Huge car blast in NY streets rocks nearby buildings as seven firefighters injured
A car explosion in the Bronx sent an enormous fireball soaring into the sky and injured seven firefighters as nearby residents were left terrified of being trapped in their apartments
Man wanted for slashing victim across the face in Times Square
The NYPD released images Thursday of a man who investigators believe slashed a victim across the face in Times Square over the weekend.
As SNAP Remains in Flux, Harlem Restaurants Step Up
With more than 40 million American recipients of federal food benefits facing funding cuts, a group of New York chefs and restaurateurs has started to offer free meals. At their own expense, the restaurants Field Trip Harlem and Charles Pan-Fried Chicken have provided hundreds of free meals to people with...
Annual pilgrimage run passes through Paulding toward NYC
Those who might have been wondering who was running with a torch through Paulding County on Tuesday have their answer: it was a pilgrimage. Volunteers along the route take up time carrying the torch northward as part of the Carrera Antorcha Guadalupana, an annual event that begins on August 30 and will conclude in...
Ex-nypd Cop From Harriman Took $30K In Bribes, Helped Transport Drugs: Feds
Andrew Nguyen, 41, of Harriman, was arrested Monday, Nov. 3, and charged with multiple counts of bribery, narcotics trafficking, firearms offenses, and conspiracy following a years-long investigation involving the FBI and the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York...
Special Bulletin: Mamdani Bucks the Corrupt Money System
The big news from Zohran Mamdani’s electoral sweep in New York City is not just that his grassroots campaign drubbed Andrew Cuomo, a clueless and graceless Republicrat. Most significantly, the 34-year-old Mamdani—running on a straightforward, proudly progressive populist program of, by and for working class...
Pedestrian fatally struck by box truck in Mott Haven
Police say a pedestrian was fatally struck by a box truck in Mott Haven. The 2019 Isuzu box truck struck the 68-year-old man on Oct. 28, just before 12:30 p.m. at East 149th Street and 3rd Avenue. EMS took him to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, where he was initially listed...
Notorious New York jail barge towed away for scrapping
A decommissioned jail barge that spent decades moored off New York City was towed away Monday, ending its long and controversial run on the Big Apple waterfront. The removal of the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center from the Hunts Point Peninsula in the Bronx was carried out by Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling,...
Rikers Detainee Found Dead With 121 Pills as Oversight Board Cites Mass Failures
A Rikers Island detainee who died in February had 121 pills and multiple synthetic drugs in his cell, according to a new city oversight report that highlights ongoing failures by jail officials to secure housing areas and respond to medical emergencies. The Board of Correction’s First Report and Recommendations on...
Mamdani’s Next Battle: Attacking Inequality While Balancing Budgets
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be free to sidestep tough decisions when he presents his first budget a month after taking office on Jan. 1, 2026. That’s mostly because Wall Street is booming, on pace to see record profits of more than $60 billion this year. Lavish year-end bonuses paid out starting early next week...
