Two slashed in front of McDonald’s in Midtown Manhattan: NYPD
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Two individuals were slashed in front of McDonald’s in Manhattan on Friday afternoon, according to the NYPD. The incident happened around 3:22 p.m. in front of 1651 Broadway. Police say an 18-year-old man was slashed in the hand and arm, and a 17-year-old boy was slashed in the nose....
Baychester: Man Sought for Rape at Knifepoint inside Hotel Room
THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in this video who they say is wanted in connection with a rape that occurred inside a hotel at 1440 East 222nd Street in the Baychester section of The Bronx on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. Video courtesy of the NYPD.
University Heights-Fordham Manor: Six People Charged with Running a Fentanyl Mill on Aqueduct Ave
Federal prosecutors announced on Thursday, Sept. 11, that six people have been charged with running a fentanyl mill in a Bronx apartment somewhere in the University Heights-Fordham Manor section of The Bronx. Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Frank A. Tarentino, special agent in...
MTA lost $1B to fare-beating — and our NYC leaders still do nothing to...
Wonder why the MTA is facing a whopping $800 million budget hole, despite millions in congestion-pricing bucks? Look no further than a bombshell new report on fare-beating from the Citizens Budget Commission. The budget watchdog found the agency lost a jaw-dropping $1 billion to fare-beaters last year. And though...
To fill empty apartments for homeless people, NYC will first start tracking them
Thousands of supportive housing units in the city are sitting empty. More than 5,000 units of supportive housing were vacant in June, officials said. [ more › ]
DEA Busts Bronx Fentanyl Factory as Six Suspected Traffickers Arrested with Millions in Drugs
A massive fentanyl operation has been dismantled in the Bronx, leading to the arrest of six individuals allegedly in the middle of drug production. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York revealed yesterday, that these arrests transpired in an apartment which reportedly contained over eight...
‘Up to 100 times more potent than fentanyl’: Deadly opioid discovered in NYC
NEW YORK (PIX11) — The New York-based Deputy Director of the National Drug Early Warning System says it was only a matter of time before the deadly synthetic opioid “nitazene” found its way to the New York Metro region, specifically, a recent Long Island federal DEA drug bust. “We conduct surveillance research to...
Early Addition: You still can’t bring a gun to a zoo in New Jersey
Because an appeals court judge has spoken, here are your early links: Mark Bittman's sliding-scale restaurant on the Lower East Side, Midtown Lightbulb God, fish sex and more. [ more › ]
NYC sanitation worker arrested on assault charge in Washington Heights
New York, NY – A city sanitation worker was taken into custody early Friday morning after being accused of assault in Washington Heights, police said. The arrest happened around 12:55 a.m. within the 34th Precinct, which covers the northern end of Manhattan. Authorities identified the suspect as Jason Koutsoftas, 55,...
Shooting at Bed-Stuy NYCHA development kills man and injures woman, police say
The Bedford-Stuyvesant building where police say a man was fatally shot and a woman wounded on Sept. 11, 2025. NYPD officials haven’t announced any arrests in the case yet. [ more › ]
