Jersey City NJ

People across America are watching the housing talk in New York City. Housing costs there keep climbing, making rent and home ownership feel out of reach for many families. Now, new tax ideas are getting attention. City leaders are thinking about raising property taxes to help fix the budget gap....

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – One of the men accused of throwing homemade bombs outside Gracie Mansion had been reported missing, according to prosecutors. According to the criminal complaint, Ibrahim Kayumi’s mother filed a missing person report claiming he had been last seen at their Pennsylvania home on March 7. The...

It feels like Jersey City’s dining scene has been a bit of a revolving door lately, and another spot has quietly joined the list. Better Days, located at 143 Newark Avenue on the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza, is now listed as permanently closed on Google. The bar + restaurant had been a go-to for drinks and casual...

Record-Low Crime Marks Early Months of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Administration in New York City: New York City has begun the year with historic declines in crime, marking one of the safest starts in the city’s recorded history since Zohran Mamdani assumed office as mayor. According to data released...

Margaritaville is a popular restaurant chain paying homage to its namesake Jimmy Buffett song, but a failed chain also tied into another Buffett tune.

Off-duty and pregnant Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PAPD) Police Officer Chee Ying Yong did not hesitate when she heard the blood-curdling cries of a teenage victim suffering from multiple stab wounds. Her actions led the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association (PBA) to award her its highest honor...

Finding a parking spot in this city is already a humongous struggle, but the era of the “unpaid curb” could be coming to a very expensive end. New York City officials are currently weighing a massive shift in how we use our streets, and it involves potentially charging for the millions of parking spots that have been...

Some restaurants become so popular that simply getting a table feels like an achievement. In New York, where the dining scene is constantly evolving, a few standout spots quickly develop a reputation for reservations that disappear almost instantly. Right now, one New York restaurant in particular has become one of...

An Upper West Side restaurant known for its dumplings and dim sum has served its last meal on Amsterdam Avenue. Jing Fong, the Cantonese dim sum spot at 380 Amsterdam Avenue (at 78th Street), has closed after eight years in the neighborhood. The restaurant’s final service was on Saturday, March 8, ending at 9:30 p.m.

Gov. Hochul has spent much of her 4 ¹/₂ years in office facing a time bomb left by her predecessor: drastic, legally binding greenhouse gas reduction targets that the state has no practical means of meeting. The 2019 Climate Act requires New York to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-quarter from that year’s...