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According to police, the group punched and kicked the victim before taking about $500 in cash, his iPhone, a 2-liter soda and a box of Parmesan bites.

Several Black leaders that Eyewitness News spoke with said they're willing to be patient with Zohran Mamdani's transition, and take the mayor-elect at his word.

Officer Carmelo Caramanna was directing traffic on Fairfield Road because a crash had shut down Route 46 West when a truck driver approached him and reported that a man in a security-type uniform had brandished a handgun just before 6:10 a.m., Fairfield Officer Stacy Chiarolanza said. Officer Caramanna broadcast the...

A new watchdog report on Rikers Island details new medical and safety horrors besetting detainees at the sprawling jail complex — a headache that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can’t avoid. The Board of Correction analysis looks at five of the 11 inmate fatalities so far this year, and fingers correction officers for...

abc7ny.com - 11/07/2025 09:54:45 AM. The recent arrest of a 27-year-old man, Eric McMichael, who was charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl in a NYCHA apartment building in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has sparked widespread discussion. The incident, which took place in the building's lobby, has left the...

The largest known colonial burial ground for people of African descent in the United States — both free and enslaved — is in New York City. That burial ground in Lower Manhattan is a national park and monument that commemorates the forgotten and brutal history of slavery in New York City. But it’s far from the only...

Rana Abdelhamid has filed to run for Assembly District 36, the western Queens district currently represented by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, according to state Board of Elections records. Abdelhamid had previously told City & State she was considering a run, and Wednesday’s filing makes it official....

“I have the option of the 46 or the 35. I actually mostly take the 46 because the 35 is so slow," said Charles.

Federal agents pulled a man from a car in a dramatic caught-on-video scene in Washington Heights Wednesday morning – as onlookers filmed and one bellowed, “Show your faces!” Someone even called the cops on the officers as they tried to pull a man out of a black SUV at West 157th Street and Broadway, according to a...

There are growing concerns in Washington Heights after a man was forcibly taken into custody by federal agents wearing face coverings on Wednesday morning.