Crown Heights residents reeling over rat and roach infestation in apartment building
Residents at 1245 Eastern Parkway say rat sightings have become a regular occurrence, with some claiming the rodents are unusually large and appear throughout the building at all hours.
Queens family grieves fallen solider: ‘Unimaginable loss’
NEW YORK (PIX11) — An Ozone Park family and community are in mourning after the death of U.S. Army Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad. The 28-year-old Queens native was killed Friday during an Iranian attack on a U.S. airbase in Jordan, according to the military. Rampersad’s mother and other family members were at Dover Air Fo
NYPD officer from Orangeburg to be laid to rest after unexpected death at 28
An Orangeburg family and the NYPD are mourning the unexpected loss of officer Ryan Thomas McDonald. McDonald died July 17. He was 28 years old. The Orangeburg resident joined the New York City Police Department on Jan. 29, 2025, and was assigned to the 34th Precinct. According to his obituary,...
Coffee Recalled in 2 States for Possible Botulism Risk
Don't store your cold brew this way, as a lesson that might wake up all coffee lovers.
La Festa Italiana returns to Downtown Jersey City August 5th through 9th
La Festa Italiana returns to Downtown Jersey City from Wednesday, August 5th through Sunday, August 9th at 6th and Brunswick Streets, boasting delicious dishes, frothy brews, and crowd-pleasing New Jersey bands. “People love this event. They plan days off, vacations, even weddings around these five days. It’s wonderful
‘Bedlam’: Rikers Island Can’t Keep Its Doors Locked
Within seconds, nearly a dozen teenage detainees pour out of their cells and converge on Kalief Browder. Surveillance footage from 2010 captures the relentless beating inside a Rikers Island housing unit. The attack was possible in part because the cell doors, like hundreds of others throughout the city’s jail system,
Crowded Uptown ER Spurs $63 Million Bed Shakeup at Columbia Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian is looking to pour roughly $63 million into an overhaul of inpatient space at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, reconfiguring existing units and adding medical-surgical capacity. Hospital leaders say the project is aimed squarely at easing chronic crowding in the uptown emergency departmen
Jersey City Council reviews $4M budget for ‘profoundly understaffed’ law dept.
The Jersey City Council held a budget hearing for the $4,059,803 allocated to the Law Department in the preliminary $886.5 million spending plan that comes with a 15.5 percent tax hike on Tuesday afternoon. Corporation Counsel Sarah Levine began by noting that the Law Department has 15 attorneys, which she...
New Jersey has 2 contenders for America’s best hotel restaurant
At Halifax inside Hoboken's W Hotel, the kitchen makes its own vermouth and sea salt from Montauk water. At Kuro in Atlantic City, it's Japanese whisky and fresh sushi. Both restaurants are in the running for USA Today's 10Best.
As Hudson County reclaims HCST CRC space, laid off workers still seeking jobs
As Hudson County reclaims the space previously occupied by the Hudson County Schools of Technology (HCST) for the Community Resource Center (CRC), the laid off employees of the former facility reminded electeds not to forget about them. HCST previously leased the space under a 13-year agreement from Hudson County until
