Final Fugitive In Maywood Armed Jewelry Store Robbery Captured In NYC After 22-Month Hunt
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 26-year-old Cristian Ricardo Vera Castillo of Brooklyn, NY, in connection with the April 23, 2024 robbery at a jewelry store on West Pleasant Avenue in Maywood. Two male suspects entered the business and brandished firearms, pointing them at an employee...
Here’s when NYC garbage collection will resume as Staten Island recovers from blizzard
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed that garbage collection will resume in New York City Wednesday after an historic blizzard swept through the area Sunday into Monday. Residents will see garbage trucks trundling down their street beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday after collection was suspended Sunday....
After Minneapolis, a Youtuber comes for Jewish ‘welfare queens’
Overt antisemitism among online influencers — the folks who often make a very comfortable living from podcasting, live streaming and clip farming — has started to break into the real world. A notable recent example comes via Tyler Oliveira, a YouTuber who rose to fame with stunts like trying to absorb a swimming...
Columbia professor jokes about NYPD cops dying after snowball melee: Officer ‘succumbed to his...
An unhinged Columbia University professor — who once claimed capitalism causes “mental illness” and downplayed 9/11 — made a sick joke about NYPD officers leaving their kids “fatherless” after a mob pelted them with snowballs at Washington Square Park. “BREAKING: One of the NYPD officers hit with a snowball in the...
Keeping roots alive at Lloyd’s Carrot Cake’s new Harlem cafe
On a Thursday afternoon in February, an emergency medical responder bought enough cake from Lloyd’s Carrot Cake Bakery & Café to feed a nearby fire station. He wanted the best for a colleague’s farewell. The call of the moist dough also drew friends from across the city...
James Secures Sweeping Reforms For EmblemHealth Members
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James last Thursday secured more than $2.5 million from health insurer EmblemHealth (Emblem) after an Office of the Attorney General (OAG) investigation revealed the company repeatedly failed to ensure New Yorkers could access mental health care services. The investigation...
NY, NJ may see another round of snow Thursday
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — A storm system will approach the tri-state area late Thursday bringing yet another possibility of snow. An area of low pressure will move over the mid-Atlantic region grazing our area as it moves offshore according to the National Weather Service. The effects of this system will be felt mainly...
Kingsbridge: Mom Asks Culprits to Turn Themselves in as Christopher Redding Remembered
Editor’s Note: The following is a slightly extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition. In an interview on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 14, a little more than 72 hours after getting a call to say her son had been shot and killed at West 238th Street and Broadway in the Kingsbridge...
These Mail-Order Bagels Are Better than the Ones from My Favorite NYC Shop (and...
We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. One of my favorite weekend rituals is enjoying delicious bagels. Come Saturday morning, you can catch me with a bagel and a coffee in hand (and likely a huge smile on...
Hunts Point Beatdown Erupts In Gunfire As Bronx Cops Hunt Trio
What started as a late-night argument inside a Hunts Point building turned into a brutal beatdown and gunfire, and now Bronx detectives are asking the public to help track down three people caught up in the chaos. Police say a 40-year-old man was punched and pistol whipped multiple times inside...
