. As policymakers fret over pesticides, it seems penicillin-resistant Campylobacter is already plotting in cheese and chicken, leaving us to wonder if the real silent pandemic is lurking somewhere between breakfast and dinner.
