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Credit: (Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA, Sipa via AP Images) and (Evan Vucci/AP photo) After New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s Tuesday announcement that he will appoint an FDNY commissioner who never served as a firefighter, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claimed on Friday via X that “people will die because of this.”

The heroic officer was in the right place at the right time when his neighbors needed help.

Her mother and sister are being treated for smoke inhalation.

New York City, NY – A 1-year-old boy was seriously injured after being attacked by a pit bull on a crowded street in Union Square, Manhattan on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2025. The incident left the toddler with a deep laceration in his leg, shocking onlookers who attempted to pull the dog off the child.

A Black New Jersey Transit police detective has filed a lawsuit alleging she faced a pervasive pattern of discrimination at the hands of her supervisor. Det. Safiya Daniels filed suit in Essex County Superior Court on Dec. 15, claiming harassment and hostility from former NJ Transit Police Lt. John Sullivan,...

An 8-year-old boy was playing on ice that had frozen over a pond and landed in water that was chest-deep, unable to free himself. Police rescued him on Christmas Day.

Joseph Davicsin, a 46-year-old middle school teacher at Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30, was one of 12 people caught up in the sting. Upon learning of his arrest, the district said immediate steps were taken to ensure the Davicsin did not enter any school. Davicsin is no longer employed by the district.

A garbage truck crashed into a car in East Harlem early Tuesday morning, setting off a chain reaction that sent vehicles into sidewalk scaffolding — which then collapsed onto a 75-year-old woman, killing her, police said. The incident happened Tuesday, Dec. 23, just before 6:30 a.m. at First Avenue and 101st Street,...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – A 16-year-old boy was shot in the back Wednesday afternoon at an East Harlem public housing complex, according to New York City police. The shooting occurred…

Hou is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of his 76-year-old mother, Zhu Hou, whose body was found inside her apartment at the Knickerbocker Village complex on December 19.