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A Lyndhurst man who held police at bay for three hours the morning of Aug. 22, ultimately complied with police and was taken away for treatment safely after some serious negotiations with police, Deputy Police Chief Paul Haggerty told The Observer. According to Haggerty, the man, a Lyndhurst resident, climbed...

Seven individuals were arrested as law enforcement officers disrupted an active fentanyl packaging mill operating in a sixth-floor apartment on Bronx Boulevard in the Wakefield neighborhood of the Bronx on Tuesday night. Approximately four kilograms (eight pounds) of fentanyl mixtures carrying a street value of over $1

A woman died Friday after losing control of her SUV and crashing into a backyard pool on Long Island, police said. The unidentified 40-year-old driver left a path of destruction in her wake, striking a tree and a parked car before plummeting into a swimming pool in Hewlett, Nassau County, officials said. A woman died a

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police are investigating a report of gunfire on Staten Island after officers responded to a 911 call late Friday night, according to the NYPD. The incident occurred at approximately 11:11 p.m. on the 200 block of Bradley Avenue, near its intersection with Westwood Avenue in Meiers Corners, police

A standoff over the Passaic River in Lyndhurst ended peacefully after nearly three hours on Saturday morning, Aug. 22, police said. A man known to police was intoxicated and belligerent after a breakup and had gone on a drinking bender, Lyndhurst Deputy Police Chief Paul Haggerty said. The…

Several arrests were made after two separate incidents at the Anime NYC convention at the Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan.

A Hudson County woman says she was left confused and hurt after a restaurant served her a birthday dessert with a demeaning message written on the plate. Antonia Sinibaldi, 29, a singer and activist who is quadriplegic, said she celebrated her birthday with friends and family on June 20, 2026, at Blu on the Hudson, a W

Retired NYPD Chief of Department John Chell, who was the highest ranking uniformed officer at the department until his retirement last year, promises cops will hit the jackpot if he’s elected mayor in 2029. “I would make this department the highest paid in the nation,” the longshot candidate, who’s running as an Indepe

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A fire at a home in New Dorp Beach prompted an emergency response early Saturday morning. Two engines and two ladders helped battle the blaze at 151 Roma Ave., between Garibaldi Avenue and Ebbitts Street, according to a spokesperson for the FDNY. The spokesperson said...

A Manhattan office landlord has told investors it may not survive the next 12 months, as a $140 million mortgage on its last major Financial District tower barrels toward a March maturity it cannot pay off. American Strategic Investment Co. lost $16 million in the first six months of 2026, even as its external manager