Baraka: Newark shouldn’t foot the bill for Essex county’s tax-exempt properties
Newark sits at the intersection of all major roads and transportation hubs in the metro area, and has long been the economic engine of the region. So, it makes sense that the County of Essex chooses to place its courts, colleges, social service buildings and parks and park offices in Newark.
A Bronx pizzeria owner’s sign to people eating from his trash: ‘Come inside’
A handwritten sign outside D’Romano’s Pizza promises a free slice and water to anyone who needs it. Owner Daniel Romano says he made the offer after seeing a woman take food from the trash — and now people across the country are calling to help buy slices for neighbors in need.
Two teens, 13 and 18, shot on NYC street
Two teenagers — ages 13 and 18 — were shot on a Queens street Friday evening, police said. Bullets started flying near 103rd Street and 39th Avenue in Corona at around 8:30 p.m., according to the NYPD. Two teenage boys were shot on a Queens street Friday evening, police said. Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock Coast Guard lieuten
1 dead after explosion and fire at NYCHA complex: NYPD
CROWN HEIGHTS (PIX11) — A man is dead after an explosion and fire broke out at a NYCHA complex in Brooklyn on Friday night, according to police. The fire was reported on the 12th floor of 162 Troy Ave. at the Albany Houses near Prospect Place in Crown Heights just after 7 p.m., fire officials […]
Three Armed Men Rob Four Victims Outside Chelsea Building, NYPD Hunts Suspects
Three unknown men displaying firearms approached three women and a man in front of 301 10th Avenue in Chelsea just before 1 a.m. Friday, robbing them of multiple items before fleeing west near West 27th Street, according to police. No one was injured in the confrontation, and no arrests have been made.
Public NYC hospital system merger with Maimonides takes power away from Orthodox Jews, rabbis...
After New York state regulators approved a proposed merger between Maimonides Medical Center and New York City’s public hospital system on Thursday, Orthodox Jewish leaders warned that the deal could cost the community control over a hospital that has accommodated Jewish religious needs for generations. A committee of
Crazed stranger randomly shoves woman onto NYC train tracks — then walks into psych...
A crazed stranger shoved an NYU security guard onto some subway tracks in an unprovoked attack in the Bronx Thursday – and later walked into a psychiatric clinic admitting what he’d done, cops and sources said. Lydia Zuniga, 65, was headed to work standing on the northbound No. 5 train platform at East 180th Street and
Male model cleared of charges in fatal punching of NYC straphanger as video backs...
A male model from New Jersey charged with delivering a fatal blow to a Penn Station straphanger had his case dropped Thursday — after video surveillance backed his claim that he was acting in self defense, Manhattan prosecutors said. The footage showed that suspect Nassadir Tate, 22, only slugged Eweka Johnson, 55, whe
‘Sympathy is no longer enough.’ United Bodegas of America demands change after recent shootings
The organization released a statement listing the need for panic buttons connected to law enforcement, mandatory prison sentences for offenders illegally carrying guns, as well as the legal right and training for workers to defend themselves.
Thieves break into several Brooklyn restaurants overnight
At 3:30 a.m. on Friday, surveillance cameras show a hooded figure breaking into a closed restaurant in Bay Ridge, looking around with a flashlight and rooting around the basement.
