The Merchant’s House Museum, Home To Underground Railroad History, Under Threat
A 19th-century home on East 4th Street in Manhattan, long admired for its preserved architecture, is now drawing national attention for a far more profound reason: evidence suggests it once served as a secret refuge for enslaved Africans escaping their bondage via the Underground Railroad. Known as The Merchant’s...
Rick Pitino Gets Massive Boost as Billionaire Vows to Help St. John’s
To win in the new age of college sports you need a billionaire willing to spend. Luckily for Rick Pitino, St. John's has one.
Bronx Block Rocked As 21-Year-Old Assam Alshaif Is Gunned Down Near Bainbridge Avenue
A quiet Thursday morning near Jerome Avenue and Bainbridge Avenue in the Bronx turned deadly when a 21-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the head. He later died at St. Barnabas Hospital. Family and police identified him as 21-year-old Assam Alshaif, and the killing has left neighbors rattled as...
Reward $$-4 Dogs Taken by Dog Walker Missing
We received the following email and wanted to spread the word to our readers in Yonkers and beyond, as well as to the many animal lovers in the area. I’m reaching out regarding an extremely urgent situation involving four dogs that were stolen by a dog walker in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
Videos: Fatal Bronx 5-alarm blaze kills trapped occupant, spreads through cockloft, collapses roof
NEW YORK — A man killed when a massive fire tore through his Bronx apartment building early Thursday could be heard screaming for help as flames consumed his home, shocked neighbors said. The 5:30 a.m. fire began inside the victim’s apartment on the top floor of the E. 184th...
Major Pileup on the Long Island Expressway Causes Severe Commuter Delays
A major crash on the Long Island Expressway in Queens offered a stark reminder of how quickly a routine drive can turn into a regional traffic emergency. On the morning of February 27, 2026, a nine-vehicle pileup in the westbound lanes in Long Island City injured four people, including one person who was reported in...
‘Evil’ NYC kingpin who allegedly ran drug empire claims he’s a ‘protected class’ —...
A Staten Island catering kingpin who allegedly ran a massive drug operation that turned addicts into virtual slaves whined in a hand-written, jailhouse lawsuit that he should receive extra consideration in the civil case because he’s Sicilian. Acting as his own lawyer, Ettore Mazzei — who was once described as a...
Say it ain’t snow! Emergency shoveler sues city for failing to pay after historic...
It was a snow job. A New Yorker who signed up to shovel snow this winter claimed he’s yet to be fully paid for his work — collecting a measly $300 instead of what he thought would be a $3,600 windfall. Jacob Jackson signed up to be an emergency snow shoveler in November, when pay was listed as $19.14 per hour, with...
Dispute Over Quarters At Carlstadt Laundromat Turns Violent, Cops Charge
Carlstadt police responded on March 21 to Fresh Meadows Laundromat at 440 Hackensack St. on a report of a dispute, according to Detective Sgt. Mark Wong. Officers Matthew Smith and Steven Linde arrived and met with the victim, who said he had been struck in the face by another patron, later identified as James...
Dirty Diaper Spotted on a Biergarten Table Turns a Whole Community Upside Down
I grew up in Northeast Philadelphia, and although Philly is a giant city with thousands of people, our small communities really feel like small towns . I honestly didn’t expect that when I moved to New Jersey two decades later. I moved to a central Jersey suburb that is full of lifelong townies who know everybody,...
