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Check Thief Wanted for Striking Same Building

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The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with the theft of checks from tenants at a Queens building. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice March 5, 2025 QUEENS - Cops are looking for a mail thief who has been ripping off checks from tenants at an apartment building in Sunnyside Gardens.  The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect who is believed to have robbed the mailboxes of the same building three times last month.  Investigators said the suspect walked into the lobby of an apartment building on the corner of 51st Street and Skillman Avenue at around midnight on February 5. Cops said the man broke into a mailbox and removed a box containing a bank checkbook.  The same suspect struck again at around 2:44 am on February 10 at the same building. Cops said the thief broke into a mailbox and stole bank checks.  The final incident occurred at around 1:29 am on February 22. Cops sa...
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Cuomo Makes It Official, Kicks Off Run for Mayor

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Former Governor Andrew Cuomo announces he is running for Mayor. -Photo by YouTube Releases New Direct Address to New Yorkers. Watch it  Here .   Manhattan Voice March 1, 2025 NEW YORK - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced his candidacy to serve as the next Mayor of New York City. In a direct address to New Yorkers, the Governor emphasized his lifetime of public service, record of accomplishment for New York, and the importance of restoring strong and experienced leadership to help solve the city’s most pressing challenges during these troubling times. He also launched a new  AndrewCuomo.com  website.  The video address can be found  here  and the transcript appears below: Hello, I’m Andrew Cuomo. Let me start by telling you what you already know. New York City is the greatest city in the world, there is no other place like it, and – as in life – we have had times when we are at our shining best,...
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Feds Charge Exodus Founder and Queens Hotel Operator With COVID Funds Corruption Scheme

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  Julio Medina, the founder of Exodus Transitional Community, allegedly received millions in kickbacks and bribes for steering business to firms run by Weihong Hu, a fundraiser for mayors Adams and de Blasio.  This article originally appeared in The City. By  Greg B. Smith , and  Yoav Gonen NEW YORK - A taxpayer-funded program to house incarcerated people released from Rikers in hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic became an elaborate fraud conspiracy in which the founder and former CEO of Exodus Transitional Community, Julio Medina, pocketed millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, Brooklyn federal prosecutors charged Thursday. Medina, Christopher Dantzler, the owner of an unlicensed security firm Exodus hired to provide security at the hotels, and Weihong Hu, owner of two hotels where Exodus placed the inmates when they were released from Rikers and upstate prisons, were charged with a wide variety of federal...
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Adams Travels to Albany to Discuss NYC’s Budget Needs

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams meets with Speaker Carl Heastie as he travels to Albany to testify about New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2026 Executive Budget on February 4, 2025. -Photo by Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office By Mayor Eric Adams Community OpEd Queens Voice   NEW YORK - Since day one of our administration, our mission has been to make New York City a safer, more affordable city that is the best place to raise a family. Last week, our team and I visited Albany to advocate for funding and legislation so that we can continue to fulfill that mission and keep delivering for working-class New Yorkers. We focused on four key areas. First, passing our “Axe the Tax for the Working Class” legislation to make life more affordable for working-class New Yorkers. This plan eliminates or cuts city personal income taxes for low-income New Yorkers at a moment when our state faces a historic affordability crisis. We anticipate that “Axe the Tax” wi...
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