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Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the opening of Wollman skating rink in Central Park on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, in New York. The former mayor is dropping out of the crowded race for the Democratic nomination in a redrawn Congressional district that includes his Brooklyn home. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

Ex-mayor de Blasio puts end to N.Y. congressional bid

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Migrants released by the Border Patrol with notices to appear in court on Feb. 5, 2022, in Somerton, Ariz., wait for COVID-19 testing at a Regional Center for Border Health warehouse before being taken by charter bus to the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Records obtained by The Associated Press show COVID-19 infection rates have plummeted among migrants crossing the border from Mexico as the Biden administration faces a critical decision whether to extend sweeping restrictions on asylum. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat) **FILE**

Sanctuary cities swarmed with asylum seekers now pleading for federal aid

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Muhammad Aziz stands outside the courthouse with members of his family after his conviction in the killing of Malcolm X was vacated on Nov. 18, 2021, in New York. Aziz, 84, has filed a $40 million lawsuit against New York City for the two decades he spent in prison for a notorious crime he did not commit. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Man exonerated in Malcolm X killing sues NYC for $40 million

By Karen Matthews - Associated Press

In this May 9, 2016, file photo, Ivana Trump, ex-wife of President Donald Trump, attends the Fashion Institute of Technology Annual Gala benefit in New York. (Photo by Michael Zorn/Invision/AP, File)

Police to investigate cause of Ivana Trump’s death

By Jill Colvin and Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

People stand in long lines to receive the monkeypox vaccine at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

U.S. regulators clear way for more monkeypox vaccine shipments

By Matthew Perrone - Associated Press

People stand in long lines to receive the monkeypox vaccine at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Demand for monkeypox vaccine overwhelms New York City system

By Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

Bodega owner Francisco Marte assists a customer, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at his store in the Bronx borough of New York. Marte heads up the Bodega and Small Business Group, which represents bodegas in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Crime wave drives Hispanics away from Democratic Party

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) **FILE**

Indictment reveals new details of Chinese targeting of dissidents

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk along Broadway in the SoHo district of New York, Friday, March 4, 2022. Mayor Eric Adams announced in a morning news conference that the city will be scaling back of COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Return of the mask: New York recommends face coverings with COVID cases on the rise

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 2, 1966, file photo, actor Larry Storch, one of the co-stars of &quot;F Troop&quot;, poses during the filming of an episode at the Warner Brothers studio in Los Angeles. Storch, the rubber-faced comic whose long career in theater, movies and television was capped by his role as “F Troop’s” zany Cpl. Agarn in the 1960s spoof of Western frontier shows, died Friday in New York. He was 99. (AP Photo/David F. Smith, File)

Larry Storch, zany Cpl. Agarn on TV’s ‘F Troop,’ dies at 99

By Lynn Elber - Associated Press

Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo pose with 63 and 40 hot dogs, respectively, after winning the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Monday, July 4, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Joey Chestnut wins Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest for 15th time

Associated Press

Police tape blocks off a crime scene in Biloxi, Miss., in this file image via WLOX-TV from April 27, 2022. (Bill Snyder/WLOX-TV via AP) **FILE**

Crime wave batters U.S., cities brace for the notoriously violent holiday weekend

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A visitor examines exhibits in the permanent collection of the American Folk Art Museum in January 2022, in New York City. On Tuesday, June 28, 2022, the museum plans to announce its largest and most unusual recent gift, a $5 million donation from Arkansas-based arts supporters Becky and Bob Alexander, to help fund the museum’s exhibition program and its operation as one of New York City’s few free museums. (Olya Vysotskaya/American Folk Art Museum via AP)

Folk Art Museum offers donors naming rights to CEO’s title

By Glenn Gamboa - Associated Press

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference June 7, 2022, in New York. A heckler who clapped Giuliani on the back at a campaign event, Sunday, June 26, 2022, was arrested, jailed for more than 24 hours and now faces an assault charge. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

NYC mayor: Investigate Rudy Giuliani for ‘false’ slap claim

Associated Press

Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York, on July 2, 2020. Maxwell faces the likelihood of years in prison when she is sentenced for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. The sentencing hearing, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York will be the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Epstein and Maxwell flaunted their riches and associations with prominent people to groom vulnerable girls and then exploit them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Ghislaine Maxwell to be sentenced in Epstein sex abuse case

By Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays - Associated Press

Lee Zeldin appears during New York's Republican gubernatorial debate at the studios of Spectrum News NY1 on Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (Brittainy Newman/Newsday via AP, Pool)

Rep. Lee Zeldin wins GOP primary for New York governor

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Chelle Wyatt uses her cell phone with the Otter app Friday, April 15, 2022, in Salt Lake City. People with hearing loss have adopted technology to navigate the world, especially as hearing aids are expensive and inaccessible to many. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Why captions are suddenly everywhere and how they got there

By Tali Arbel - Associated Press

FILE — Poll workers direct voters outside Frank McCourt High School, on New York's Upper West Side, Nov. 3, 2020. A judge on Monday, June 27, 2022, blocked New York City from letting noncitizens vote for mayor and other municipal offices, a measure that Republicans challenged as unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NYC can’t let noncitizens vote in city elections, judge rules

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

FILE - Andrew Giuliani, left, a Republican candidate for Governor of New York, is joined by his father, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, during a news conference, June 7, 2022, in New York. One place the former New York City mayor is in high demand these days is on the campaign of his son, Andrew Giuliani, who on Tuesday is hoping to become the Republican nominee for governor of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Grocery store worker charged with assaulting Rudy Giuliani over abortion ruling

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Flags affirming LGBTQ identity dress the fencing surrounding the Stonewall National Monument, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in New York. Sunday's Pride Parade wraps a month marking the anniversary of the June 28th, 1969, Stonewall uprising, sparked by a police raid on a gay bar in Manhattan and a catalyst of the modern LGBTQ movement. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Pride parades march on with new urgency

By Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press