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The Jersey City Fire Department recently promoted six captains to the rank of battalion chief, which was made possible due to collaborative efforts between state agencies and the city. Robert McCann, Dave Meyers, Chris Fodera, Will Clarritt, Julio Ortiz, and Al Rodriguez are now all recognized as battalion chiefs of...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island is New York City’s most family-oriented borough, a new report notes, with five neighborhoods ranking among the city’s top enclaves for married-couple homeownership. According to a new Property Shark analysis, Concord, Charleston, Lighthouse Hill, Pleasant Plains and Bay Terrace are a

For the week's Looped In newsletter, we talked to New Yorkers and the sanitation department to see how things were going with the new "badge of shame" parking stickers. [ more › ]

Somewhere in Red Hook, Brooklyn, behind a stack of real firewood and under a hand-painted sign featuring a very confident-looking cow, Hometown Bar-B-Que is quietly making one of the most extraordinary pastrami sandwiches you will ever put in your mouth. People are not driving hours to get here because they...

Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdan today announced an $8.4 million investment in flood resiliency infrastructure, transforming concrete roadway medians in Whitestone, Forest Hills and Queens Village to green infrastructure “sponges” that will absorb stormwater and prevent extreme weather flooding. In t

Three kittens found abandoned inside a trash can on Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn are now receiving round-the-clock care, including hand-feedings every two hours, after being rushed to an emergency veterinary clinic on Tuesday. The tiny cats are being kept warm in an incubator as they recover, with plans to transfer them to

An unidentified gunman opened fire on another man in front of a Brownsville public housing building just after midnight in May, and months later, police still haven't caught him. The shooting happened at 295 Osborn Street, within the confines of the NYPD's 73rd Precinct, and no arrest has been made.

American Best Wings and Pizza on Rockaway Parkway appeared closed on Thursday with candles outside following the shooting that happened on Sunday around 12 a.m.

NYPD detectives are asking the public to identify two people wanted in connection with a...

Two men convicted of staging crashes on New York City highways to get fraudulent insurance payouts have been sentenced.