Drug dealer sentenced to 30 years in overdose deaths of three New Yorkers Thursday, October 5 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The leader of a drug delivery service who was convicted earlier this year of distributing the fentanyl-laced cocaine that killed three young New York City professionals on the same day was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison.Billy Ortega, 37,... Read More.
New app will allow New Yorkers to avoid commuting through the poorest air quality Monday, September 18 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For those who need to commute when air quality is poor, a new technology will make it possible to use the safest route possible for their health.Airways, a new map--based app launched on Monday at the start of Climate Week NYC,... Read More.
What Trump indictment? New Yorkers get married amid chaos just steps from court Wednesday, April 5 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As former President Donald Trump headed north to New York on Monday in his custom Boeing 757 to attend his Tuesday arraignment, Karl Diener was making his way towards the same New York City courthouses for an entirely different reason.Hundreds of... Read More.
Drug dealer convicted in deaths of three New Yorkers on same day Tuesday, January 31 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Amanda Scher, Ross Mtangi and Julia Ghahramani were three working professionals in New York City who did not know each other but shared a deadly commonality: on the same day in March 2021, they each ordered cocaine from Billy Ortega that... Read More.
Black New Yorkers were hospitalized for COVID at a rate two times higher than white during omicron Friday, March 4 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Black New Yorkers were hit disproportionately hard during the omicron wave compared to white New Yorkers, according to a new analysis from the city's Department of Health & Mental Hygiene published Wednesday.Black New York City residents were hospitalized for COVID-19 at... Read More.