NYC residents demand action against homeless couple’s encampment
KIPS BAY, Manhattan (PIX11)– The co-op owners of 311 East 25th Street say they’ve been in a months-long standoff with an unhoused couple who’ve made a home on the building’s stoop. “We pay a lot of money in our building’s budget, in taxes, and we feel like they have more rights to inhabit this corner […]
3 arrested in Bronx with stash of loaded, defaced guns
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. Three people were arrested in the Bronx after police found a cache of firearms, including defaced handguns and semi-automatic rifles, stashed in a closet and hamper in their apartment, according to court records. Prosecutors said two minors...
New York City’s Street Homeless Population Sees Rise Amid Impending Federal Cuts and Statewide...
The streets of New York City, often bustling with life, have also become home to an increasing number of street homeless individuals. As reported by Gothamist, the number of homeless New Yorkers sleeping on the streets this year rose gently, marking a 3.5% share of the city's overall homeless population according to...
13-year-old girl reported missing in the Bronx, police seek public’s help
BRONX, N.Y. — The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old Aaliyah Scott, who was reported missing from her Bronx home on Wednesday. Scott was last seen…
Arrest made in Norwich, person wanted by NYPD
A person who was wanted by the New York Police Department was taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon after allegedly fleeing from the police on foot.
Cop pulls gun on pint-sized perp caught brandishing knife in NYC subway station: video
A 13-year-old kid was caught brandishing a knife the size of his forearm, before a cop pulled his gun and arrested the pint-sized perp in a Brooklyn subway station. The teeny knife-wielder, dressed in jeans and a grey hoodie, seemed to be in a dispute with other kids, who were circling and lunging at him at the Coney...
NYC’s famous Subway Baby is turning 25 — and thriving
The subway baby is all grown up. This summer marks 25 years since New Yorker Danny Stewart found a baby in a subway station and went on to adopt the infant with his partner, Peter Mercurio. Their touching story is the subject of a new book, “ There: We Found Our Family in a New York City Subway Station ” by Mercurio,...
Video: Dentist Who Won Racial Profiling Case Caught Drawing Swastika On Tesla, Closter PD...
Elmo Randolph, 68, of Orange, turned himself in on Thursday, July 3, and was charged with bias intimidation, a fourth-degree offense, Closter Police Chief James Buccola said. The incident happened at 3:02 p.m. on Sunday, June 15, in the parking lane between Lululemon and Gary’s Liquors. The vehicle’s owner reported...
Adams demands Columbia release Mamdani’s admission records in which he ID’d himself as Asian...
Incumbent Big Apple Mayor Eric Adams demanded Columbia University release Zohran Mamdani’s admission records in which the Democratic socialist candidate identified as Asian and African American — before he became a US citizen. Mamdani, a 33-year-old Muslim immigrant from Uganda who is the frontrunner in the city’s...
Knife-wielding maniac accused of stabbing officers in courthouse tantrum pleads not guilty as crew...
The knife-wielding maniac accused of stabbing three officers in a Manhattan courthouse attack pleaded not guilty Thursday – as more than a dozen uniformed cops glared at him. Jonathan Wohl, 37, was ordered held without bail on two counts of attempted murder in the first degree for the June 16 of knifing three...
