New York Headlines

• Pro-NYPD community activist leads vigil outside Harlem precinct after officer’s killing

  (by Kerry Burke, JOHN ANNESE for The Daily News 21 minutes ago)
  Brooklyn community activist Tony Herbert, who recently lost a longshot bid for public advocate on the Conservative Party ticket, organized the vigil honoring Officers Jason Rivera, who was killed Friday, and his partner, Wilbert Mora, who remains in critical condition.
  
  

• Stock Market Has Wild Day as Investors Warily Await Fed’s Moves

  (by The New York Times for The New York Times 22 minutes ago)
  The decline of the index, a broad gauge of stocks, signals that investors have become markedly more pessimistic. Get the latest on the economy.
  

• New York Judge Blocks State’s Mask Mandate

  (by The New York Times for The New York Times 22 minutes ago)
  A New York State judge ruled that the mandate was enacted unlawfully and is now void. Catch up on Covid-19 news.
  
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• Bronx gunman indicted on attempted murder charges for November shootout that wounded two cops

  (by JOHN ANNESE for The Daily News an hour ago)
  Charlie Vasquez, 23, is accused of trying to kill Offices Alejandra Jacobs and Robert Holmes in a chaotic Nov. 24 battle. Both officers were shot and wounded.
  
  

• Nassau judge overturns mask mandate for schools

  (by Cathy Burke for The Daily News an hour ago)
  State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker in Mineola said in his decision the state Department of Health didn’t have the legal authority to implement the mandate, and that it was up to the state Legislature to do so if needed.
  
  

• Long Island judge rules Gov. Hochul’s mask mandate as ‘unlawful’

  (by Bruce Golding for The New York Post an hour ago)
  A Long Island judge threw out Gov. Kathy Hochul's controversial mask mandate, claiming it was enacted unlawfully by an executive branch state agency.
  
  

• Sheldon Silver, a New York Power Broker Convicted of Corruption, Dies at 77

  (by Jesse McKinley and Luis Ferré-Sadurní for The New York Times an hour ago)
  A Democratic leader of the State Assembly, he held sway in New York politics for decades and died while serving a prison sentence.
  
  

• Adams Unveils Ambitious Plan to Confront Rising Gun Violence

  (by Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Ashley Southall for The New York Times an hour ago)
  Mayor Eric Adams’s proposal includes the restoration of a controversial anti-gun police unit.
  
  

• Rikers inmate charged with groping correction officer, trying to rape jail nurse on same day

  (by Kenneth Garger for The New York Post 2 hours ago)
  A Rikers Island inmate was indicted on Monday after allegedly groping a female correction officer and trying to rape a jail nurse in the same day.
  
  

• Adams says it ‘makes no sense’ cops aren’t required to live in NYC

  (by Craig McCarthy for The New York Post 4 hours ago)
  Adams said that it should be a requirement that one lives in NYC to be a police officer because there is "no such thing as being off duty."
  
  

• Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study Finds

  (by Jason DeParle for The New York Times 4 hours ago)
  The research could have policy implications as President Biden pushes to revive his proposal to expand the child tax credit.
  
  

• Gunman Accused of Shooting 2 NYPD Officers Dies

  (by Ali Watkins for The New York Times 7 hours ago)
  The Manhattan district attorney is investigating Lashawn McNeil’s connection to anti-government groups; Mayor Eric Adams said an assault weapon was found under his mattress.
  
  

• Is the Plunge in the Nasdaq and Bitcoin the End of a “Superbubble”?

  (by John Cassidy for The New Yorker 15 hours ago)
  “Perma-bear” Jeremy Grantham has long warned of a much bigger and far more damaging crash that could include stocks, bonds, and real estate.
  

• What Is Eric Adams’s Plan for the Rikers Island Crisis?

  (by Eric Lach for The New Yorker 1 day, 8 hours ago)
  The horrors in the city’s jail system have been several administrations in the making. Adams has given a few early signs of how he’ll try to manage them.
  

• Putin, Ukraine, and the Preservation of Power

  (by David Remnick for The New Yorker 1 day, 17 hours ago)
  Once more, the Russian President is poised to invade the nation. His weapons include military hardware, malware, and propaganda.