Feds say NYC man used ‘Mob Facts’ website to threaten victim; defendant brother of...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A reputed Lucchese crime family associate is scheduled to be sentenced in Brooklyn federal court on extortion charges, months after his half-brother was sentenced on Staten Island for an unrelated burglary spree. Joseph Cutaia, 47, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty last year after prosecutors said he...
Women waiting for buses in North Jersey were being targeted — police say they...
Eric Soria, riding an electric skateboard, faces charges in New Jersey after allegedly slapping the butts of four women in Fairview and Cliffside Park, sparking an ongoing investigation.
Teachers unions sue to block Success Academy from transferring charter to Eva Moskowitz’s husband
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Teachers union officials filed a lawsuit this week to block Success Academy, New York City’s largest charter network, from handing one of its charters to CEO Eva Moskowitz’s husband. Eric Gra
‘It is a miracle she survived.’ Man sentenced for stabbing 75-year-old woman inside Morris...
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark says that a Bronx man was sentenced for stabbing a 75-year-old woman inside an elevator at her Morris Heights apartment building in 2024. Edwin Rios will serve 15 years behind bars and five years post-release supervision for ambushing Zonona Ramos on Easter morning, leaving...
Deadly Streets Leave NYC Neighborhoods Of Color In The Crosshairs
A new report finds that low-income neighborhoods and communities of color in New York City are facing the greatest danger from traffic crashes, even as many of those same areas have seen far fewer street-safety upgrades. The analysis maps serious-crash incidents against where the city has built neighborhood slow zones,
Lake George’s Mailboat & A Near Lightning Disaster
The spirit of that tagline was demonstrated one day when a pilot of the Lake George mailboat briefly interrupted his postal duties to rescue a boater in distress. It was early August 1927, and Bolton, New York-born Alexander Taylor was transporting mail over Lake George when he spotted a wooden launch and its occupant
Emergency crews escort Delta plane at JFK Airport after reports of flat tires before...
A inbound flight to John F. Kennedy Airport landed safely after reports that the plane had two flat front tires, according to FDNY officials.
Masked ICE Agents Tear North Bergen Mother From Two Crying Sons Near a NJ...
Federal immigration agents detained a North Bergen mother Friday afternoon on a residential street, pulling her away from her two crying sons while neighbors looked on. The incident occurred near a Hudson County school, and activist Kevin Ortega-Rojas captured the scene on video and posted it to Instagram. The footage.
Hunt on for Bronx Gunman After Late-Night Concourse Village Sidewalk Shooting
A late-night shooting in Concourse Village has police searching for a gunman after a 32-year-old man was wounded on June 7, leaving him hospitalized but expected to survive. The gunfire rang out just before 11:30 p.m. in front of a residential building on East 162nd Street, prompting investigators to release surveillan
STAR tax relief checks coming to some NYers
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Tax credit checks are coming soon for some New York homeowners. Some checks have already gone out for New York’s School Tax Relief Program, which applies to homeowners who make under $500,000 per year. For households with residents over 65, the salary cap is $113,550 for 2027. Most recipients will r
