Multiple Crimes and Protests in NYC: Staten Island Parents Charged, Palestine Rallies Spread

A Staten Island couple has been arrested after their one-month-old baby was found dead last Saturday, according to sources who spoke to FOX 5. In Brooklyn, a soccer center is providing an essential sense of community for migrant families. Protests and encampments in support of Palestine have spread across several NYC campuses as today marked the deadline given by Columbia University for demonstrators to pack up their tents. Two members of the NYPD received promotions this week, Francesca Mosomillo and Conor McDonald; both have fathers who served in the department and were shot while on duty. A Delta Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles had to make an emergency landing at JFK Airport due to issues with its exit slide located near the right wing of the Boeing 767-300ER aircraft last Friday. The implementation of congestion pricing in NYC is scheduled for this summer, starting on June 30th when most vehicles will have to pay $15 to enter Manhattan’s Congestion Zone. Last weekend saw a man spotting what appeared to be an unusually large coyote during his morning run through Central Park; however, it remains unclear whether these animals actually reside in NYC. As temperatures are expected to rise over New York City, this week witnessed calls for people who work remotely from offices based out of the Garden State (New Jersey) to sue New York due to taxation on their wages by Connecticut as well. Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a plan aimed at reducing the number of fiscal intermediaries in Medicaid’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, or CDPAP. Following more than 100 pro-Palestinian protestors being arrested last week after setting up camp on Columbia University’s campus, this move has led to similar protests breaking out at universities across the country including those in NYC. New York is poised to become the first state in America that will provide paid prenatal leave for expecting mothers, as announced by Governor Kathy Hochul last Monday. During an interview with Good Day New York, Mayor Eric Adams suggested that “outside agitators” might be responsible for arranging pro-Palestinian encampments at Columbia University’s campus. A recent study conducted by SmartAsset has analyzed the financial requirements necessary to qualify as middle class in NYC, NJ and CT, along with New York City itself. Here is a timeline that outlines how this situation unfolded from President of Columbia University Nemat Shafik testifying before Congress up until students returning on Monday carrying tents back onto campus at Columbia University.