Village Uproar Over Plan To Lock Washington Square Park At Night
A revived push to ring Washington Square Park with permanent, lockable gates is kicking up a familiar Village fight over who really controls the neighborhood’s best-known patch of green. Supporters say fixed gates would make the park’s midnight curfew something the city can actually enforce. Critics counter that closing off the square with metal bars would change its soul, stripping away the openness...
28-year-old woman charged with impersonating a high school student
NEW YORK (AP) — A 28-year-old woman impersonated a student at a New York City high school for two weeks until educators became suspicious and police arrested her, according to a criminal complaint. Kacy Claassen enrolled at the Westchester Square Academy in the Bronx on April 13, claiming she...
Bomb squad responds after Sheepshead Bay resident finds ‘grenade’ inside their home
Authorities say the call came in just after 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, sending units to 2668 East 23rd St.
Electrical fire to keep theater that hosts ‘The Book of Mormon’ closed through May...
NEW YORK -- The long-running Broadway hit “The Book of Mormon” will close its doors through May 17 as its theater undergoes repairs after a fire shut down the musical. Performances are canceled through Sunday, May 17. Ticket holders for impacted performances will be notified via their point of purchase to receive refunds or reschedule.
A hatchet-swinging man is terrorizing his NYC neighbors, peephole video shows
He walks around with hatchets. He bangs on doors. Sometimes he's naked. Tenants of an apartment building in the Bronx's Williamsbridge neighborhood say they're afraid to leave their units because of the man, who they say is consistently roaming their hallways and menacing people. One neighbor captured video through a...
Worcester man fatally stabbed near NYC’s Times Square identified
Leonides Baez, of Worcester, died of his injuries at the hospital Monday, police said. The 39-year-old fatally stabbed near Times Square in New York City Monday night has been identified as a Worcester man, police said. Leonides Baez, with a Main Street address in Worcester, died of his injuries at...
Woman paralyzed in subway shove confronts attacker in NYC court
A man who pushed a Queens woman into a moving train will spend 20 years in prison. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.
As New York City faces widening budget gaps, Mamdani sets aside $500,000 for reparations...
Managing financial pressure alongside equity initiatives. New York City finds itself balancing two powerful forces, a growing financial strain and a renewed push for social initiatives that aim to address long-standing concerns within communities. As the administration moves forward, decisions are drawing attention because they combine immediate fiscal pressure with...
Belmont: Displaced Residents Plead for Help in Search of Trapped Pets 15 Days after...
Surviving displaced residents of the devastating fire in Belmont on April 21 in which two people were killed say they have been calling 311, the FDNY, and local elected officials to seek answers on the cause of the fire, retrieval of any salvageable belongings, and on the status of at least seven cats and one dog left behind and believed to be still inside...
Woman shot in the face in East New York
It happened shortly after 4:30 a.m. at 696 Georgia Ave., which is located between Hegeman and New Lots avenues.
