Jersey City Charter Schools Outperform Other City Public Schools in State Testing
Students at Jersey City’s 11 charter schools outperformed Jersey City Public Schools (JCPS) students on the 2025 New Jersey Student Learning Assessments (NJSLA), according to a report published Dec. 10 by a charter school advocacy group. However, the performance gap between Jersey City’s charter and traditional...
Baby Dies After Being Found ‘Covered in Blood’ Near His Mom, Who Police Say...
The baby's cause of death has not yet been determined
Dunkirk DMV employee: Some plates not being cut up
DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local woman battling cancer and fighting for her life is being bombarded by bogus toll bills from New York City and New Jersey. This has been the case for Denise Kaiser for over a year as she’s gone through chemotherapy. It’s been a very stressful situation. Call 4 Action is […]
Paterson man arrested in Wayne Avenue shooting
The police arrested a man on Monday in connection with a shooting that left a woman injured on Wayne Avenue. Imran Khan, 40, of Paterson was taken into custody on December 29, 2025, in Newark. Police said he faces charges of second-degree aggravated assault, third-degree aggravated assault, second-degree possession...
Tourist stabbed in leg outside Bryant Park in Midtown: sources
Sources told Eyewitness News the victim was a tourist from Canada visiting Bryant Park.
Gunman opens fire on crowded Brooklyn street before vanishing
BROOKLYN, NY – A quiet Saturday evening erupted in gunfire when an unidentified individual opened fire toward a group of people in front of 193 Sheffield Avenue around 8:35 p.m.,…
Explosive Audit Urges Dissolving Insolvent City Employee Health Fund
An explosive audit from City Comptroller Brad Lander recommends dissolving a fund that helps finance city employees health benefits, concluding that it is billions of dollars in the red after being tapped for years by municipal unions and mayors in labor bargaining. Declaring the fund “insolvent,” Lander’s auditors...
‘I didn’t want to die’: Teen recalls mass shooting outside of Sweet 16 party
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A teenager who almost lost her life outside of a sweet 16 birthday party is starting her long road to recovery. Brooklyn native Nubia Mann was an innocent bystander, one of several teens injured in a mass shooting on Sunday, Dec. 14. Mann, a high school junior, was shot three times, […]
Asian population in Manhattan’s Chinatown plummeted amid affordability crisis
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. The number of Asian residents in Manhattan’s Chinatown dropped by over 20% in the past decade despite an increase in the neighborhood’s overall population, according to a recent report published by the Asian American Legal Defense and...
Hourly minimum wage set to hit $17 in NYC, $16 in rest of state...
New Yorkers will see minimum wage hikes on New Year’s Day, with the rate rising to $17 per hour in the Big Apple, Westchester and Long Island while reaching $16 in the rest of the state. The $0.50-an-hour hikes will mark the third minimum-wage increase in three years and come as nearly two dozen states are increasing...
