MTA conductor attacked, robbed while operating F train in Park Slope, Brooklyn
A subway conductor was attacked and robbed while she was operating a subway train in Brooklyn on Monday. Officers responded to the Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street station in Park Slope around 1:15 p.m. for reports of a robbery. Police say two suspects opened the conductor's door on a northbound F train and punched the...
NYC department to offer jobs on the spot at April hiring event
NEW YORK (PIX11) — The New York City Administration for Children’s Services is holding a hiring event at the end of April to fill vacant positions. Job seekers chosen for an interview will meet hiring managers at the ACS’s borough office in Manhattan and may be given conditional job offers on the spot. The ACS […]
Surprise witness shakes up trial of woman accused of point-blank shooting
The emotional testimony came with new evidence: photos of the witness and Banton together on the night of the killing.
NYC lawmakers push ‘super speeder’ bill after Brooklyn crash kills mom, 2 kids
State Sen. Andrew Gounardes speaks at a rally on Monday. The long-stalled bill would require speed-limiting devices for repeat offenders. Advocates say it could help prevent tragedies like the one that shook Brooklyn over the weekend. [ more › ]
MTA installs platform barriers at almost 20 subway stations in NYC
NEW YORK (PIX11) – New Yorkers will see more platform barriers this year as they commute on the subways. According to the MTA, almost 20 stations throughout the five boroughs have gotten the yellow barriers installed on the platforms. The 4-foot-tall gates, which are placed near columns so they align with subway...
Ex-FDNY Chief Sentenced to Prison in $190K Bribery Conspiracy
Brian Cordasco, former chief of the New York City Fire Department’s (FDNY) Bureau of Fire Prevention, was sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison for conspiring to solicit and accept bribes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced Monday.
NY to begin releasing prison inmates early as staffing crisis persists
New York's corrections commissioner issued a memo Monday to all state prison superintendents directing them to create spreadsheets of the inmates who qualify for early release.
NYPD: Raid nets drugs, paraphernalia in jewelry box of Staten Island woman
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Authorities allege that drugs and paraphernalia were found in a jewelry box when the NYPD raided the home of a 42-year-old woman after she sold drugs to an undercover officer in Concord. Officers armed with a search warrant swarmed the basement apartment of Jaclyn Kanowicz...
Old World Gourmet Market Bringing a Taste of Brooklyn to Saratoga
Maria and John Biagini never thought they would move away from Brooklyn—but if they did, there was one place they had in mind. “We always said to ourselves, ‘If we ever leave Brooklyn, we would love for Saratoga to be a place we call home,’” Maria says.
2 men sought for allegedly hanging noose from NYC water tower: cops
Cops are hunting down two men who they say hung a noose from a water tower in Queens last week. Two unidentified men allegedly hung the noose from the top of a water tower located at 82-26 Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights on March 25 around 7:20 p.m., police said. Surveillance footage shows the men fleeing...
