Chaos erupts as new NYC subway gates trap riders and scare parents
The MTA has installed fare gates to 20 subway stations as part of a pilot program, but subway riders are not feeling it and they are not afraid to talk about it. NYC subways are evolving from traditional turnstiles to new modern fare gates featuring taller, paddle-style doors with sensors and AI to combat turnstile...
Michael Goodwin: Looking back on 2 former NYC mayors who sparked major crises —...
With New York about to embark on a dangerous voyage piloted by Zohran Mamdani , a singularly radical mayor hell-bent on shredding the policies that have kept Gotham afloat, now is a good time to explore how the city got into and out of earlier mayor-made crises. Over the past 50 years, national recessions, Wall...
Man charged with murder in fatal stabbing of Bronx mother in Highbridge
Saleh Ceesay, 21, of The Bronx, is accused of fatally stabbing Shashamanie Thompson, 30, inside her sixth-floor apartment on Saturday night.
Brothers Guitar Shop Brings Strength of Strings to Upper East Side
“Lay down your weary tune” Bob Dylan wrote and the Byrds echoed, “Lay down the song you strum. And rest yourself ’neath the strength of strings.” This is just one of clarion calls that might lead one to the musical oasis that is the Brothers Guitar Shop in Yorkville on the Upper East Side. It’s not just folk and folk...
‘I was shocked.’ Billboard collapses in front of man’s car in Morris Heights
Multiple huge wood panels were found at the center of the intersection.
‘That Hit Different’: A$AP Rocky Turns Childhood Struggles Into Rent Relief for Harlem Through...
A$AP Rocky has partnered with Bilt to address housing challenges, drawing on his own childhood experiences with his family often struggle with paying rent. The […]
Two Qur’ans and a New Year
Today is the first day of the chapter called 2026. And New York, of course, decided to open it in its own way. Quietly. A little dramatically. And with a situation that a lot of people are already pretending not to understand.
Maniac shoves 72-year-old man into moving NYC train — in 2026’s first burst of...
A maniac shoved a 72-year-old man into the side of an oncoming train Thursday morning — marking the first random episode of Big Apple subway violence in the new year, police said. The victim was waiting for a Manhattan-bound No. 4 train at the Bronx’s 161-Yankee Stadium station around 3:30 a.m. when the wack job...
WATCH: Wild Coyote Crosses Frozen Pond in NYC’s Central Park
At least one wild coyote calls New York City’s Central Park home, based on recent footage of the animal crossing a frozen pond. A New York photographer, Michael Silverstone, caught the coyote walking across the ice and posted his video on Instagram, joking: “If anybody’s wild coyote is on the loose in NYC, I found it.”
Zohran Mamdani reveals high-ranking NYC appointments before inauguration
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Just hours before officially taking over as mayor, Zohran Mamdani has announced a key top appointment to oversee the city’s schools. Mamdani on Wednesday announced Kamar Samuels as the chancellor of New York City Public Schools. Samuels started his career as an elementary school teacher in the...

















