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Are these extra school holidays too much of a good thing? For many NYC parents of public school students, the answer is a resounding yes. With Big Apple students now only in school for 176 days each year — with an especially long break for spring recess, currently in effect from April 2 to 10 — some parents are...

A routine night at Louie’s Pizzeria on Baxter Avenue in Elmhurst turned chaotic on April 1 when a man suddenly pulled out a box cutter inside the shop. Owner Louie Suljovic did not hesitate, throwing himself at the suspect and pinning him to the floor until officers arrived. His split-second move kept roughly 15...

Break out the coin purse. A new state law now forbids New York businesses from turning up their noses at cash — although hundreds of city shops continue to go cashless, while others are using creative ways to skirt the mandate. The new law falls in lockstep with one the Big Apple has had in place for years, to...

BRONX, NY — A long-standing neighbor dispute in a Morris Heights apartment building turned deadly Thursday night, ending with a 76-year-old man in handcuffs and his 21-year-old neighbor dead. According to the NYPD, Gilbert Smalls was arrested on Friday after allegedly confessing to the shooting of Justin Chatfield....

A new federal indictment charges an ex-NYPD sergeant and three others with corruption in connection with a probe of migrant-shelter contracts . But the alleged bribery and kickback scheme is just the tip of an iceberg in a city where corruption has become endemic, thanks to the abuse of eternal “emergency” contracts,...

News 12 obtained video that appears to show the moments leading up to the first deadly shooting on Bronxwood Avenue in Williamsbridge.

A Pennsylvania man who has been caught in a web of criminal charges is now accused of setting more fires at a New Jersey hotel.

With 967 job cuts just announced in Bayonne, Hudson Regional Health says the site is still undergoing transfer from the previous operator.

One of the things Katz's Deli is best known for is its towering sandwiches, but its employees sometimes stray from the menu with a delicious hack.

Activity at the Queens County Criminal Courthouse in Kew Gardens was abruptly disrupted on Thursday, April 2, after a mysterious white powder was reported inside the building, according to emergency officials. FDNY and EMS crews rushed to the scene, evaluated people at the courthouse, and started tests to figure out...