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A New York City woman was convicted on federal drug charges after prosecutors said she sold fentanyl in Paterson and was arrested while returning to the city with nearly 500 grams more. Naomi Hernandez, 34, was convicted on Aug. 26 of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and conspiracy to...

The Ticket Streak That Feels Personal Three tickets in a month can make any driver feel singled out. When speed cameras suddenly appear on a route you know by heart, it is natural to wonder what's really going on. Are they there to slow people down, or to bring in more money. The honest answer is usually both, but how

On Sept. 10, 2001, I was working in the newly refurbished Chelsea Market on 9th Avenue and 115th Street in Manhattan. In another life, the building was the Nabisco factory where the Oreo was invented, and where my wife’s grandfather had baked Mallomars and Fig Newtons decades earlier. The building was now a trendy tech

A maniac with 13 prior busts stabbed a city schools worker to death and repeatedly slashed his buddy during an unhinged attack on a Bronx street on Wednesday, cops and sources said. Rashaun Shettlewood, 32 — a paraprofessional for the city’s Department of Education, according to law enforcement sources — was knifed onc

The Jersey City Fire Department recently promoted six captains to the rank of battalion chief, which was made possible due to collaborative efforts between state agencies and the city. Robert McCann, Dave Meyers, Chris Fodera, Will Clarritt, Julio Ortiz, and Al Rodriguez are now all recognized as battalion chiefs of...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island is New York City’s most family-oriented borough, a new report notes, with five neighborhoods ranking among the city’s top enclaves for married-couple homeownership. According to a new Property Shark analysis, Concord, Charleston, Lighthouse Hill, Pleasant Plains and Bay Terrace are a

For the week's Looped In newsletter, we talked to New Yorkers and the sanitation department to see how things were going with the new "badge of shame" parking stickers. [ more › ]

Somewhere in Red Hook, Brooklyn, behind a stack of real firewood and under a hand-painted sign featuring a very confident-looking cow, Hometown Bar-B-Que is quietly making one of the most extraordinary pastrami sandwiches you will ever put in your mouth. People are not driving hours to get here because they...

Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdan today announced an $8.4 million investment in flood resiliency infrastructure, transforming concrete roadway medians in Whitestone, Forest Hills and Queens Village to green infrastructure “sponges” that will absorb stormwater and prevent extreme weather flooding. In t

Three kittens found abandoned inside a trash can on Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn are now receiving round-the-clock care, including hand-feedings every two hours, after being rushed to an emergency veterinary clinic on Tuesday. The tiny cats are being kept warm in an incubator as they recover, with plans to transfer them to