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An actor who usually plays the bad guy on screen got the chance to be a real-life hero when he stopped a potential abduction near his home in New Jersey. George Pogatsia is one of those actors who often is cast as a possible suspect or seedier character, as he has done on "Law & Order" and "The Sopranos." But he will...

Shoplifting in New York City has dropped 13%, thanks to a $40 million state task force initiative. Governor Kathy Hochul credits the decrease to coordinated efforts by law enforcement and increased security measures for local businesses. The decline comes as a relief ahead of the holiday seaso...

Carlos E. Tavarez-Sanchez, 37, of Paterson, and Carlos Martinez, 45, of New York City, were indicted by a state grand jury after investigators found cocaine hidden in a vehicle and nearly $90,000 in cash inside a Paterson home, according to Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin. According to documents filed in...

Millions of Americans are facing travel chaos over the busy Thanksgiving period as a huge storm unleashes snow, severe thunderstorms and downpours across much of the country, including New York

Authorities are looking for a man who attacked a 22-year-old woman with a tree branch he grabbed from a trash can in a Brooklyn subway station during the evening rush one day last week, police say. The woman was walking on a staircase in the Myrtle Avenue station in Bushwick...

Bravo, Mayor‑Elect Mamdani. You did the thing every polished campaign dreams of: you won New York City. You crossed borough lines, captured urban whispers, and assembled the coalition that cleared your path to Gracie Mansion. You even picked up a few extra votes along the way. What you did not do - and this is […]...

A New York woman's afro is the world's largest -- measuring 6 feet, 2.87 inches in circumference -- and her predecessor couldn't be more proud.

Two men were slashed in the face on a Queens subway platform on Wednesday afternoon — and their attacker remains on the lam, according to authorities. Police received a 911 call at 3:20 p.m. that two men were slashed on the southbound platform of the E and F train at the Union Turnpike subway station in Kew Gardens,...

One of the many myths the young folks of New York City have been led to believe is that Zohran Mamdani, their new Teen Beat magazine cover boy mayor, came from humble beginnings. He plays the communist/socialist/victim game very well, and with a sweet smile. Chicks dig that. And he never says no, he wants to give you...

The Newark resident was arrested at the scene and charged with assault.