Brooklyn NY

A social post that was published to X by self-proclaimed ‘Freedom Aficionado’ Steve Loves Ammo accuses New York City, New York, Mayor Zohran Mamdani of giving his office a “20% taxpayer funded raise.”. Commenters were overwhelmingly critical of the situation, with many accusing Mamdani of hypocrisy and...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced July 14 that a Bronx man, Juan Valoy, 47, pleaded guilty to stealing around $25,000 from three victims through an apartment rental scam. He said Valoy pleaded guilty in New York State Supreme Court to one count of grand larceny in the third degree. Under the ter

A former cargo ship captain pleaded guilty Wednesday to drugging and raping a 21-year-old U.S. Merchant Marine Academy cadet who was working on the vessel as part of the academy’s Sea Year training program. John Merrone, 53, pleaded guilty just as his trial was about to start in Brooklyn...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Following a day of extreme heat, severe thunderstorms are making their way through the city on Wednesday. A severe thunderstorm warning has expanded to include the entire. Warnings are also in effect for parts of Northeastern New Jersey and Nassau County on Long Island.  The warning is in effect unti

A former NYPD cop pocketed more than $100,000 in state disability benefits — while running a training business and posting weightlifting videos online, state prosecutors said. Raymond Phillips, 40, of Huntington, put in for disability in 2018, claiming he hurt his arm while weightlifting and couldn’t work — but kept po

The indictment says 43-year-old Todd Faustin actively sought out incidents to use force in order to steal money from the workers’ compensation system.

Rats, not again! Tough street rats are “fighting” their human neighbors on several pest-infested blocks in the East Village, with locals saying the critters are popping up from garbage cans and staking claim to cars parked on the street. The overrun blocks are part of an area that saw 300 complaints since January — a w

Buses are a lifeline for people in Red Hook, a neighborhood severed from subway service. The B57 and B61 buses are the only bus routes here and it turns out not all stops are created equal. Janet Andrews, a lifelong resident of the Red Hook Houses toured the neighborhood bus...

The owners tied to the former Versace Mansion have quietly unloaded a four-story office-and-retail building at 423 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn, selling the 1920s property to Midwood Investment & Development in a deal that tightens an ongoing Fulton Street buying streak. According to Crain's New York Business, Mi

On Wednesday, the City Council will take up legislation to phase out the industry.