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Trans migrant sticks nose in the air as she appears in court accused of raping child in NYC park bathroom
Trans migrant sticks nose in the air as she appears in court accused of raping child in NYC park bathroom

Daily Mail​

time5 days ago

  • Daily Mail​

Trans migrant sticks nose in the air as she appears in court accused of raping child in NYC park bathroom

A transgender migrant appeared in court yesterday after being arrested for raping a 14-year-old boy in a park bathroom. Nicol Suarez, 30, allegedly followed the boy into a bathroom at Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem back in February at around midday, police told the Daily Mail. The boy reportedly left the bathroom and flagged down people nearby, who called the police. The migrant was then charged with first-degree rape and stalking. Suarez wore head-to-toe beige prison garb and a full face of makeup as she stuck her nose up at her court appearance on Thursday. She scowled as officers led her into the courtroom, her expression even more pronounced due to her heavy contour, penned eyebrows and bright pink lip. As she sat down for the court proceedings, Suarez's neck tattoo peaked out from underneath her beige crewneck. She had spent the entire day waiting in Department of Corrections custody after the building was put on lockdown due to unknown reasons. Suarez required an interpreter to understand the proceedings as the two sides went back and forth over the status of her case, a court attendee reported. Suarez required an interpreter to understand the proceedings as the two sides went back and forth over the status of her case Her lawyer asked for more time to file her motions, but Judge Michele Rodney declined the request. After 10 minutes of deliberation, the Judge set a date for a pre-trial hearing in mid-September and Suarez was escorted back to the holding cells. The accused rapist is being housed at Rikers Island, a large jail complex in New York City, located on a 413-acre island between the Bronx and Queens in the East River. Originally from Colombia, Suarez was also wanted in New Jersey and Massachusetts and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement had a detainer on her. After her alleged crime in February, a source told the New York Post that they blamed New York City's sanctuary laws for the attack and said: 'ICE could just pick this person up and deport them back, but due to our sanctuary laws we can't do anything.' 'I feel really bad for the kid that has to go through this because his life will never be the same,' the source added. 'We worry about the migrants but what about the victim? This is a true victim.' A nearby deli owner, Azid Haime, described the incident as 'disgusting.' 'All my body is shaking; I want to sit. I can't explain how I feel. I'm more than angry,' he said, adding that many young kids come to his shop from the park. Suarez wore head-to-toe beige prison garb and a full face of makeup as she stuck her nose up at her court appearance on Thursday Prosecutors initially asked for $500,000 bail and a $1.5 million bond, but the amount was lowered by Democratic Judge Elizabeth Shamahs. Both of the crimes Suarez is accused of are felonies in New York. First-degree rape is a Class B felony with a minimum prison sentence of five years, and a maximum of 25 years. It is also a violent felony, requiring registration as a sex offender. Stalking in the first degree is a Class D felony with a maximum sentence of seven years in prison. It's also a violent felony, meaning a minimum sentence of two years is mandatory for those without prior felony convictions.

I upgraded my Costco membership to shop during its new executive member hours. I felt like I had the store to myself.
I upgraded my Costco membership to shop during its new executive member hours. I felt like I had the store to myself.

Yahoo

time10-07-2025

  • Business
  • Yahoo

I upgraded my Costco membership to shop during its new executive member hours. I felt like I had the store to myself.

Costco recently launched exclusive store hours for executive members. I upgraded my membership to shop during the executive member hours and loved how empty it was. When I visited, there were no lines to enter the store, check out, or buy food at the food court. Costco's new executive membership is the TSA PreCheck of grocery shopping, and I'm here for it. As a frequent visitor of Manhattan's only Costco location, I usually wait in a long line to get into the store first thing in the morning and then stand in another long line at checkout. When I heard Costco was reinstituting shopping hours exclusively for executive members as of June 30, I was eager to see whether it would result in a less crowded experience. I paid an extra $65 to upgrade my membership from the Gold Star level, and I'm pleased to report that it was absolutely worth it. Here's what it's like to shop during Costco's new executive member hours. The only Costco store in Manhattan is inside East River Plaza, a shopping complex in East Harlem. Other Costco stores in the New York City area are in Brooklyn and Queens. I arrived about 10 minutes before 9 a.m., when the store would open for executive members only. Costco's revamped executive membership, which costs $130 a year, includes an exclusive hour of shopping on weekday mornings. The stores open at 9 a.m. on weekdays and Sundays for executive members and 10 a.m. for Gold Star and business members. The parking garage featured lots of empty spots since it was so early — a surprising perk. I normally have to circle the garage a few times to find parking, but arriving an hour earlier than the general public meant that there were plenty of open spots. At 8:56 a.m., a few other executive members began to line up by the doors, but it was nothing compared with the line that usually snakes outside the store. As we stood at the entrance, we joked about pushing past each other to get inside first. Clearly, there was no need to jostle for a better spot in line. For context, this is what the line looked like before opening when I visited the previous month. When I shopped at Costco in June, I encountered the usual long line outside the store. When the doors opened at 9 a.m., I noticed new signage indicating executive members' extended shopping hours. Costco executive members get an extra hour of shopping in the morning on weekdays and Sundays, and an extra half hour on Saturdays. A sign at the card scanning kiosk also advertised the new benefits that come with an executive membership. In addition to extra shopping hours, Costco's executive membership includes a $10 monthly credit on orders of $150 or more when ordered via Instacart or Costco's same-day delivery service and an annual 2% reward of up to $1,250 on purchases. I scanned my shiny new executive membership card for the first time and headed inside. When the line outside the store gets extra long, I've seen Costco employees scan people's membership cards while they wait to allow everyone to enter the store faster. With a smaller crowd, there was no need, so I scanned my card myself. I've never heard Costco so quiet. The aisles were wide open without the usual crowds, and it felt much quieter without the usual sounds of rattling carts and conversation among shoppers and employees. This earlier hour of store access also seemed well-suited for those who need a more sensory-friendly shopping experience. The rotisserie chickens weren't ready yet first thing in the morning — one disadvantage of arriving so early. Costco's rotisserie chickens retail for $4.99 each and are known to fly off the shelves. But I enjoyed not having to climb over people and squeeze past carts to reach a carton of eggs in the refrigerated section. Because the refrigerated section is a smaller room, I've found it can take some extra maneuvering to reach the items inside when the store gets busy. The checkout aisles were emptier than I've ever seen them. Only one or two checkout aisles were open for the early hour of shopping, and self-checkout was closed, but I didn't have to wait at all before loading my items on the conveyor belt. There were no lines at the food court either, another rare sight. At the Manhattan location where I usually shop, the food court is almost always full of customers waiting for their orders. If I'd wanted to start my day with a $2.99 cold brew mocha freeze or $2.99 smoothie, it would have been a quick pit stop. I completed my Costco grocery run just after 10 a.m., when the store opened to all other members. I finished my grocery shopping before the opening rush with the added perks of plentiful parking, less-crowded aisles, and shorter checkout lines — all before the store even opened to other members. To me, that's worth the extra $65 a year. Read the original article on Business Insider

NYC residents in rent-stabilized apartments hit with increases of 3-4.5 percent
NYC residents in rent-stabilized apartments hit with increases of 3-4.5 percent

Yahoo

time01-07-2025

  • Business
  • Yahoo

NYC residents in rent-stabilized apartments hit with increases of 3-4.5 percent

The two million New Yorkers living in rent-stabilized apartments will see their rents go up for the fifth year in a row after the panel tasked with setting rates increased them 3% for one-year leases and 4.5% for two-year leases. The Rent Guidelines Board approved the increases by a margin of 5 to 4 during a final vote at El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem Monday evening. The vote comes amid the mayoral election, which has focused sharply on the issue of affordability. Left-leaning Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, the presumptive Democratic nominee after his win over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has pledged to push for a rent freeze should he win. The nine-person board consists entirely of mayoral appointees, including two landlords and tenant representatives, tasked with deciding the rates for New York's 1 million rent-stabilized units. Mayor Adams reacted with dismay to the vote. 'I urged the Rent Guidelines Board to adopt the lowest increase possible, as I've done in the past,' he said. 'While the board exercised their independent judgment, and made an adjustment based on elements such as inflation, I am disappointed that they approved increases higher than what I called for.' Tenants and housing advocates have long called for a rent freeze or rollback to alleviate the burden on New Yorkers amid the city's affordability crisis and housing crunch. 'Tenants are the majority in New York City. And we are pissed off. We are sick and tired of the landlords and lobbyists trying to buy our city. We outnumber them, and we have already shown we can out organize them,' Cea Weaver, director of the New York State Tenant Bloc, said in reaction to the vote. 'Come November, we will elect Zohran Mamdani and win the rent freeze tenants so desperately need,' she said. 'Eric Adams is squeezing in one last rent hike for his real estate donors before tenants show him the door. This will be the last rent hike New Yorkers ever see from a mayor bought and paid for by real estate.' Mamdani was quick to decry Monday's numbers but promised 'change is coming.' 'This Mayor is once again placating real estate donors rather than serving the working people he once claimed to champion,' Mamdani said in a statement. 'Make no mistake: even a supposedly modest rent hike in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis will push New Yorkers out of their homes.' At the same time, landlords argue that rent hikes are required to help them offset rising maintenance and other costs, particularly in older and outer-borough buildings. 'While we are disappointed that the RGB once again adjusted rents below inflation, we appreciate that they stood up to political pressure calling for rent freezes that would accelerate the financial and physical deterioration of thousands of older rent-stabilized buildings,' New York Apartment Association CEO Kenny Burgos said in a statement. Last year the Board approved increases of 2.75% for one-year leases and 5.25% for two-year leases. In May it took the unprecedented step of lowering the range of potential increases for two-year leases — already decided upon the month before — from a minimum of 4.75% to 3.75% with a maximum of 7.75%. The one-year lease proposal remained unchanged with a span of 1.75% to 4.75%. Monday's vote came 10 years to the day since the Board approved the city's first-ever rent freeze for one-year leases under Mayor Bill de Blasio. At the time it was composed entirely of de Blasio appointees, a formula Mamdani hopes to replicate if elected. The only time the board has voted for a total rent freeze was in 2020 during the pandemic. The last rent freeze of any kind was in 2021 for the first six months of one-year leases. The new rent rates agreed Monday will go into effect on Oct. 1.

Man tries to abduct 3-year-old boy near Thomas Jefferson Park in Harlem
Man tries to abduct 3-year-old boy near Thomas Jefferson Park in Harlem

Yahoo

time26-06-2025

  • Yahoo

Man tries to abduct 3-year-old boy near Thomas Jefferson Park in Harlem

A brazen offender tried to snatch a little boy from a Manhattan park on Wednesday, police said. The man tried to leave with a 3-year-old boy at a soccer field around 5:43 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Park on East 114th St. and Pleasant Ave. in East Harlem — but failed to pull off the child-snatching, cops said. The little boy was unharmed and was reunited with his mom. There were no immediate arrests. Cops say they are looking for a 5-foot, 7-inch, 150-pound man in his mid-30s who was dressed in a black Adidas shirt, navy blue hat, blue jeans, white sneakers, and sunglasses when he fled the park, heading south on First Ave., police sources said. Anyone with information on is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.

Leonardo DiCaprio gets cozy with NYC's power crowd while dining at city's most exclusive restaurant
Leonardo DiCaprio gets cozy with NYC's power crowd while dining at city's most exclusive restaurant

Daily Mail​

time21-06-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Daily Mail​

Leonardo DiCaprio gets cozy with NYC's power crowd while dining at city's most exclusive restaurant

Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted breaking bread with political insiders and entertainment moguls in New York on Thursday. The actor, 50, dined at Rao's the legendary, ten-table East Harlem Italian joint where landing a seat is tougher than scoring an Oscar. According to Page Six, the A-lister sat down with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and entrepreneur Andrew Murstein, who hosted the gathering. DiCaprio's Wolf of Wall Street co-star Bo Dietl, ABC Radio's Sid Rosenberg, host of Sid and Friends in the Morning on 77WABC, New York's top-rated morning news talk show the actor's father George DiCaprio and his stepmother rounded out the party. 'Leo was extremely friendly and took a dozen photos with fans, and at least five video chats on FaceTime' with enthusiastic diners' friends and family members,' an Insider told Page Six. While the Titanic star drew plenty of attention, it was Blakeman who showed up with the muscle. 'A lot of security was there, but not for Leo. There were five security detail people for Blakeman,' the source added. During the hush-hush meal, guests reportedly overheard Blakeman pitching his vision to transform Nassau County into Hollywood East, citing the $533 million in economic impact generated by Grumman and Gold Coast Studios in Bethpage, where scenes from Wolf of Wall Street were filmed. Blakeman previously served as commissioner for the New York-New Jersey Port Authority, as well as a Nassau County legislator and Hempstead town councilman. Leo kept it casual for the occasion and sported a black shirt, beige jacket and a baseball cap accessorized with a gold chain. While the dinner was arranged through Murstein, even celebrities struggle to get through the door at Rao's. The 125-year-old Harlem hotspot doesn't accept walk-ins or reservations, and there's virtually no way to contact the restaurant unless you have an 'in'. The exclusivity is so extreme, one seat at Rao's recently hit $20,000 on the bidding site CharityBuzz. Menu prices at the famed eatery start around $16, with their signature beef lasagna coming in at $36 and their top-tier steak reaching $70, not including the sauces or sides. Other famous celebrities seen dining at Rao's include Al Pacino, Woody Allen, Frank Sinatra, Robert De Niro, Donald Trump, Pete Davidson, Kevin Costner, and Bethenny Frankel, among others. The exclusivity is so extreme, one seat at Rao's recently hit $20,000 on the bidding site CharityBuzz (Pictured: Pete Davidson attending Rao's Restaurant pop-up in February 2025 in New Orleans) While normally the preserve of the rich and famous, one man has managed to crack the code. Nicky DiMaggio, is a professional reservationist who charges $500 to $1,000 to get clients into New York's most exclusive restaurants - including Rao's. He first got into the restaurant at 17-years-old with help from a cousin and never looked back. 'I realized, if I walked through these doors, I could walk through any door,' he previouly told Daily Mail. Demand grew so much that DiMaggio launched his own business based on insider connections and impossible bookings. 'The whole reservation thing is a science,' he said. 'People want what they can't have. [Restaurants] want you to want it more and be frustrated that you can't secure a reservation.'

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