NYC Council confirms Mamdani housing boss behind charter zoning changes they opposed
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s controversial housing board nominee — who has dismissed local opposition to development as “wealthy homeowner cartels” — was easily confirmed by the City Council Thursday. John Mangin, the city Planning Department’s housing director and a key architect of recent citywide zoning changes, was tappe
1 dead in connection with new cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in the Bronx
THE BRONX - One person has died in connection with a cluster of Legionnaires' disease after five were diagnosed with it in the Bronx. The New York City Health Department is investigating a community cluster of Legionnaires' disease in the South Bronx. Five people were diagnosed with the disease, and...
I’m an NYC death investigator — still fighting the sickening lie of 9/11’s ‘jumpers’
I was working for New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner when the unthinkable happened on Sept. 11, 2001. As a death investigator, I would usually go to an apartment or the streets to investigate a homicide, a suicide or an accidental death. Now it was my job to “work the pile” — that is, to recover and c
Amid Financial Scramble, NYC’s 2-K Opens to Smiles from Toddlers and Parents
Two-year-old Mia was all smiles for her first week of school — a big moment for the eager child, but also for New York City, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched the inaugural year of free 2-K for 2,000 children. Wearing her school’s optional uniform and “ABC” bows in her hair, Mia excitedly entered the building, […]
Teen accused of slashing another student in the face on 1st day of school...
It happened inside the School for Career Development, P.S. K753, just after 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Woman slashed inside Jay Street-Metrotech subway station
According to the NYPD, the victim and another woman were involved in an argument that turned violent. It happened just before 9:30 a.m.
Man, 44, Slashed In Face Outside East Tremont Storefronts, Attacker Flees North
Prospect Ave. & E. Tremont Ave. — Reported Northbound Escape Route. A 44-year-old man was slashed in the face with a sharp object outside 735 East Tremont Avenue late on Sept. 3, according to police, after an assailant crept up from behind and struck him around 11:30 p.m. The man was rushed to a hospital by EMS, and th
Suspect wanted for armed robbery at Rockaway Beach drug store after stealing Ozempic, other...
Police at the 100th Precinct in Rockaway Beach are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed a drug store at gunpoint in broad daylight on Saturday, Aug. 22, and remains at large. The armed robber entered the Nature’s First Pharmacy located at 87-02 Rockaway Beach Blvd. just before 1:30 p.m....
One dead after explosion at Staten Island barge triggers massive fire
One person was killed Thursday afternoon when an explosion on board a Staten Island petroleum barge caused a massive shipping container fire, according to authorities and sources. The blast erupted around 2:35 p.m. on board the barge called “Casablanca” on Richmond Terrace near South Avenue in Mariners Harbor, accordin
Plane makes emergency landing at major NYC airport: FAA
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — A flight was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff from a New York City airport on Thursday morning, according to the FAA. Delta Air Lines Flight 791 had to return to John F. Kennedy International Airport shortly before 10:30 a.m. after it had taken off to its destination, Ph
