Brooklyn NY

Mamdani's Tax Hike Proposal Sparks Backlash, Retreat

What was supposed to be a straight shot to a first paycheck for thousands of New York City teens has turned into a sprawling ATM scandal, with the South Bronx squarely in the spotlight. New documents and media reports have renewed scrutiny of the city's Summer Youth Employment Program after a July 2025 fraud drained...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A Mexican national attempted to assist an Irishman, a woman from the United Kingdom, and their baby in crossing the Niagara River into New York using a rubber boat, federal officials said. The incident happened on Sunday, March 15. Officials say federal agents responded to...

A still shot from a video taken of the April 24 incident in Crown Heights. The argument came in response to a claim filed by Amanda Luci, who alleged NYPD officers failed to protect her from a mob of young men and boys who attacked her in Crown Heights in 2025. [ more › ]

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – New York City workers will soon be paid $1.5 million after the city fined a Dunkin’ and Taco Bell franchisee for violating legal protections, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday. The city accused Salz Management LLC of forcing workers into unpredictable schedules at 24 Queens and Manhattan...

Rents in Manhattan and Brooklyn reportedly soared to an all-time high last month.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — A New Jersey man was indicted on charges of scamming over $50,000 from people looking for food truck licenses in New York City. Mohamed Orabi, 33, of Jersey City, allegedly posed as someone who could secure city permits for food vendors, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Monday.

Located near Washington Square Park in the Asch building, which had been constructed just 10 years prior, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company employed mostly young immigrant women to sew "shirtwaists", which were fancy blouses resembling mens dress shirts. Working in sweatshop-like conditions, the factory workers could...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday appealed a court ruling that requires the city to expand the hugely popular — but massively expensive — city-funded housing voucher program called CityFHEPS. As a mayoral candidate, Mamdani had promised to implement the expanded voucher program in line with laws the City Council passed...

Yesterday, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, a complaint was unsealed charging Joshua Nass, an attorney licensed to practice in New York, with attempted Hobbs Act extortion for enlisting an individual to threaten and force a former client and his son into paying Nass $500,000. Nass was arrested yesterday and...