Local·2026-04-23T20:20:00+00:00
NTSB report describes chaos at LaGuardia Airport ahead of deadly Air Canada crash
The March 22 crash came as seven different emergency vehicles scrambled to respond to another plane at the airport. The view of the crash site from the control tower at LaGuardia Airport.
Gothamist
Local·2026-04-23T21:32:07+00:00
Communication Failures Preceded Deadly Crash at LaGuardia, N.T.S.B. Says
The report focuses on the lack of transponders in the fire trucks, which investigators suggested could have allowed an automatic warning system to alert the controller of an imminent collision.
The New York Times Local
Local·2026-04-23T17:14:33+00:00
Mamdani Faces Pressure to Cancel $2 Billion Deal to Expand Hudson Yards
In Eric Adams’s waning days as mayor last year, he agreed to a deal with Related Companies, one of the biggest and most powerful developers in New York City, to have taxpayers finance a $2 billion platform over a Manhattan rail yard to support mostly luxury housing. A spokesman for the mayor said that the administration was “not actively engaged in negotiations to move this project forward at this time.” The spokesman, Matt Rauschenbach, said on Wednesday evening that the mayor’s immediate goals were “building new affordable housing across the five boroughs, protecting tenants, creating.
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