The story of the Italian tourist allegedly kidnapped by crypto businessmen keeps taking wild turns—the latest potentially implicating New York law enforcement in the ordeal. According to a report from local NBC affiliate station News 4 New York, two NYPD officers, including one who was serving as security detail for Mayor Eric Adams, have been […]
Crypto Investor Arrested After Being Accused of Kidnapping and Torturing Italian Tourist
A crypto investor from Kentucky was arrested in New York City this week after being accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist. John Woeltz, 37, was taken into custody after his alleged victim, a 28-year-old man, broke loose from Woeltz’s ritzy Nolita apartment and alerted a nearby traffic agent, telling them that he had […]
Trump Team Accidentally Uploads Memo Dissing Its Own Case Against Congestion Pricing
Sean Duffy, Donald Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, would like to kill New York City’s congestion pricing. Donald Trump’s Department of Justice doesn’t think he has much of a case. We know that thanks to an apparent error on the part of the DOJ’s legal team, which uploaded and then removed an internal memo offering its […]
Trump Threatens to Defund the NYC Subway
There are few things scarier to the conservative mind than mass transportation in a major metropolitan city. To that end, Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of Transportation, Sean Duffy, is demanding New York City officials provide a list of actions that they will take to reduce crime on the city’s subway system or […]
President Trump, NYC’s Biggest Hater, Says He Is Nixing Congestion Pricing
After going into effect early this year after years of failed starts, New York City’s congestion pricing is under threat once again. President Trump has followed through on a campaign promise to target the program, which aims to reduce congestion, noise, and pollution in Manhattan and fund repairs to the city’s subways by charging drivers […]