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Jonaiki Martinez-Estrella, one of the individuals convicted in the brutal 2018 slaying of Bronx teenager Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz, was found dead in his cell at the Coxsackie Correctional Facility in New York on Friday, June 27, 2025. He was 31 years old. Martinez-Estrella was a central figure in...

This article is co-published with The Appeal. In February, a violent fight broke out in the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a federal jail in Brooklyn. It left people like Sean Chaney, who was released in January after spending 15 months in MDC, scrambling to learn the status of his friend and former cellmate,...

NORTH BERGEN, NJ.- A 30-year-old North Bergen, New Jersey, man, and a convicted sexual predator, will be spending the next 24 years in New Jersey State Prison after being sentenced last Friday for the kidnapping and violent rape of a 23-year-old woman that occurred in the fall of 2019 in a North Bergen Church Cemetary.

Best Budget Ever for Fiscal Year (FY 2026} announced | Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Last week, our ‘Best Budget Ever’ got even better as our administration worked with the City Council to deliver a budget that prioritizes public safety, affordability, and improved quality of life — the things that...

A 23-year-old New Yorker was nabbed for allegedly unleashing bear spray at a massive crowd of Pride revelers inside Washington Square Park, apparently out of fear of being assaulted himself, cops and sources said. Dominick Sabater, 23, of Harlem, allegedly sprayed the substance – held inside an 8.1 ounce container...

The Fire Department of New York is often referred to in the Big Apple as “New York’s bravest.” Unfortunately, despite that bravery, many citizens believe they’re being handled with kiddie-gloves following reports that an officer was suspended for giving a ride to a girl on a firetruck. According to a report from...

Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday that 100,000 free tickets will be available to the public for viewing the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks.

The man convicted in FDNY paramedic Alison Russo's brutal killing was given the maximum sentence Monday of 25 years to life.

Food-Drinks-Pickle-Juice Cocktails ASSOCIATED PRESS If you have a cocktail scene in your neck of the woods (and it’s safe to say that I do in NYC), you might have noticed the words “pickle juice” appearing more often on drink menus. Pickles and pickle brine have been an ingredient that mixologists — and chefs -- have...

The Roosevelt Hotel site will most likely be sold by Pakistan International Airlines for a new office tower, sources said, despite recent chatter to the contrary. The city emptied migrants from the building bounded by Madison and Vanderbilt avenues and East 45th and East 46th streets this month. Major developers have...