24 gang members took over NJ housing for massive drug market, officials say
NEWARK — Two dozen people have been arrested in connection with a drug gang that terrorized hundreds of tenants at public housing buildings in North Jersey, according to federal authorities. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made 18 arrests on Tuesday and another was arrested on Wednesday, according to...
‘They’ve Gone Off the Map’: Fear Drives Immigrants Away From Clinics
In a quiet exam room at a clinic in Harlem, the absence of some patients speaks louder than any diagnosis. For months now, Dr. Chanelle Diaz, a primary care physician with roots in immigrant health, has noticed a troubling pattern: her undocumented patients — some of whom once relied on safety-net programs like NYC...
NJ woman shot to death by ex at her Newark home, prosecutors say
NEWARK — A city man is charged with murder after his ex-girlfriend was found dead in her North Jersey apartment over the weekend, according to authorities. Kasim McDonald, 42, of Newark, turned himself in at the Essex County jail several hours after the suspected domestic violence incident, the Essex County...
Ex-NYPD cop claims Bill de Blasio ‘didn’t like police officers,’ unloads on mayor’s ex-wife...
Former Mayor Bill de Blasio was a troubled and ungrateful leader of the Big Apple, who would often go on “power trips” — putting his disdain for police officers on full display, one of the cops on the mayor’s detail says. Former NYPD officer Katrina Brownlee dedicated nearly a fifth of her newly released memoir —...
Brooklyn homeowners continue to fight against planned homeless shelter
Residents say they approved a plan which included affordable housing but are now facing a shelter for 169 families.
NYC Is the Nation’s Capital of Immigration Courthouse Arrests, New Data Analysis Shows
Our nonprofit newsroom relies on readers like you to power investigations like these. On a recent morning in Lower Manhattan, immigration Judge John Siemietkowski spoke to three people in his courtroom while masked federal officers waited just outside. “I’m sure you can see with your own eyes what’s going on...
Kasem McDonald Fatally Shot Shaneequah Williams
At 10:45 a.m., Kasem McDonald shot Shaneequah Williams, 45 inside her apartment at 89 Astor St., Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda, said. McDonald initially fled the scene but surrendered at the Essex County Correctional Facility on Saturday evening,...
NYC Sheriff’s Office gives inside look at ghost car crackdown
OZONE PARK, Queens (PIX11) – The New York City Sheriff’s Office is on a mission to get illegal ghost cars off the streets. Over 20 deputies were on the lookout for vehicles that should not be on the road in Ozone Park early Monday morning. The Sheriff’s Office’s Ghost Car-Judgement Debt Operation goes after vehicles...
If Eric Adams gets ousted in November, say goodbye to progress on NYC subway...
Mayor Eric Adams deserves a cheer for “Subway Safety Plan” wins, but making the transit system truly safe will mean getting a lot more help to Gotham’s seriously mentally ill. On Monday, Adams announced that the city has placed 3,500 onetime “street” homeless, including 1,000 pulled from the subways , into permanent...
Father of Kevin Mares, NYC man shot dead in Puerto Rico, breaks silence: ‘We’re...
The grieving dad of US tourist Kevin Mares — the New Yorker who was shot dead while on a trip to Puerto Rico for a Bad Bunny concert — spoke out on Monday for the first time since the tragic incident. “It’s very hard,” a heartbroken Hector Mares told The Post. “Yesterday was a hard day. We’re still in pain. He was a...
