NYC Correction Department tries 12-hour tours again as Rikers faces rising jail population
NEW YORK — The New York City Department of Correction is once again bringing back 12-hour tours to address lingering staffing troubles, DOC officials confirm. A pilot program requiring officers to work their normal eight hours plus four hours of overtime will start Nov. 30 at the Robert N. Davoren Center on Rikers...
Tourist Wins $82M After Losing Limbs In NYC Subway Accident
Luisa Janssen Harger Da Silva, a Brazilian student, won an $82 million verdict after losing limbs in a 2016 NYC subway accident. The jury found the MTA negligent for not installing platform barriers. The MTA plans to appeal, citing technical challenges.
Mom of New York Man Who Gunned Down Whole Family Once Warned ‘He’s Going...
The mother of a man who killed three of his family members worried that he might turn violent someday.
Man accused of attacking 3 women in Williamsburg
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attacking three women in Williamsburg on Monday night, police said. Jacob Narvaez, 22, is accused of slapping a 19-year-old woman on the buttocks on Hayward Street around 9:35 p.m., according to the NYPD. Five minutes earlier, the suspect...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani asks 179 staffers who work for Eric Adams...
The Mamdani transition committee says it has received roughly 70,000 resumes of people willing work in the incoming administration.
NYC’s flying ‘Fan Man’ pleads guilty to crimes against gravity
Local "Fan Man" Johnathan Warren wants to form an advocacy group to defend his right to fly. Johnathan Warren was sentenced to four days of community service for illegally flying his fan-powered paraglider over the city's waterways. [ more › ]
Washington Square Park’s turn from homely to hostile
Chalk graffiti scattered across Washington Square posed this haunting question. Just days after a drug raid led to 19 arrests on the park’s west side, the city deployed nearly 70 new police officers to the area. With the local unhoused community now almost entirely displaced, a once vibrant park is now characterized...
New York’s Top All-You-Can-Eat Buffets That Never Disappoint
If you’ve ever dreamed of eating until your pants button pops off, New York City has your back. The city is packed with all-you-can-eat buffets that serve everything from fresh seafood towers to endless pasta bowls. Whether you’re a tourist looking to fuel up before hitting the sights or...
NYPD’s senior active uniformed member retiring from elite highway unit after 42 years
To hear veteran NYPD Det. Thomas Cerbone tell it, a recent 9/11 -linked kidney cancer diagnosis was “just a bump in the road” of a proud 42-year legacy as one of New York’s Finest. Cerbone, 62, a motorcycle cop and the senior active uniformed member on the force, did more than serve the community — he changed the...
Prosecutors will retry man in death of Etan Patz, whose 1979 disappearance spotlighted missing...
NEW YORK (AP) — A notorious 1979 missing-child case is headed to trial a third time after New York prosecutors vowed Tuesday to retry the man whose murder conviction was recently overturned in the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz. In a case that has long been gnarled by time and uncertainty, a new set of...
