Adam Weitsman is the billionaire owner/CEO of Upstate Shredding – Weitsman Recycling, a scrap metal processing company in Owego, New York. He is also the founder and owner of Viridium LLC, a cryptocurrency mining company. Weitsman recently sold his two-story penthouse on Florida’s Sunny Isles Beach for $28.6 million. His home is featured this week
New York City’s Campaign Finance Board dealt a blow to mayoral frontrunner Andrew Cuomo on Friday, withholding $1.3 million in matching funds from him — but gave a big lifeline to his opponent Adrienne Adams, clearing her for $2.4 million in critical public cash as the Democratic mayoral primary election looms weeks away. Adams, the
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man says he was tortured for weeks in a New York townhouse. Another in Paris was held for ransom and his finger cut off. A couple in Connecticut were carjacked, beaten and thrown into a van. All, authorities allege, were victims tied to cryptocurrency-related crimes that have spilled out from
A Manhattan federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday blocking the federal government from withholding funding from New York State in the ongoing battle over New York City’s congestion pricing. Judge Lewis Liman ruled early Tuesday afternoon that the order would be in place until 5 p.m. on June 9, and would enjoin the
A second suspect in the kidnapping and torture of an Italian man inside a luxurious SoHo apartment in a failed bid to get him to give up his cryptocurrency password was criminally charged Tuesday after turning himself in to authorities, police said. William Duplessie, 33, surrendered at 7:45 a.m. to cops at the 13th Precinct
In a stark warning bestselling financial author Robert Kiyosaki says he believes the United States is barreling toward an unprecedented economic catastrophe. Kiyosaki says that the next downturn will eclipse that of Great Depression and make the 2008 crash look minor by comparison – and far worse than anything seen since the 1930s. ‘This is
One of Tom Brady’s first forays into cryptocurrency ended badly, but that hasn’t soured the former Patriots’ star on the sector, it seems. On Tuesday, Brady was named as one of the investors backing a new Boston-based crypto startup called Catena Labs. Catena, which is aiming to combine artificial intelligence-powered software bots and crypto currency
When applying for any type of loan, the higher an applicant’s credit score, the better chances they have at qualifying for low interest rates and other favorable terms. But when it comes to paying for college, many students may have a low or no credit score because they simply haven’t been able to build credit
The Trump administration is trying to claw back more than $106 million in migrant funds from New York City coffers — bringing the total the feds have attempted to recover to nearly $188 million. In a letter to the city, feds wrote that the grant money, from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Services
Good morning. Congratulations to Vice President JD Vance, who sold his home just outside Washington, DC, for $172,000 over the asking price after less than three weeks on the market. The buyer? A former Trump official. In today’s big story, investors are shocked to be battling against President Donald Trump as the stock market closed