We learn from Eliza Filby’s “Herenciocracia” that under-45s across the West now stand a better chance of owning homes through their parents than by slogging at work—an arrangement less meritocracy, more family affair. As Baby Boomers’ wealth shapes …
A fast-moving winter storm threatens to ice over the New York area just as commuters hit the roads, with the National Weather Service warning the Bronx, Queens, parts of Long Island and New Jersey to brace for hazardous conditions between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. While Manhattan may merely slosh through a rain-snow cocktail, we suspect many will soon question their footwear—and their faith in predictive models.
Two enterprising managers in Flushing, Queens—Daniel Lee and Inwoo Kim—allegedly stitched up Medicaid for $120 million by paying hundreds of local seniors monthly kickbacks to join their "adult day cares," and then scribbling up unneeded prescriptions funneled through their own pharmacy, say federal prosecutors. Lee was caught at JFK holding $40,000 and a one-way ticket, but both men are now out on substantial bail—presumably optimistic about the American legal process.
Todd Lyons, acting head of ICE, fended off heated questions before the House Homeland Security Committee after two high-profile Minneapolis shootings involving immigration officers under Donald Trump’s renewed mass deportation push. Lyons dodged requests for apologies and opposed demands to unmask agents, but pledged release of bodycam footage “for full transparency”—an attribute we suspect will prove as flexible as some interpretations of uniform policy.
Prosecutors in New York charged two Queens men with masterminding a ten-year kickback scheme that extracted $120 million from Medicare and Medicaid, suggesting America’s public purse is no match for creative accounting. The duo allegedly funneled bribes through healthcare providers to secure patients and boost fraudulent billing—proving, once again, that a decade of persistence can pay off handsomely, if not exactly legally.
LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City secured a $94,342 grant from the College Completion Innovation Fund to launch an Adult Learner Evening Hub, aiming to help the college’s swelling population of older students keep pace with their degree ambitions after dark. As New York’s Reconnect initiative waives tuition for many in this demographic, we suspect nobody will complain that a little extra night schooling isn’t on the syllabus.
New York Republicans gathered in Long Island to nominate Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman for governor, swapping in Madison County Sheriff Todd Hood as running mate after Richard Giardino balked at moonlighting. With Governor Kathy Hochul buoyed by a 49% approval rating and a 54-28 polling advantage, the GOP faithful hope calls to cut taxes and revive “greatness” will resonate—though history, and the voter rolls, suggest they’ll need more than team spirit.
Federal prosecutors allege that Inwoo Kim and Daniel Lee ran an impressive-if-misguided $120 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud from Flushing, luring seniors to Royal Adult Day Care Center, Happy Life Inc., and a pharmacy with cash, “coupons,” and supermarket perks. Evidently, the facilities billed for thousands who couldn’t possibly fit, not to mention a few patients otherwise occupied in hospital—proof, perhaps, that creativity in accounting comes in many forms.
Rockaway’s city council duo, Joann Ariola and Selvena Brooks-Powers, have pressed MTA chief Janno Lieber for a definitive timetable on repairs to the battered Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street subway station. Only half the platform is open after structural worries forced a partial closure, prompting inconvenience for riders—especially seniors—though officials promise all will be shipshape before the summer crowds arrive like clockwork, or perhaps just after.
