Hospital nurse accused of groping patients in New York, New Jersey
A Brooklyn hospital patient has filed a lawsuit against the owners of Brookdale Hospital, alleging a male nurse drugged and molested her during an overnight shift late last year. This isn’t the first time the nurse has been accused of improper touching. “I was assaulted,” said the female patient....
Attorney General James Announces Arrest of Queens Man Who Stole Home of 92-Year-Old Woman...
New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the arrest and indictment of Mark Salkey, 58, of Queens, for stealing the home of Althea Garrick, an elderly woman living in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, while she was receiving dementia care in her home. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) fo
Dispute over declined card ends with two nail salon employees slashed in Crown Heights
Police say the violence happened just before 8:40 p.m. at Sunny Nail & Salon, located at 758A Nostrand Ave.
What Most New York Residents Don’t Realize About Baby Red-tailed Hawks
Baby Red-tailed Hawks are one of New York’s hidden wildlife stories. Many people notice an adult hawk soaring over highways, forests, or city parks, yet very few ever see its young. During spring and early summer, these fluffy nestlings spend weeks growing high above the ground in nests built near forest edges, river v
22 alleged gang members charged in connection with 26 shootings
Twenty-two alleged gang members have been charged in connection with 25 shootings in Brooklyn and one in Manhattan. The 176-count indictment alleges those arrested, all between the ages of 17 and 26, are members of subsets of the “Folk Nation” gang, called the “Renegade Goons” and the “OOs."
Wolf Road Hooters Closes, Leaving New York Without A Location
The Hooters on Wolf Road in Colonie has permanently closed, ending a 15-year run in the Capital Region. It also leaves New York without a single Hooters restaurant. People first noticed something was up when the restaurant's doors were locked and a sign thanking customers and employees appeared in the window. The compa
Duo beats and stabs man, 73, defending pregnant woman on Upper West Side bus:...
Duo beats and stabs man, 73, defending pregnant woman on Upper West Side bus: police
New York Woman Reports Breathing Problems. Then She Looked Under Her Bed: ‘Something out...
A New York City woman says she began experiencing unexplained breathing problems shortly after moving into a new apartment, before finding a mushroom under her bed. Amelia (@ameliaaxel) said in a TikTok video that she moved into her apartment in New York City less than three weeks before the incident. In her first post
Working with Luciano Berio, 1965–1968
How the avant-garde Italian composer’s “fierce, idiosyncratic masterwork,” Passaggio, got staged in New York during the Vietnam War. On the job: the avant-garde composer Luciano Berio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . My Vietnam War, 1966–1968 Article No. 4 in...
25 years ago, a city wept on Father’s Day
In New York City history it is known simply as the Father’s Day Fire. The blaze on June 17, 2001 at Long Island General Supply Hardware in Astoria would claim the lives of firefighters Harry Ford, 50, Brian Fahey, 46, and John Downing, 40, who left behind widows and eight children.
