Jersey City Council votes unanimously for ban on standalone data centers
The Jersey City Council voted unanimously (9-0) for a ban on standalone data centers in the early going of last night’s nearly six-hour meeting. “This ordinance still allows co-location data centers in the industrial area, in any area, in Jersey City,” began Stephanie Startz, who runs the Prevailing Sentiment Instagram
Jersey City Council appoints Sean Nolan new tax collector via rare 5-1(3) tally
The Jersey City Council appointed Sean Nolan as new tax collector, a role he served in for Passaic and Sayreville, in a close vote for a four-year term in the final hour or so of last night’s nearly six-hour meeting that again largely focused on budgetary issues. “I vote...
Port Charlotte man charged in NYC tourist stabbing
NEW YORK — A Port Charlotte man is under arrest in New York City, accused of stabbing a teenage Australian tourist multiple times.
ICE detains operator of boat that capsized in NY Harbor, killing mom and baby...
Manuel Hernandez could face deportation to his native country El Salvador. [ more › ]
Driver ejected after crossing median, triggering four-vehicle crash on Garden State Parkway
The crash happened on the northbound side of the parkway just south of Exit 136.
NYPD: New York City man, 55, missing from Queens
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 55-year-old man missing from Bayside, Queens. Crispin Brann was last seen leaving his home on 47th Avenue, near Bell Boulevard, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at about 4 p.m., according to the NYPD. Police describe Brann as standing 5...
10 Lost New York City Hospitals and Medical Institutions and What Happened to Them
New York City hospitals have stood on the front lines of epidemics, immigration, war, childbirth, public health crises, and some of the most important changes in American medicine. Yet the city has never been sentimental about buildings. Hospitals that once treated generations of New Yorkers have closed, merged, been d
Rape suspect arrested in Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, NY — A man wanted in connection with a rape in Pittsburgh was arrested August 20, 2026, by Pittsburgh police detectives with assistance from New York City police. Larry Pappy Johnson, 37, was taken into custody without incident by the Pittsburgh Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit and Special...
Woman Shot In Hand On Frederick Douglass Boulevard In Harlem, Police Say
A woman was shot in the hand and hospitalized following a shooting near West 142nd Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem, police say. The incident marks the latest in a string of gunfire along the same stretch of the busy Harlem corridor over the past several years. Details of...
Flash Flood Emergency Alert: 5 Inches of Rain, Tornadoes and Damaging Winds Slam I-95...
The Mid-Atlantic is under one of the most serious flash flood setups of the summer, with 32 million people from Virginia to New England facing dangerous storms
