By Howie Katz
StopAntisemitism is an American pro-Israel watchdog organization. The group named Tucker Carlson its “Antisemite of the Year” for 2025, an award he truly deserves.
I just came across this hilarious cartoon of Carlson and couldn't resist posting it on BGB. My congratulations to a very talented cartoonist, whoever he/she is.
Exposed: Pest infestation among stomach-churning findings as Trump's flagship hotel FAILS health inspection
By Jensen Bird
Daily Mail
Mar 13, 2026
Trump's Chicago Tower failed a health inspection late last year. The president has been known by staffers to be an infamous germaphobe
Donald Trump's luxury hotel and tower in Chicago has failed a health inspection, with reports citing insects in the bar and unsanitary appliances.
It was bad news for the president who famously describes himself as a 'germaphobe' after Trump International Hotel & Tower received multiple citations for its main kitchen, room service operations and ritzy Terrace 16 restaurant.
The December 17 inspection report by the Chicago Department of Public Health found several small insects crawling about the bar and dish areas, per TMZ.
Described as a 'premier luxury hotel,' Trump Tower Chicago boasts 'world-class amenities' and 'unmatched accommodations.'
But according to records recently obtained by People, the inspection found 'more than 10 small flies throughout [the] bar area and three small flies in [the] dish area.'
Investigators also reported wastewater drained on to the floor by the kitchen's prep sink and a dish machine that 'was not properly sanitizing.'
Inspection reports also concluded that perishable foods were being stored at dangerously warm temperatures ranging from 46 degrees to 53 degrees.
According to the USDA, perishable items are best refrigerated at 40 degrees or below.
Inspectors found built up grime and insects at s Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago
Many of the infractions were reported at the hotel's Terrace 16 restaurant
Shellfish used at the restaurant were missing expiration dates and use-by labels, debris was piled up under the sink and the prep cooler had built-up grime of its own, per the reports.
Even the lid to the ice machine was cracked, making for a total of six issues cited by the health inspector, reported ABC7 Chicago.
The Chicago hotspot offers sweeping views of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan.
Despite the citations, Terrace 16 advertises itself as 'an unforgettable dining experience amidst these breathtaking views.'
It was re-inspected a week later and passed.
Chicago hotels and restaurants regularly undergo unannounced health inspections based on the 'risk level' of the business.
Priority violations, including food stored at inadequate temperatures and insect infestations, can cause immediate closure and food license suspension, per the Chicago Health Department.
The restaurant inside of Trump's five-star hotel is understood to have failed health inspections multiple times since it opened in 2009.
The inspection alleged that perishable food were not being kept at food safe temperatures
The restaurant describes itself as 'an unforgettable dining experience'
The hotel offers views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago River
In January 2024, records stated that one chef was reusing oyster shells as dishes after placing them in the dishwasher.
At the time, more than 20 'small black flying insects' were spotted in the bar and kitchen.
Ironically, Trump himself is a self-proclaimed 'germaphobe' who has described shaking hands as 'barbaric' due to the bacteria it spreads.
Those close to the president have claimed that he uses hand sanitizer after social engagements and asks visitors to the Oval Office to wash their hands.
The Daily Mail contacted the Trump Organization and the Chicago Health Department for comment.
Everton Downey, 35, was found guilty of fatally stabbing his girlfriend Melissa Blimkie, 25, in December 2021 at the Metrotown shopping mall
Prosecutors asked the court to make him ineligible for parole for 15 years, but British Columbia Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes instead set the period at 12 years.
The judge made the decision after reviewing Downey's Impact of Race and Culture Assessment (IRCA), a report used in Canada primarily for black offenders that explains how poverty and marginalization may have shaped their life.
The report noted that Downey did not experience overt racism while growing up in Toronto, according to the National Post.
However, it claimed he later experienced disconnection, isolation and discrimination 'he had not previously encountered' after moving to British Columbia in 2016.
'Mr. Downey has a substantial criminal record involving violence and firearms,' Holmes said. 'I recognize, however, that the aggravating effect of his criminal record is offset in part by the mitigating circumstances of his background.'
Downey fled the scene after killing Blimkie (pictured). He represented himself in court and said he had 'kind of blacked out' before the murder
Downey was described in the assessment as a 'black man of African Nova Scotian, African American and Jamaican ancestry.'
His report was written by University of Calgary social work associate professor Patrina Duhaney.
'He grew up in Toronto in predominantly black and racially diverse neighborhoods and attended racially diverse schools,' Holmes' decision said.
Downey 'felt that he did not experience overt racism' and that 'his experience living in communities which normalized racial diversity shaped his early sense of identity and belonging.'
The convicted killer said that changed when he left his home city for British Columbia.
'He found a much smaller black population, and the cultural norms among black communities felt unfamiliar to him,' the judge wrote in her decision.
She added that Downey experienced racial discrimination 'in the community and in the institutional setting.'
Downey's background report said he was a 'black man of African Nova Scotian, African American and Jamaican ancestry' and claimed he had experienced some racism
University of Calgary social work associate professor Patrina Duhaney authored Downey's Impact of Race and Culture Assessment
Downey fatally stabbed his girlfriend in a stairwell at the Metrotown mall on December 19, 2021
Holmes acknowledged that Downey had a 'significant criminal record that includes serious offenses of violence' before killing Blimkie.
Downey had also previously served time in prison, though details of those earlier crimes were not specified.
However, the judge said his IRCA made 'clear that broader systemic, structural, and community factors relating to Mr. Downey's experience as a black person have played a part in his life experience.'
That included 'various types of trauma, negative peer influences, and mental health challenges,' the judge said.
Downey grew up experiencing domestic violence at home, shootings in his neighborhood and poverty.
His father was also described as being absent during his upbringing, all factors which contributed to Downey's apparent 'lasting sense of danger and mistrust.'
Downey's report demonstrated 'early exposure to violence, chronic instability, poverty, systemic anti–black racism and untreated mental health symptoms.'
The judge specifically pointed to Downey's 'hypervigilance, that may be trauma related.'
Blimkie was honored as a 'strong, intelligent and independent young woman' who died because of a 'senseless act of violence'
Downey claimed he thought he was being watched, followed and drugged in the months leading up to the fatal stabbing
Downey fatally stabbed his girlfriend in a stairwell at the Metrotown mall on December 19, 2021.
A public obituary for Blimkie said she died due to a 'senseless act of violence' and remembered her as a 'strong, intelligent and independent young woman.'
The two had been in a relationship 'for some time' prior to the killing, per the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
He defended himself in court and said he 'kind of blacked out' before killing Blimkie, according to Vancouver is Awesome.
Downey claimed he thought he was being watched, followed and drugged in the months leading up to the fatal stabbing.
'After we entered the sliding doors, I lost it,' he told the court, per the outlet.
'I was hearing voices, "She's going to kill you! She's going to set you up! She's going to kill you!"' Downey said. 'I just remember not being able to control myself.'
Downey fled the scene after stabbing Blimkie and interacted with nine civilians before being taken into custody.
The Daily Mail reached out to Canada's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, which investigated Downey's killing of his girlfriend; Duhaney, who wrote Downey's IRCA; and the Supreme Court of British Columbia, where Holmes serves, for further comment.
JD Vance privately fears the war in Iran will be a catastrophe, with his 2028 presidential odds now in freefall.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have basked in the glory of Operation Epic Fury, which killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, while Vance has faded into the background.
The conflict spiraled on Friday as the US death toll hit 13, Iran's security chief Ali Larijani defiantly took to the streets of Tehran, the Strait of Hormuz remained under siege and gas prices climbed to $3.60 a gallon.
Vance is 'worried about success', a senior administration official confirmed just days after Donald Trump admitted on stage that the Vice President had been 'less enthusiastic' about the US-Israeli strikes than other cabinet members.
Vance 'just opposes' the war and remains 'skeptical', a senior official said, while a second told Politico he had offered 'a different point of view' but has since fallen in line. 'Once the decision has been made, he's fully on board,' the official said.
Vance pushed for swift, decisive action to minimize casualties, sources said.
He pressed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Dan Caine and CIA Director John Ratcliffe at a meeting ahead of the strikes, questioning them on the risks and complexities.
He is now walking a tightrope in public as daylight emerges between himself and Trump for the first time.
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for a Women's History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 12
Black smoke rises following an airstrike, as Iranians take part in the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran on March 13
Then-Senator Vance, an Iraq war veteran, backed Trump's second term in a 2023 op-ed, writing in the Wall Street Journal that 'he won't recklessly send Americans to fight wars overseas.'
Vance told Fox News on March 2 that Trump would not allow the US 'to get into a multiyear conflict with no clear end in sight and no clear objective.'
He said the war would not end until Trump 'accomplishes that all-important objective of ensuring that Iran can't have a nuclear weapon.'
Trump's stated aims had initially been unclear, vindicating some of Vance's privately expressed concerns, as he called on Iranians to rise up and overthrow the regime.
The administration has since defined four objectives: destroying Iran's ballistic missile capabilities, annihilating its navy, eliminating its nuclear ambitions, and severing its regional proxy networks.
But Trump remains mercurial, sending global oil prices skyrocketing last week when he demanded Iran's 'unconditional surrender' and said that he must have a role in deciding Iran's new supreme leader.
The US death toll rose to 13 on Thursday when a refueling aircraft carrying six crew crashed over Iraq, while more than 150 American troops have been wounded.
Hours later, Iran's top national security official Larijani marched with crowds in Tehran demonstrating against Israel on the last day of Ramadan. He taunted Trump, claiming the President 'didn't realize' Iran is 'mature and determined'.
Rubio received a louder applause, sources in the room told the WSJ
A KC-135 refuelling plane went down on Thursday in 'friendly airspace' and a second aircraft involved in the incident landed safely. Picture shows the second aircraft with damage to its tail
Four crew members have now been confirmed dead after the crash
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet over the middle east during Operation Epic Fury. The US death toll rose to 13 on Thursday when a refueling aircraft carrying six crew crashed over Iraq, while more than 150 American troops have been wounded
Iran launched fresh attacks on Dubai's International Finance Center as explosions rocked the city with thick smoke rising above its skyline.
The Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil flows, remains under siege despite Hegseth telling a press briefing 'you don't need to worry about it.'
Gas prices have hit $3.60 per gallon on average, up from $2.90 before the war, according to AAA.
Vance spokeswoman Taylor Van Kirk said 'the Vice President is a proud member of the President's national security team' and 'keeps his counsel to the President private.'
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said 'efforts to drive a wedge between President Trump and Vice President Vance are totally misguided.'
Vance leads early polling to become the GOP's 2028 presidential nominee, an exclusive Daily Mail/JL Partners survey shows.
Nineteen percent of respondents named Vance the most influential member of Trump's inner circle, with Rubio second on 12 percent.
Vance, who enjoyed a 29-point lead over Rubio in July, now sits level with the Secretary of State, each given an 18 percent chance of winning the presidency in 2028 by prediction site Kalshi.
Black smoke rises after an airstrike as Iranians take part in the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran on March 13
An Iranian security force officer stands guard next to a huge billboard of Iran's newly nominated supreme leader Ayatollah Mojataba Khamenei during Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran on March 13
An Iranian woman reacts as she takes part in the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran on March 13
California Governor Gavin Newsom trails by just one point as a potential Democratic Party challenger.
Hegseth was asked about Vance at the press briefing Friday, telling reporters he is 'an incredible member [and] leader of this team as well, alongside the President and Secretary of State.'
He added, 'I can't say enough great stuff about this team, how it works together, how it provides options to the president. The vice president every single day is a key voice in that, an indispensable voice in that.'
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Thursday published his first written statement since assuming office on March 8, vowing to avenge “the blood of the martyrs,” including his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Tehran’s revenge “is not limited to the martyrdom of the great leader of the [Islamic] Revolution alone,” the newly minted supreme leader wrote in his remarks, which were read on state TV and posted to X.
Khamenei, 56, told Iranians he “learned at the same time as you,” through a television broadcast, that the Assembly of Experts had decided to appoint him as his father’s successor on Sunday.
“To sit in the place where the two great leaders—the great Khomeini and the martyred Khamenei—once sat is a difficult task,” explained Mojtaba.
He emphasized that the “lever of blocking the Strait of Hormuz must certainly continue to be used.”
Khamenei in the statement expressed “sincere thanks” to the Axis of Resistance, which includes Hezbollah, the Houthis, Hamas and other Iranian-backed terrorist groups across the Middle East and beyond.
“Cooperation between the components of the Axis of Resistance will shorten the path to overcoming the Zionist sedition,” he stated. “Brave and faithful Yemen has not ceased defending the oppressed people of Gaza; Hezbollah, despite all obstacles, has aided the Islamic Republic; and the Iraqi resistance has courageously pursued the same course.”
The regime is considering “opening other fronts where the enemy has little experience and would be highly vulnerable,” Khamenei warned, adding, “Activating them—should the state of war continue—will be undertaken in accordance with the relevant considerations.”
The younger Khamenei sustained leg wounds in the opening strikes of “Operation Roaring Lion/Epic Fury” on the morning of Feb. 28, several Iranian and Israeli officials told The New York Times this week.
The report cited three Iranian and two Israeli officials as saying that Khamenei’s legs were hurt, but that the circumstances as well as the extent of the new supreme leader’s injuries remained unclear.
An Israeli official told Reuters that Khamenei was “lightly wounded.” The official cited Israeli intelligence assessments as saying that the injury could explain why the supreme leader has yet to appear in public.
A Tehran ceremony to pledge allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei on Tuesday reportedly featured a cardboard cutout of the new leader, with the state-run Tehran Times reporting that “pictures of both Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son were prominently displayed.”
Sometimes, the most remarkable chapters of Jewish history unfold in the most unlikely places. One such place is Ecuador, a small country straddling the equator on South America’s Pacific coast that quietly played a role disproportionate to its size in offering refuge to Jews during one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century.
At a time when nation after nation shut its doors to Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, Ecuador, despite limited resources, became an unexpected haven. In doing so, it joined a small group of Latin American countries, including Bolivia and the Dominican Republic, that provided limited but vital refuge during the Holocaust era.
Like much of Latin America, Ecuador’s earliest encounters with Jews date back to the colonial era. Following the expulsions from Spain and Portugal at the close of the 15th century, conversos—Iberian Jews forced to convert to Catholicism —made their way to the New World. Some settled in territories that would later become Ecuador, though the reach of the Spanish Inquisition ensured that any lingering Jewish identity remained hidden and precarious.
For centuries thereafter, overt Jewish life in Ecuador was minimal. It was not until the late 19th and early 20th centuries that a small number of Jewish merchants and entrepreneurs began arriving, laying the groundwork for what would eventually become an organized community.
In the 1920s, a handful of Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe arrived, often as merchants or peddlers, establishing small businesses in urban areas. By the late 1930s, Ecuador’s government began issuing visas more liberally to Jewish refugees, frequently requiring applicants to obtain visas nominally tied to agricultural work, though in practice most ultimately settled in cities and entered commerce or the professions.
Guayaquil, Ecuador
The equator at Mitad del Mundoin in Ecuador. (I straddled the equator there on August 9, 2002 with my right foot in the South and my left foot in the North - ed.)
The true turning point came in the 1930s as Nazi persecution spread across Europe. With country after country slamming its doors shut to desperate Jewish refugees, Ecuador became an unlikely sanctuary.
Beginning in 1933, Jews from Germany, Austria and other parts of Central Europe began seeking refuge there. By the end of World War II, approximately 2,500 to 3,000 European Jews had found haven in Ecuador, and by the early 1950s, the community numbered around 4,000 people.
Their journey to Ecuador was rarely easy. Immigration policies fluctuated, bureaucratic hurdles abounded and economic conditions in a developing nation were often uncertain. Yet compared with the near-total closure of much of the world, Ecuador still offered something invaluable: a chance to survive.
Most of the newcomers settled in Quito, the country’s capital high in the Andes Mountains, and in the coastal port city of Guayaquil. There they began the difficult task of rebuilding their lives.
Gradually, the foundations of organized Jewish communal life took root. Synagogues were established, social organizations were formed, and Jewish schools began educating the next generation. Institutions such as the Comunidad Judía del Ecuador worked to help organize religious and communal life, ensuring that Jewish identity could endure even far from traditional centers of Jewish life.
Among those who rebuilt their lives in Ecuador was the Hungarian-Jewish artist Olga Fisch, who arrived in Quito in 1939 after fleeing Nazi persecution. Fascinated by Ecuador’s indigenous culture, she later founded a gallery that helped introduce Ecuadorian folk art to international audiences. Like many Jewish refugees who found shelter in Ecuador, she rebuilt her life far from home while contributing meaningfully to the society that had given her refuge.
Ecuador’s contribution to Jewish survival during the Holocaust era was not limited to providing refuge on its own soil.
In one remarkable episode, an Ecuadorian diplomat demonstrated extraordinary moral courage in the face of Nazi barbarity. Manuel Antonio Muñoz Borrero, Ecuador’s consul in Stockholm during World War II, issued dozens of Ecuadorian passports and documents to try and protect Jews from deportation and death.
Possession of such documents could transform a Jew from a target of deportation into a foreign national eligible for internment or prisoner exchange rather than immediate extermination. For his actions, Muñoz Borrero was recognized in 2011 by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations, the first Ecuadorian to receive that honor.
In the decades following World War II, Ecuador’s Jewish community continued to develop and contribute to economic and cultural life. Jewish immigrants established businesses, entered professions such as medicine and engineering, and integrated into Ecuadorian society while maintaining their religious and cultural heritage.
Yet like many Jewish communities in Latin America, Ecuador’s began to shrink in the latter half of the 20th century. Fiscal challenges, political instability and the attraction of larger Jewish centers prompted many to emigrate, particularly to Israel, the United States and Canada.
These days, Ecuador’s Jewish population is estimated at between 600 and 800 people, mainly concentrated in Quito with a smaller presence in Guayaquil. Despite its modest size, the community maintains synagogues, educational institutions and communal organizations that preserve Jewish life in the country.
Ecuador’s relationship with the Jewish people is also reflected in its diplomatic ties with Israel. In November 1947, the Latin American country voted in favor of the U.N. partition plan that paved the way for the establishment of the Jewish state. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were formally established in 1950, and cooperation has since developed in fields ranging from agriculture to technology.
In recent years, bilateral ties have deepened. In May 2025, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa made a historic visit to Israel—the first by an Ecuadorian president—where he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and opened an innovation and trade office with diplomatic status in Jerusalem. Ecuador has also designated Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organizations, aligning closely with Israeli security priorities.
At the same time, renewed interest in Jewish heritage has emerged in Ecuador. Families tracing their ancestry have uncovered connections to converso roots dating back centuries, echoing a broader phenomenon across Latin America in which descendants of forced converts are rediscovering Jewish identity.
Recent developments have also brought recognition to Ecuador’s wartime history. In 2018, the country posthumously restored the diplomatic credentials of Muñoz Borrero, which had been revoked in 1942 after he issued passports to help save Jews from Nazi persecution.
Taken together, these threads form a remarkable tapestry. Ecuador may never have been home to a large Jewish population, but at a crucial moment in history, it offered refuge when it was desperately needed.
When so much of the world turned its back on Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, Ecuador chose a different path. Thousands of lives were saved as a result, and the story of Ecuador’s Jews deserves to be remembered not as a footnote in Jewish history but as a testament to the enduring power of refuge, resilience and moral courage.
HOUSTON, Texas -- Only ABC13 was there when Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo arrived at NRG Stadium for the first time since being booted from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Tuesday night.
Hidalgo went to the stadium to review surveillance footage that she hoped would support her claim that she was manhandled by rodeo staff, which rodeo officials strongly deny.
An hour after arriving for the closed-door session, Hidalgo emerged from the stadium, but without the vindication she was seeking.
Just one camera showed the chute Hidalgo said she was standing in when the alleged altercation took place, and it was positioned at a distance.
"I mean, you can't really make things out because it's very dark and it's from a distance, so when you zoom in, it's just really grainy," said Hidalgo.
Other footage Eyewitness News reviewed but wasn't provided shows Hidalgo entering the chute, leaving with her guests, and then talking with multiple rodeo staffers and officials.
Hidalgo and her five guests were initially seated in the county suite on Tuesday, which the rodeo confirmed they were allowed to.
The rodeo said Hidalgo had previously requested and been granted almost $9,000 in floor access tickets for use over three nights, but that she was told she wouldn't be granted floor access on Tuesday.
Hidalgo confirmed a staffer had relayed the message, but said she decided to try her luck in case there were extra floor seats available when she got there.
However, when she tried to access the floor, which the rodeo said was reserved for $425 ticketholders, the rodeo said she was denied and told to return to the county suite before being asked to leave the rodeo altogether.
Hidalgo initially requested surveillance footage on Wednesday. She said it was delivered to her office on Thursday afternoon, but when she couldn't see the altercation she claims took place, she requested to view additional footage at NRG Stadium.
After reviewing the footage, Hidalgo expressed dismay that there were no cameras inside the chute and suggested the stadium install some.
"I hope they do that so we can make sure a situation like this doesn't happen again," she said.
It's unlikely to happen again -- at least not with Hidalgo. Earlier in the day, the rodeo's executive committee voted to strip her of her ex-officio director title, and Hidalgo said Wednesday she has no plans to attend future rodeo shows.
"I think at this point we've done all we can do, and I hope that we can move forward from this or I sure - I sure plan to," said Hidalgo.
By Bob Walsh
Islamist terrorists Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi are naturalized citizens.
By Bob Walsh
Richard Williams (left) is seen on the train platform just moments before the alleged assailant, Bairon Hernandez (right), pushed him onto the train tracks and fled the scene
An undocumented migrant who allegedly shoved an Air Force veteran onto subway tracks in New York City was deported four times before the near-fatal attack.
Bairon Hernandez was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly forced Richard Williams, 83, and John Rodriguez onto the tracks on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Williams was pulled from the tracks unresponsive and is 'not expected to wake up', his heartbroken daughter, Debbie Williams, told the New York Post.
DHS reports obtained by the Daily Mail alleged that the Honduran native initially entered the US in 2008 and continued to return each time he was deported.
His most recent deportation was reportedly in 2020, though officials have not pinpointed when he returned to the country.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has implored New York authorities not to release Hernandez from their custody amid his questionable immigration status.
'Bairon Posada-Hernandez is a serial criminal, and four-time deported illegal alien from Honduras who should never have been able to walk our streets and harm innocent Americans,' DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement issued Thursday.
Williams' daughter told the Post that she was 'pissed' after finding out about the perpetrator's immigration status.
Suspected attacker Bairon Hernandez was arrested Tuesday after he fled the scene on Sunday
Victim and veteran Richard Williams is reportedly unresponsive and is not expected to wake up
'How the f*** did he get back here?' Debbie Williams said. 'I want him to go to the Venezuela prison, the worst place he could go to.'
'I want him to suffer for the rest of his life. Prison justice would be appropriate.'
In his time in and out of the country, Hernandez has racked up at least 15 criminal charges.
His alleged offenses included aggravated assault, drug possession, domestic violence and possession of a weapon.
Hernandez has also been accused of assault and obstruction of police.
This time around, he was charged with attempted murder, attempted assault, assault and reckless endangerment, police said.
The scene unfolded on Sunday around 11.30am when Hernandez allegedly sent Rodriguez flying onto the tracks, per the New York Police Department (NYPD).
Rodriguez (pictured), 30, was pushed onto the tracks just before Williams
Williams was also toppled onto the tracks and had to be helped off by Rodriguez.
Bystanders guided them back onto the platform just before a train came speeding into the station.
Hernandez fled the scene but was arrested early Tuesday morning at a shelter in Brooklyn after police received a tip, authorities said.
Rodriguez suffered minor injuries as a result of the vicious and random attack.
But Williams' family said he might not make it.
'We're wishing for a miracle right now,' Debbie told the Daily Mail on Wednesday as her father remains on life support at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell.
Williams was shoved onto a subway track in New York City on Sunday morning at the Lexington Avenue-63rd St. station
Hernandez was arrested on Tuesday morning, several days after the alleged attack
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been criticized for maintaining the city's status as a 'sanctuary city.'
The jurisdiction limits local authorities' cooperation with immigration agents and protects undocumented immigrants from deportation.
'We are praying for the victims and their families,' said DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.
'DHS is calling upon New York sanctuary politicians to commit to this ICE detainer and not release this heinous criminal back into New York communities.'
Hernandez was arraigned on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty, reported PIX11. He is being held on a bail of $100,000 cash or $300,000 bond.
The Daily Mail contacted the NYPD for more information.
