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A serious rollover crash involving a BMW SUV closed a Route 80 ramp in Hackensack Monday afternoon, April 6. It happened at approximately 1:15 p.m. in the eastbound local lanes at Exit 64 to Summit Avenue. All lanes were closed as of press time and a major emergency response was at the scene. The BMW…

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton announced Friday, April 3, that Alieu Jarjou, 31, a/k/a “Scally,” a/k/a “Lu Scally,” pled guilty the same day before U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos to his criminal activities as a member of the “Rollin 20s” set of the Crips gang, including the March 2021 murder of Jadon Robinson in the Soundview section...

There were no injuries reported after the FDNY were called to an incident in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Sunday, April 5 (Easter Sunday), FDNY officials said. A department spokesperson said the FDNY received a call at 4.24 p.m. for a report of an e-bike battery that was sparking at 3044 Valentine Avenue, located between East 204th Street and East 203rd Street.

Tom Valenti, a beloved chef and mentor on the New York City and northern New Jersey dining scenes, died on Wednesday after what The New York Times described as a “short, sudden illness.” He was 67. At the time of his death he was executive chef of Jockey...

Construction crews have started turning dirt at River Avenue Apartments II at 1185 River Avenue in West Concourse, the Bronx, kicking off one of the corridor’s biggest affordable housing projects yet. The $225 million development will bring 292 affordable apartments to the neighborhood, with 173 units reserved for veterans, formerly homeless residents and people living with mental illness. Led by Community Access and Blue Sky Bronx, the project...

Bronx resident Jose R. Lorenzo Paulino, 43, was arrested during a traffic stop at around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 4, New York State Police said on Monday, April 6. According to authorities, troopers stopped an Infiniti for traffic violations on Noxon Road in LaGrange and found the driver, identified as Lorenzo Paulino, showing signs of intoxication.

Manhattan is getting a full Cyril Lignac takeover on Park Avenue. The French chef is bringing his Bar Des Prés brand to Rudin Management’s 345 Park Avenue tower, where he has signed on to run three ground-floor dining concepts. The lineup will pair Bar Des Prés with a contemporary French brasserie and an artisanal bakery/café across roughly 22,000 square feet of street-level space...

PAPD says a Learjet 60 was landing at Teterboro Airport and skidded off the end of the runway just before 6:30 p.m.

Imagine standing atop the Empire State Building, gazing at a skyline that’s quietly betraying the ground below. New York City, the pulsing heart of America, is gradually sinking – not from some dramatic quake, but from the relentless pressure of its own massive structures. This slow-motion crisis blends human ambition with nature’s limits, turning everyday … The post The one city in the US sinking...

A Queens man found guilty of executing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay — but whose conviction was overturned by a federal judge — could be freed within days after being granted a $1 million bond Monday. Brooklyn federal court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall ordered the release of Karl Jordan Jr., 42, who was arrested in 2020 on charges of fatally shooting the hip-hop legend, whose real name was...