Jersey City NJ

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island high school has secured the support of its community for an expansion that will bring new classrooms and athletic facilities to its students. Community Board 1 voted unanimously Tuesday to approve construction plans for a project at St. Peter’s Boys High School...

A Yonkers man is headed for a likely long stretch in state prison after pleading guilty Thursday to hauling a massive load of cocaine up Interstate 87, prosecutors said. State troopers, acting on a tip from federal agents, pulled over his car on the busy Westchester stretch of the highway and wound up seizing more than

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s St. Paul’s School of Nursing has been granted permanent degree-granting authority by the New York State Board of Regents, marking a significant milestone for the institution. The Board of Regents made the determination during its May 19 meeting, officially authorizing the...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Attorney Danielle Caminiti found a silver lining during the COVID-19 pandemic, channeling that unexpected time into creating a cookbook. The buzz it generated on social media caught the attention of a Food Network casting director, ultimately leading to her television debut. Caminiti, a Staten Isl

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An early morning fire damaged a two-story home on Darlington Avenue in Rossville on Sunday, according to the FDNY. Video posted by a passerby showed firefighters rushing to the home while flames shot from the rear of the structure, with both a first-floor and second-floor deck ablaze.

Geico is hauling a southeastern Brooklyn drugstore into federal court, claiming the pharmacy tried to squeeze more than $3 million out of New York's no-fault auto insurance system for a narrow set of topical pain products. The insurer says it already paid about $432,000 on those bills and wants a judge to declare it ow

A Queens jury has acquitted two brothers accused of attacking an off-duty cop during a caught-on-camera road rage beatdown, officials said Friday. It took the jury two hours to find Shawn Rivera, 30, and Edwin Rivera, 35, not guilty of assault, attempted criminal possession of a weapon, and obstructing government admin

Video captured flames erupting from a school bus that was lit on fire on 42nd Street near Eighth Avenue by the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

One person was killed in a shooting Saturday night in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood in Brooklyn. Police say they received a 911 call reporting a male shot outside of 101 Lincoln Road just before midnight. Officers on scene found a man with multiple gunshot wounds throughout the body. He...

Who says you need a car to explore the great outdoors? Saddle up instead. This massive forest preserve spreads across two thousand acres of pure New Jersey beauty. Trails twist through dense woods, open meadows, and quiet streams that make you forget any city exists nearby. Horses walk at their...