Fentanyl killed his brother. A casket promise drives this native Staten Islander’s mission to...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Michael DiTomasso was on a FaceTime phone call with his parents when he found his 31-year-old brother, David, lying blue and lifeless on Oct. 14, 2023, a victim of fentanyl poisoning. “His hand was rock solid, like cement,” he recalls. “I don’t know what to...
Mamdani administration faces backlash over 2 new Brooklyn hotel homeless shelters
The solarium’s celling is falling. The two new locations are in Crown Heights and Flatbush. [ more › ]
74-year-old Staten Island man accused of selling crack cocaine to undercover officer
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Authorities allege that a 74-year-old man sold drugs to an undercover officer in Stapleton. Frank Ammirato of Central Avenue in St. George was arrested April 17 for the incident that began when an undercover officer handed $40 to the defendant, according to the criminal complaint based on an inves
Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre vandalized in Midtown burglary, NYPD seeks 31
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying 31 individuals in connection with a burglary and reported vandalism at a Midtown Manhattan property. Police said the group forcibly entered 227 West 46th Street on Saturday, May 2, 2026, and ran through the premises before fleeing on foot. The...
Illegal Immigrants Arrested After Burglarizing Great Neck Residence; Handbags, Booze, Camera and Cash Taken
The Major Case Squad reports the arrest of two Queens individuals on Friday, May 23, 2026 at 3:00 pm for a burglary that occurred on Thursday, March 26, 2026 in Great Neck. According to Detectives, Defendant Ricardo Gomez Millan, 45, of 146-12 60th Avenue, Queens and Defendant Angelica July Rojas Rojas, 42, of 146-12 6
Man fatally shot inside Flatlands, Brooklyn laundromat; another man grazed
The 41-year-old victim was shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital.
Slang words only New Yorkers will understand
Slang words only New Yorkers will understand New York City’s slang is the product of centuries of immigration compressed into a single, impatient city. Almost entirely impenetrable to outsiders. If you have to ask what […]
Deadly double shooting breaks out in Brooklyn laundromat on Memorial Day
BROOKLYN - The Memorial Day holiday was marred by gun violence in Brooklyn when a shooter opened fire inside a laundromat, killing one person and injuring another before fleeing. What we know:. Officers responded to reports of a person shot inside a laundromat near Utica Ave and Ave J around...
High school faces backlash as graduation held in torrential downpour
Families in Tennessee blasted Williamson County Schools after graduation ceremonies for Centennial and Franklin High Schools continued outdoors during a torrential downpour drenching students.
Pale Male’s mate shacks up with boy toy years after iconic NYC hawk’s death:...
It’s a real Lenox Hill love nest. Pale Male’s winged widow is shacking up with a boy toy years after the death of her beloved red-tailed-hawk mate — and the new Upper East Side lovebirds apparently already have a little one. Octavia moved her feathered fresh squeeze Henry into the Fifth Avenue nest once ruled by Pale M
