A Brooklyn woman facing three criminal charges for allegedly swiping a three-month-old kitten from a Park Slope bodega says she plans to sue, even as she admits she took the cat home. Mary Sierra walked out of a New York City courtroom without bail after her arraignment on charges of petty larceny, criminal possession of […] The post Brooklyn woman charged with stealing bodega cat insists she did nothing wrong appeared first on American Almanac .
A Brooklyn woman facing three criminal charges for allegedly swiping a three-month-old kitten from a Park Slope bodega says she plans to sue, even as she admits she took the cat home. Mary Sierra walked out of a New York City courtroom without bail after her arraignment on charges of petty larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, and "companion animal stealing," a violation under New York State Agriculture and Markets Law that makes it illegal to remove or cause to be removed a dog or cat or to take ID tags from the animals. She was not contrite. She was furious. Sierra told the New York Post she intends to sue over the accusation. The cat's owner, 60-year-old Imad "Jimmy" Innab, had a different reaction. "She's gonna sue who?…Open
National Supermarket Association National President Anthony Pena discusses suing New York City over its city-run grocery store plan on 'Varney & Co.' 00:00 Lawsuit against Mayor Zohran Mamdani 00:30 Grounds for "unfair competition" 01:00 Proposals to improve the grocery program 01:45 The threat to small businesses and bodegas
Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler is warning that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's $70 million plan to open government-run grocery stores will crush the very immigrant-owned bodegas and shops the city claims to support. Loeffler took the fight public Tuesday on Newsmax's "National Report," calling Mamdani's agenda a textbook case of socialist economics […] The post SBA chief Loeffler rips Mamdani's city-owned grocery plan as a threat to New York's small businesses appeared first on American Almanac .
Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler is warning that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's $70 million plan to open government-run grocery stores will crush the very immigrant-owned bodegas and shops the city claims to support. Loeffler took the fight public Tuesday on Newsmax's "National Report," calling Mamdani's agenda a textbook case of socialist economics punishing the people it pretends to help. The SBA chief had just returned from a visit to Queens, where she stood shoulder-to-shoulder with bodega owners who say the mayor's plan amounts to a taxpayer-funded competitor they cannot beat. At issue is a city initiative to build five municipal grocery stores, one in each borough, using $70 million in public funds.…Open
ABC News' Danny New talks to New York City bodega owner Wail Alselwi, who has been rewarding students' good grades with cash prizes and free rein to pick anything from his store.
With city-owned grocery stores coming to the Big Apple, "Rob Schmitt Tonight" producer Brent speaks to local store owners who say they won't be able to compete with NYC's Mayor.
The police charged a 45-year-old man with three counts of homicide and one count of arson in a bodega fire that spread upstairs and killed a beloved resident.
Fernando Mateo, co-founder of United Bodegas of America, joins NewsNation to discuss the killing of a bodega worker in New York City and his concerns with how Zohran Mamdani is handling crime in the city. "Katie Pavlich Tonight" offers a conservative take on the day’s events while welcoming all viewpoints. The goal: cutting through left-right bias in pursuit of plain facts and honest analysis.
