Brooklyn NY

There were two injuries reported following a residential fire in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Friday, March 13, FDNY officials said. Department officials said the FDNY received a call at 7.39 a.m. for a report of a fire in Apartment 4D at 3345 Decatur Avenue, a 5-story multiple dwelling (100X50) located...

A proposal tied to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign promise to make New York City home to the highest minimum wage in the country is moving closer to a vote, and if it passes, the city’s wage floor would rise from $17 an hour to $30 an hour by 2030.

A Queens school community was jolted Friday when a Department of Education employee was arrested after police said he forcibly touched multiple students on campus earlier this month. The case grew out of complaints from several students and has pushed the DOE to roll out extra support at the school.

Four people, including two teens and two construction workers, were hurt in a house explosion in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday.

Left-leaning members of the NYC Council are considering bizarre new legislation that aims to curb retail theft — by penalizing customers and business owners rather than criminals. NYC supermarkets and pharmacies would be forced to impose a 15-item limit for customers using self-checkout lines, and have at least one...

A Venezuelan immigrant operating a mobile car wash in Queens was shot and killed Friday night — and locals believe an ongoing turf battle over business may have sparked the bloodshed. Jairo Javier Vinces-Cobena’s was gunned down by a shooter riding a moped around the corner from his home on 55th Avenue near 97th...

NEW YORK - A 36-year-old man who was shot multiple times in Queens Friday night later died at a hospital, according to police. Police say the shooting happened Friday, March 13, around 7:49 p.m. near 97-36 55 Avenue within the 110th Precinct. Officers responding to a 911 call reporting a...

If you thought your local TJ's was a madhouse, wait until you hear about what it's like to shop at the busiest in the country in downtown NYC.

A perverted high school teacher was arrested for allegedly groping seven special needs students at a Queens high school but was released by a judge, according to officials. Vamshi Guduru allegedly touched the girls – between 15 and 17 – on their buttocks and breasts at John Bowne High School in Kew Gardens Hills,...

A fierce two-alarm blaze tore through a Bedford-Stuyvesant home early Saturday, flooding Halsey Street with fire trucks and keeping FDNY crews on the scene well into the morning. Officials said everyone living in the building got out without injury as firefighters moved quickly to contain the flames. According to...