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Thomas del Pino spent 18 years as a firefighter with Ladder Co. 85 in Staten Island, riding into the smoke on Sept. 11, 2001, aboard a truck carrying a 95-foot ladder that was among the first sent to the World Trade Center. He survived the collapse of the second tower, searched the pile for survivors and remains, and l

New York can turn literally anything into an argument, and chicken wings are absolutely not getting a pass. Who makes them crispier?. Who brings the sauce? Who gives you enough meat to make the napkins worth carrying?. And the eternal question, blue cheese or ranch? Pick a side, because somebody...

This was supposed to be a weekend of celebration for Michael Davey and his family. Instead, Friday night, a stretch of Albany Avenue became the place his son Christopher was killed. In an exclusive interview Saturday evening, Davey says his son was heading to the laundromat when an argument escalated.

According to the NYPD, an argument between the victim and another person turned violent. It happened just before noon at 508 East 163rd St.

7th Ave. & W. 42nd St. — Approximate Times Square Street Scene. Robert Burck, the 55-year-old street performer known as the Naked Cowboy, says he spent 30 minutes being harassed, followed and cursed at by a stranger in Times Square on Thursday, just three days after a random knife attack left a Bank of America executiv

A fast-moving fire early Sunday morning forced a woman to jump from a third-floor window in Elizabeth, New Jersey. City officials said the 50-year-old landed in the driveway of 470 Jefferson Ave.

Officers arrived on West 156th Street on Sunday afternoon, where they found the 27-year-old unconscious and unresponsive.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Comedian Eric D’Alessandro has a new obsession, and it’s not a fancy car or exciting hobby. It’s creamier. Denser. More decadent. And his wife, Leanna, isn’t exactly thrilled about it. The Staten Island funny guy recently shared a lighthearted glimpse of...

The man who was restrained with duct tape by a gun range owner and a retired police officer on a Newark-bound flight has been identified as a longtime Arizona real estate broker whose company cut ties with him after learning of the incident, Daily Voice has learned. Layne Arthur Lundeen, 67, of…