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WAKEFIELD, the Bronx (PIX11) — A man was shot multiple times after shots rang out inside a Bronx hair salon on New Year’s Day, police said. The 24-year-old man was shot after a fight with three men inside the hair salon at 693 East 236 St. in Wakefield at around 6:30 p.m., according to the […]

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will mark his inauguration with a public block party open to residents on January 1. But even before the celebration begins, the event has sparked debate—less over the festivities themselves and more over an unusually detailed list of prohibited items. Alongside standard...

Rama Duwaji has palpable cool-girl energy, which has helped make her hairstyle, the bixie, the hottest new hair craze. She also did it herself.

Mayor Adams feuded with the City Council throughout his administration. Adams' move on New Year’s Eve amounted to a final finger in the eye of a City Council he’d feuded with throughout his administration. [ more › ]

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today. The NYPD fired a Staten Island detective after investigators found he had improper relationships with five women, including three he arrested, and then lied about it during an internal affairs interview, according to a police disciplinary...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The City of New York is hiring in the Social Services field, with some positions not requiring a city exam, according to the city’s website listing openings in the Big Apple.  One of these jobs is with the New York City Administration for Children’s Services, which is currently seeking a case […]

After being discontinued , New York City MetroCards are earning resellers thousands of dollars. On Wednesday (Dec. 31), the physical MetroCard was officially retired from the New York City subway after three decades. Its yellow and blue design had become a symbol of the Big Apple, and anyone could get the card for...

Police say the robbery happened around 6 p.m. Tuesday at Franklin Convenience.

A man who spent half his life in Sing Sing for a 1998 murder he did not commit now wants New York City to pony up $100 million for his time behind bars. Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez is suing the city and law enforcement officials who he says wrongfully arrested and prosecuted him. In a separate suit, his mother and two...

A Ford pickup truck driven by Bruce Canfield, a 44-year-old man from Pottstown, PA, was traveling south in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike, police said. At the same time, a Honda sedan driven by a 39-year-old man from Poughkeepsie, NY, was traveling northbound, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. The...