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Saint Pierre – ACID (Official Video) | @berri_life |

Coming at you with a viral video and a word-wide lifestyle/merch brand taking the world by storm, the one and only Saint Pierreis back with a hot new single entitled, “Acid”. The Bronx native coined the term “Berri Life” through his last few efforts to represent his clique. Now that the world is glued to their screens with “Berri” on the brain, the question remains: What will he drop next? The…

Mayor, Comptroller Call for Audit of Elections Board Amid Widespread Voting Problems in NYC

Closed polling stations, malfunctioning ballot scanners, the mysterious disappearance of some 50,000 registered Democrats: These are just some of the “irregularities” reported by New York City residents trying to vote today. Fortunately, top officials have now promised to reform the city’s famously dysfunctional Board of Elections. Unfortunately, for thousands of voters hoping to participate in…

FBI Will Help Local Police Unlock iPhones

The expansion of law enforcement powers puts Apple in an even trickier position. In a letter from the FBI obtained by CBS News, the agency has pledged to share its newfound iPhone-cracking ability with local police departments. This is a significant development in a debate over privacy that has had the tech world’s undivided attention for weeks. Here’s a section of the letter quoted by CBS: We…

Veteran Burned Himself Alive Outside VA Clinic

A retired sailor walked nine miles from his home to the facility where he was being treated and committed a fiery suicide. The last evidence of the life of Charles Richard Ingram III is a circle of scorched earth next to a Veterans Affairs clinic. Ingram, a seven-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, arrived at the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic around 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 19. He had been…

Cuomo Drops Plan for Deep Cut to CUNY

Two months after announcing that he would cut $485 million from state funding for the City University of New York, shifting the cost to the city, Governor Andrew Cuomo now says he will fund CUNY’s entire budget. “The $1.6 billion in aid it receives has not changed, and will not change under this budget,” Jim Malatras, director of state operations, said in a statement. “The funding stays…

In report to the state, Con Ed decries property tax system

Con Edison was liable for more than $1.4 billion in property taxes last year and, according to a report filed this week with the Public Service Commission, the utility isn’t planning to accept it passively. Con Ed is among the biggest property taxpayers in the city and each year it submits a report to the state detailing how it is trying to keep the tax burden low for itself and its affiliate,…

‘Superstorm’ climate shift can happen within decades not centuries, climate scientists warn

Climate scientists are warning the threat of global warming could be even more dangerous than previously believed, suggesting “killer storms”, the rise of sea levels and the “disintegration” of large parts of the polar ice sheets can happen sooner than thought. The paper, Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms, claims at the current pace of burning fossil fuels and using greenhouse gasses,…

Program that Aims to Help City Kids from Low-Income Families Graduate from Four-Year Colleges Expands Into Bronx

A program that aims to break the cycle of poverty by helping kids get into good high schools and colleges is expanding into the Bronx. Students are preparing for the standardized tests that are the gateways to the best high schools and colleges. “I would really want a good opportunity to go to a really good school and have a good education,” said Madeline Garcia, a Breakthrough New York student.