Jersey City NJ

I was elated when Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the new Mayor of NYC. He's already doing great work. The Mayor has worked with the Governor to institute free child care that will help nearly 100,000 NYC children (with plans to expand to even more in the coming years). The man rolled up his sleeves and helped pave...

A security guard who helped evacuate people from high up on the South Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, now has prostate and kidney cancer and needs a transplant.

Kianna Underwood, a former Nickelodeon star, has died at 33 after being struck in a Brooklyn hit-and-run, with no arrests having been made yet

To cheers inside a crowded Margaret Williams Theatre on Thursday night, Mayor James Solomon declared Jersey City’s “era of putting developers first” over. In a city that saw massive growth during the previous Fulop administration, the newly sworn-in mayor promised during his inaugural address that its residents would...

FAA cockpit audio recordings from US Airlines Flight 1549 contain the last communication between Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger before the plane crashed into the Hudson River.

NEW YORK (RNS) — The social media account exposes a desire among some young Catholics, particularly Gen Z and younger, to find a church that functions somewhere between a place of worship and a social space. The post A viral church ranking series is sending young Catholics to Mass in New York appeared first on RNS .

Less than four years after adult-use cannabis sales began, a wave of dispensary closures is sweeping the state, revealing a market where the odds are stacked fiercely against new entrants. High-profile ventures backed by celebrities like rapper Ice-T and Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon have shuttered within a year, emblematic...

A New York City woman walks into the Salvation Army and picks up a pink Zara dress with its original tags still intact. She can’t believe how much the thrift chain wants to charge for the donated dress. TikToker Jessie Jolles ( @jessie_jolles ) holds up the pink dress, pointing to the strong fluorescent lighting in...

Almost $30,000 in personal flights. At least $3,500 of alcohol. About $2,300 for haircuts. And more than $9,000 on surfing. These were just some of the expenses New York megachurch pastors racked up on their church credit card, according to a preliminary review by auditors leaked in early January. Pastors...

A Newark worker was killed on Wednesday when a steel beam fell on him as he was loading a truck. The incident occurred around 6 p.m. on the 100-block of Raymond Boulevard, according to the Newark Department of Public Safety. First responders found the man unresponsive at the scene and...