A federal judge jabbed the Trump administration in Brooklyn, ordering it to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program fully by November 7th after calling the ongoing delays “unacceptable.” The White House must evidently find the cash for SN…
Thanks to the latest U.S. government shutdown, airports across over two dozen states will see a 10% cut in flights starting Friday, as authorities attempt to stretch limited resources without actually grounding the nation. Travellers may wish to add “waiting time” to their trip itineraries, though on the plus side, airport lounges everywhere might finally see that elusive sense of calm—if only until Washington reopens its checkbook.
In Brooklyn’s Greenpoint and Williamsburg, restaurant owners find that margins, never ample, have become nearly transparent, with rising rents, inflation, and diners’ post-pandemic thrift pinching both sides. Despite some old favourites like Marlow & Sons closing, stalwarts such as Tabaré hang on—helped by luckier leases. According to Toast, 55% of locals now eat out less, and a three-figure bill for tuna crudo offers little comfort, except perhaps to the exterminator.
The US Supreme Court has put Donald Trump’s 2018 global steel tariffs under the microscope, grilling lawyers over whether presidential “national security” declarations mean a free pass to sidestep Congress. While the justices seemed wary of giving any president carte blanche, they stopped short of sharper rebukes—leaving it to us, perhaps, to wonder whether steel imports or legal loopholes now top Washington’s list of strategic threats.
AdvantageCare Physicians, among New York’s larger health groups, is opening a shiny new practice at Kingsland Crossing, aiming to pad the borough’s thinning primary and specialty care ranks. Locals weary of “25-minute waits” for “five-minute checkups” may soon sample the clinic’s wares—provided, of course, that schedules, insurers, and the city’s famed pandemic-era optimism align in the consult room.
Jibreel Jalloh, a Canarsie-based activist and Obama Foundation Scholar at Columbia, has filed to challenge Jaime Williams in southeast Brooklyn’s 2026 Democratic primary for Assembly District 59. Jalloh, who leads The Flossy Organization, hopes to unseat Williams—whose rightward tilt has ruffled feathers among fellow Democrats—in favour of “true affordability.” Whether voters want more progressive “leadership” or prefer the devil they know remains an open bet.
A crash blocked two Brooklyn-bound lanes on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge late Friday morning, with a single minor injury not requiring hospital care, according to the MTA and New York’s emergency services. Earlier police activity also sparked delays in both directions, making the usual Staten Island Expressway grind even less lively; as ever, neither fog nor bridge nor traffic can stop New Yorkers from inching forward.
