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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A man is accused of choking his 64-year-old sister to death in the living room of their Brooklyn home, authorities said Monday. Authorities found Mary Ellen Fagan unconscious on the living room floor in the home near St. John’s Place and Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights at around 6 p.m. on […]

Editor’s Note: The video above originally aired on April 30, 2024. NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Graduate student Christopher Holmes was sitting on the ground at a protest at Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall when an NYPD officer kicked him in the face, according to a new lawsuit. He was disoriented and lying on the...

As a New York City renter, it’s highly likely that at some point you’ll end up sharing an apartment with one or more roommates. In a perfect world, you would all get along swimmingly; unfortunately, however, people change and relationships can sour. The common scenarios include differing lifestyles—maybe...

A 68-year-old man fatally choked his younger sister in their Brooklyn apartment, cops and law-enforcement sources said Monday. Mary Fagan, 64, was found unresponsive in the living room of the home she shared with her brother, Thomas Fagan, on St. Johns Place near Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights around 6 p.m. July 26,...

City employees and veterans will now have a larger edge in obtaining an affordable housing unit through the city's lottery system. New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said he is doubling the percentage of homes that will give preference for city employees and veterans through the NYC Housing Connect lottery...

Brace yourselves: Parking in New York City might be about to get even harder. A new bill, Intro. 1138, pushed by the City Council’s Progressive Caucus aims to ban vehicles from parking within 20 feet of crosswalks at all intersections, a practice known as “daylighting.” Supporters say the move will save lives by...

A 1-year-old girl apparently drowned in the pool of a Bronx day care while her caretaker was preoccupied with cooking, cops and law enforcement sources said. Police found the tot unconscious and unresponsive in the pool outside the home-run day care on Story Avenue near Olmstead Avenue in Castle Hill when they...

Troopers responded to Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County on Friday, Aug. 1, after the state prison system’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI) requested assistance, according to New York State Police. Savian Maxwell, 30, of Brooklyn, was taken into custody after a DOCCS K9 detected contraband on both...

An Upper East Side tenant says she was forced out of her apartment and into temporary housing after a ceiling collapse in her bathroom unleashed water and live cockroaches into the unit. The incident has since gone viral on TikTok and raised concerns about building safety and pest control in aging New York City...

It happened around 4:40 a.m. at the Island Seas Lounge on Utica Avenue at Farragut Road in East Flatbush.