For Some Older NYC Bus Riders, Change Comes Easy. Just Not OMNY.
The digital age is dawning for older bus riders who refuse to dump coins for the MTA’s new fare-payment methods. With OMNY now in use on 92% of paid bus trips, according to the MTA, the transportation authority is nudging golden-aged holdouts who still drop loose change into fareboxes to switch to the tap-and-go techno
Instructor cited after backyard swimming lessons
A Long Island swim instructor was ticketed after giving lessons in her backyard pool. Pei-Sze Cheng has more details.
NYPD: Girl, 15, missing from NYC
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing from Marine Park in Brooklyn over the weekend. Coralee Ocasio was last seen leaving her home on the 2900 block of Nostrand Avenue around 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, according to police.
A Black Brooklyn family is fighting to save the home their elder has lived...
After years of fighting deed fraud over their Bed-Stuy home, the family turned to their community for help when the grant funding they were counting on fell through. For her entire life, Sylvia Fye, affectionately known as "Ms. Sylvia," has called the same Bedford-Stuyvesant building in Brooklyn her home. It's where sh
New official flag in effect for 500,000 Americans under law plan
HALF-A-MILLION Americans could soon be represented by a new flag if a proposed law gets its way. The change would officially codify a banner that has long been the preferred representation of a borough in one major US city. The New York City Council’s Committee on Governmental Operations, State and...
New York’s Latest Parking Rule Has the Internet in an Uproar
New York City has officially reinstated fluorescent warning stickers on vehicles blocking street sweepers to address widespread non-compliance with alternate-side parking regulations. In August 2026, New York City initiated a significant policy shift in municipal traffic enforcement. Sanitation workers began affixing l
Longtime Staten Island restaurant location enters new chapter after property sale
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Developers recently purchased their latest Father Capodanno Boulevard property, bringing a new chapter to a longtime restaurant location. Public records from the Richmond County Clerk’s office show the developers, doing business under an LLC, finalized the purchase of the former Toto’s Restaurant
The 3 most beloved New York restaurants that are now gone
New York recently said goodbye to a 30-year restaurant facing Carnegie Hall. Now, a Cambodian pioneer, an 89-year-old Italian pastry shop and a beloved Brooklyn ramen destination have joined the…
NYC sanitation workers make unbelievable discovery inside trash pile
The heirlooms were described in reports as a gold and diamond promise ring and a four-generation platinum and diamond engagement ring New York City Department of Sanitation New York City sanitation workers successfully recovered two irreplaceable heirloom rings from a 20,000-pound pile of trash. A Brooklyn resident a
Teen Shot in Face, Girl Wounded as Brooklyn Gunfire Injures Three, NYPD Seeks Suspect
Three young people were injured after a gunman opened fire behind a Brooklyn apartment building, and police are asking the public to help identify the suspect.
