Brooklyn NY

A 25-year-old man was assaulted and robbed on a northbound 5 train at the Church Avenue station on Wednesday, April 29, at about 5:35 p.m., according to police. Investigators say three unidentified people approached him on the train, punched him multiple times and grabbed his backpack before fleeing on foot, heading southbound on Nostrand Avenue. No arrests have been announced.

MANHATTAN, N.Y (PIX11) – Three suspects are on the run after fatally stabbing a man near Times Square on Monday night, according to police. Police said it happened on West 43rd Street, next to the Stephen Sondheim Theater in Midtown at around 11:32 p.m. Officers found a 39‑year‑old man from Massachusetts with multiple stab wounds […]

Major crimes, including robbery, felony assault, burglary and grand larceny, are down 9.5% in all five boroughs.

A Church of Scientology building in New York City on Saturday became the latest target in a string of nationwide “speedrunning” incidents that have gone viral on social media in recent weeks. A group of youths allegedly broke through a locked door to enter the church on West...

Syracuse, N.Y. – Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani are backing a proposal to impose a tax surcharge on second homes valued at more than $5 million. The tax would raise an estimated $500 million annually for the cash-strapped city by taxing the super wealthy.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New red light cameras are popping up across Staten Island and New York City, but they look a bit different from what drivers are used to seeing. As the New York City Department of Transportation rolls out hundreds of new red light cameras across the five boroughs, details about the new cameras, like what they look like and where they’re being...

City lawyers have agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to settle lawsuits brought by the families of two men who died from methadone overdoses while jail staff ignored them on Rikers Island. The settlements come amid a sharp rise in claims and a dramatic spike in taxpayer-funded payouts by the Department of Correction.  In fiscal […] The post They Overdosed in Plain View on...

When the people who live somewhere start making bold claims about their local pizza joint, you should probably pay attention, and O’Scugnizzo Pizzeria in Utica has locals swearing it’s the best pizza in the entire state. These aren’t tourists looking for something to post about; these are people...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A New York City teenager will spend more than 30 years in prison for fatally shooting a 69-year-old grandma who was resting on her walker on a Manhattan sidewalk, according to officials.  Faisal McCants, 19, has been sentenced to 37.5 years in prison by a U.S. District Judge for possessing a […]

There is a moving tribute on the homepage of People en Español to Yolaine Diaz, the 48-year-old fashion and beauty editor killed in the overnight fire.