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Nearly 100 Cats Survive Upstate NY House Fire That Left Some Badly Injured
Nearly 100 cats survived a house fire in an Upstate New York town, according to an animal protection group, although some suffered serious injuries
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Manhattan District Attorney Expands Criminal Probe of Trump Company to Westchester County Property
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has expanded its criminal probe of President Donald Trump’s company to include a sprawling property in Westchester County, New York. A lawyer for the town of Bedford, N.Y., told CNBC that DA Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office issued a subpeona to the town for records related to the Trump Organization’s Seven Springs Estate site sometime...
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Police Officers Rescue Woman From Hudson River
Body camera footage from an officer in Tarrytown, New York, shows police rescuing a woman from the Hudson River
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Andrew Yang Announces He's Running for NYC Mayor
The 2020 presidential hopeful said Wednesday he is running for mayor of New York. “I am running for mayor because I see a crisis – and I believe I can help,” said Andrew Yang.
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Aaron Mostofsky, Son of New York Judge, Arrested for Rioting at Capitol With Trump Mob Seeking to Overturn Biden Win
Dozens of people have been arrested on charges related to the riot by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol who protested the election of Joe Biden.
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Campaign to Cap Payday Loan Interest Rates at 36% Moves Ahead in Nebraska Even as Federal Measures Remain Stalled
The Nebraskans for Responsible Lending coalition announced Thursday they had collected enough signed petitions to get an initiative that would cap the annual interest rate on payday loans at 36% onto the ballot during the 2020 general election.
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59% of Americans Don't Plan to Renew Their Gym Memberships After Covid-19 Pandemic: Survey
According to a new TD Ameritrade survey, 59% of Americans say they have found more affordable ways to work out during the pandemic and don’t plan on renewing their memberships when gyms reopen.
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's Morning Routine: Wake Up at 5 a.M. and ‘Read Tons of Stuff'
Like many top execs – including Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk – Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., starts his day with a routine.
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State Tax Departments Set Their Sights on Pro Athletes' Earnings
Professional athletes face complex state tax filings, given their hectic schedules. The pandemic added another angle: isolation bubbles and remote coaching.
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Woman in Viral New York Hotel Confrontation Charged in NYC
A 22-year-old California woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and tackled him at a New York City hotel in a widely seen video was charged after returning to the city on Saturday.
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Covid-19 Accelerated Retirement Moves as People Fled These High-Tax States During 2020
New Jersey took top honors as the state with the most outbound moves in 2020, according United Van Lines. New York and Illinois round out the top three.
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Retail Rents Tumble to Historic Lows in New York City Amid Bankruptcies and Store Vacancies
Rents for retail space in New York City have skid to historic lows, dropping as much as 25% from 2019 levels, according to a new report.
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From Growing Up in Poverty to Battling the Covid Pandemic: How Northwell Health's CEO Found Success
Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling talks to CNBC Make It about how he went from extreme poverty to the C-suite and other challenges.
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More Contagious Strain of Coronavirus Confirmed in NY
New York joined a growing number of states on Monday to confirm the presence of a new strain of the coronavirus that’s believed to be at least 50 percent more contagious.
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Some States Start Paying $300 Unemployment Boost While Others Lag
A handful of states — Arizona, California, New York, Rhode Island and Tennessee — are paying a $300 boost to weekly unemployment benefits starting this week.
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More Than 20 Years of Airline Passenger Traffic Growth Got Erased in 2020, Report Finds
The Covid pandemic reduced airline passenger traffic to levels last seen in 1999, according to a new report by travel data and analytics company Cirium.
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New York Braces for Post-Holiday Surge; Cuomo Says He'll Wait for Vaccine
New York state has recorded more than 1 million positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, according to figures released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday. The roughly 15,000 new positive tests reported statewide on Friday bring the total number of cases over 1 million, according to the state’s data. Experts say the official number of coronavirus cases represents a…
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Trooper Shoots Western NY Man Who Brandished Bow and Arrow: Police
A state trooper shot and wounded a domestic violence suspect in western New York after the man advanced toward officers with a bow and arrow, police said. The confrontation happened at 1:30 a.m. Friday in Portville. Troopers were dispatched to a home by the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office after a report of domestic violence was called in, state police...
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New Year, New You: How to Reset Your Finances and Become Smarter About Money
Whether you make New Year’s resolutions or not, the beginning of the year is a great time to refocus on your money.
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Last-Minute Money Moves to Make Before You Ring in the New Year
You still have time to set the stage for a fresh financial start in 2021.