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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced July 14 that a Bronx man, Juan Valoy, 47, pleaded guilty to stealing around $25,000 from three victims through an apartment rental scam. He said Valoy pleaded guilty in New York State Supreme Court to one count of grand larceny in the third degree. Under the ter

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Following a day of extreme heat, severe thunderstorms are making their way through the city on Wednesday. A severe thunderstorm warning has expanded to include the entire. Warnings are also in effect for parts of Northeastern New Jersey and Nassau County on Long Island.  The warning is in effect unti

A former NYPD cop pocketed more than $100,000 in state disability benefits — while running a training business and posting weightlifting videos online, state prosecutors said. Raymond Phillips, 40, of Huntington, put in for disability in 2018, claiming he hurt his arm while weightlifting and couldn’t work — but kept po

If you sit down at a local bar and ask someone where to find the best pizza in Jersey City, you better be ready for a long conversation. This city takes its pizza seriously, and for good reason. Sitting just across the river from Manhattan, Jersey City has developed a...

Illustration by Elizabeth Romage / SOC Images. Editor’s Note: This article was updated to include that July 15’s council meeting will be voting on the introduction of a 15.5% increase, according to a city official who reached out to Slice of Culture. John Q., who’s better known by...

The bustling Metropolitan Museum of Art and several pricey Manhattan prep schools are among dozens of new buildings to test positive for the bacteria behind the growing Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side. The buildings are among 76 that the New York City Health Department has ordered to thoroughly cl

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — City officials are warning New Yorkers that air quality will worsen on Wednesday due to a combination of elevated ozone levels and wildfire smoke moving into the region from Canada. Smoke from wildfires may result in hazy skies and low visibility, according to the National Weather Service. New Y

Disabled Upper West Side residents are suing to block the city’s controversial redesign of West 72nd Street , escalating the battle over a planned protected bike lane there that locals have fiercely opposed. The complaint, filed Friday in Manhattan federal court, names seven plaintiffs — including a blind woman — who l

Bed bugs are still causing problems across New York. Syracuse, Buffalo and NYC all ranked among the cities with the most bed bugs.

New York’s flea markets run the full spectrum, from meticulously curated vintage in Manhattan lofts to sprawling outdoor fields upstate where you genuinely never know what you’ll find next. The city’s density means that even a two-block market can pack in more variety than a warehouse-sized event somewhere...