Subway rider slashed across head, face, back and leg in Brooklyn mugging
A man demanded a subway rider’s wallet on a Brooklyn train, then slashed him across the head, face, back and leg, police said Wednesday.
Hochul hints NY won’t chip in more funding to city – as Mamdani gears...
Gov. Kathy Hochul insisted Tuesday that the state has been more than generous with the city — ahead of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s trip to Albany to push the Big Apple’s budget asks. The Gov. brushed off questions about whether she’d give the city additional funding just one day before Mayor Mamdani is slated to travel to...
Peekskill family wants answers after state police say man killed in wrong-way crash on...
State police say off-duty NYPD Sgt. Tiffany Howell was driving south in the northbound lanes and crashed into him head on.
This Is Toñita: Brooklyn’s Puerto Rican Icon Behind Bad Bunny’s Halftime Moment
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance moved fast and with purpose. One of the most talked about moments came through a simple and familiar gesture that many Puerto Rican and Latino viewers recognized immediately. María Antonia Cay, known for decades as Toñita, stepped onto the stage and poured Bad...
What A McDonald’s Big Mac Meal Costs In Brooklyn
If you want to make sure you get the least expensive Big Mac Meal when you're in Brooklyn, you need to shop around because the price varies at each location.
Family grieving after mother’s remains found among dozens at unlicensed funeral home
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (WABC) - A New York woman is speaking out after her mother’s body was allegedly among the 13 decomposing bodies and 17 boxes of cremated remains found in a disturbing discovery inside an unlicensed funeral home. More than two months after her mother’s death, the grieving...
Aspiring rapper from Brooklyn charged in 2021 Elmont acid attack
As News 12 has reported, a man was caught on camera throwing acid at Nafiah Ikram in March of 2021 while she was walking up her driveway.
Former police chief: ‘This definitely looks like an amateur criminal’
Former Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead joins The Lead.
Springfield second-grader prepares for New York Fashion Week spotlight
SPRINGFIELD ― At 7, Mia Angelee Rivera is unassuming — until she steps on stage. At school she’s a student, at home she’s a kid, but under the lights, she’s a star. Mia is heading Wednesdsay to New York Fashion Week, where she will walk in the TW Fashion Runway show Thursday at 3 p.m.
City Scoop: Mamdani doubles down on sanctuary laws, and other top stories across NYC
AI-generated photos tying Mamdani to Epstein circulate social media. Images generated by artificial intelligence depicting Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell circulated on X last week following the U.S. Department of Justice’s release of more than three million Epstein-related...

















