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In the ongoing discussion about New York City Council members' salaries, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin have decidedly taken a stand against their own financial uplift by committing to decline any salary increases, as Gothamist reported, this decision comes amid efforts to review the salaries of...

Police say the incident happened before 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday near Halsey Street and Wilson Avenue.

New Yorkers are a real trip. A Brooklyn woman went viral for falling down the steps in Grand Central Terminal and being left behind by rushing commuters — with one even mumbling, “Get the f–k up.” Fia James got close to 4 million views on Instagram and TikTok for the clip, taken right after her tumble in the...

There are plenty of pizzerias in New York City vying for the top spot, but there was only one which Anthony Bourdain claimed was the best of the best.

The incident happened on Thursday, Jan. 29, when officers responded just after 10 p.m. to a 911 call reporting a pedestrian struck near the intersection of West 262nd Street and Broadway in the Bronx, within the confines of the 50th Precinct, according to the NYPD. When officers arrived, they were...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani swept into office promising an aggressive housing agenda, from a sweeping rent freeze to a crackdown on what he cast as a “rent ripoff.” Now a yawning budget gap has forced him to slam the brakes on that push just as expectations from tenants and landlords peak. The collision... ...

A Queens grand jury indicted a Brooklyn man on assault and reckless endangerment charges for punching his cousin and knocking him out on Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park. Prosecutors say Jonathan Velez, 45, allegedly attacked his 39-year-old relative, went through his pockets, and then left the scene, leaving his...

Allen Porter's double murder conviction was overturned Friday by a judge, who cited extensive evidence withheld by prosecutors. "The amount of evidence that was withheld is nothing short of substantial and even alarming," a judge said. [ more › ]

It’s not the worst landlords list. It’s the worst landlords list. What makes this annual hit piece by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams so bad? To begin with, not everyone on the list is a landlord. Some of them are receivers — people appointed by a judge to rescue...

A new men’s homeless shelter is slated to open this spring on 1st Avenue and 61st St., Community Board 8 announced last week, which will house up to 200 people. A few thousand people have since signed a petition with the goal of stopping it. “I don’t want anybody...