N.J. apartment fire displaces dozens of residents
A large fire spread through an apartment building in East Orange on Sunday, displacing residents of at least 30 units, officials said. A team of Red Cross volunteers responded shortly after 8 a.m. to assist the residents of the Washington Street building, said Diane Concannon, communications director for the New...
Man who cIaims his friend’s Iife-aItering injuries resuIted from a fistfight during a drug...
New York – A New York man was ordered to spend the next five decades behind bars after a jury convicted him last month of kidnapping and t0rture for holding his friend, JhomieI, hostage and subjecting him to a brutaI assauIt in a shed in New York in Sept. 2023. The conviction came more than two years after the...
NYC Bagel Empire Rocked by Family Feud and $25M Lawsuit
A legendary New York bagel business that sells an estimated 100 million bagels a year and generates roughly $50 million in annual revenue is now at the center of a bitter legal battle that has split a once-tight-knit bagel dynasty. According to a lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Federal Court, the...
Police searching for 9-month-old baby girl after alleged custodial interference in the Bronx
The incident happened around 6 p.m. on Friday at a home on Bryant Avenue near Crotona Park.
Millennial Woman Avoids Paying Rent By Choosing A Fascinating Full-Time Job
A millennial woman based in NYC revealed that she avoids paying rent by working as a full-time house sitter. Considering rent in NYC is exceptionally high, even for locals who grew up in the five boroughs, her unconventional approach to housing costs is quite ingenious. Alanna Parrish admitted that working as a house...
Renee Good, Woman Killed by ICE, Traveled to N.Y.C. to Feed, Photograph Homeless People:...
A professional photographer who once worked alongside Renee Nicole Good is remembering the 37-year-old mother of three for what he calls her rare compassion — the kind that made strangers feel seen. Charles Willie Winslow II says Good was “an angel” and “a perfect person.” Winslow, 61, is a New York native who...
Bronx man charged with murder after fatal stabbing outside Bryant Avenue building
BRONX, N.Y. – A Bronx man has been arrested and charged in connection with a deadly stabbing that left a 34-year-old Queens resident dead Friday evening, police said. According to investigators, officers responded to a 911 call around 6:35 p.m. on January 9 reporting an assault in front of 1500…
NYCHA hiring for jobs with no education requirements: Apply today
NEW YORK (PIX11) — The New York City Housing Authority is looking to fill multiple positions that do not require a college degree. The openings are listed on the City of New York careers website. Caretaker P. Job duties include mixing plastering materials properly, applying plastering materials to interior...
IN MEMORIAM: Thomas H. Watkins Built What Black Media Was Told Could Not Last
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a 2008 oral history interview, Watkins described himself as a capitalist without hesitation. Ownership, he said, was not optional for Black advancement. Newspapers were economic engines as much as civic institutions, and advertising dollars spent in Black communities should remain there. Thomas H....
Fallen paralyzed NYC Det. Steven McDonald honored on 9th anniversary of death
Family and friends gathered to remember fallen NYPD Detective Steven McDonald on the 9th anniversary of his death at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan on Saturday. McDonald was a 29-year-old patrolman when he was shot three times on July 12, 1986, by a 15-year-old boy while he was questioning the teen about...
