Barbara Russo

6 days ago | amny.com | Barbara Russo

Spring has sprung, and rabbits have hopped into the forefront of the season!New York City and many other urban epicenters across the country are home to native rabbit species. But one species has the Big Apple all to itself: the eastern cottontail. Of the 29 species of bunny found around the world, only the tremendously adorable eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) is found in NYC—in all the boroughs, to be precise.

1 week ago | amny.com | Barbara Russo

In its first major blow to NYC transit, President Trump’s Department of Transportation (USDOT) crushed the MTA’s plans Thursday for a revitalized Penn Station in Midtown — choosing instead to take on the project themselves with the federally backed Amtrak rail system. Amtrak, which owns Penn Station, will now lead the revitalization effort at the nation’s busiest rail hub.

1 week ago | brooklynpaper.com | Barbara Russo |Brooklyn Paper

The Brooklyn driver accused of killing a mother and her two children in Gravesend last month when she hit them with her car has been indicted for manslaughter, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Miriam Yarimi, 32, was arraigned in Brooklyn Supreme Court on April 16 on charges stemming from the fatal crash on March 29 that killed 34-year-old Natasha Saada and her two daughters, Diana, 8, and Deborah, 5.

1 week ago | amny.com | Barbara Russo

Response times for NYC’s emergency medical services increased significantly so far in 2025, according to the city’s most recent data, with various possible reasons for the delays at play. The average FDNY ambulance response time for life-threatening medical emergencies this year is 12.35 minutes, alarmingly up from 11.87 minutes in 2024. The statistics get more chilling as the data is broken down month by month. The average emergency response time was 11.93 last month, up from 11.44 in March 2024.

1 week ago | amny.com | Barbara Russo

New Yorkers made 10,000 reservations for package deliveries through the public LockerNYC system, city transportation officials said on Thursday — making it harder for thieves to do their dirty work in the Big Apple. LockerNYC, which the city launched in April 2024 with the company GoLocker, is the city’s effort to provide secure places for New Yorkers to pick up their deliveries without worrying about the items getting lost or stolen.