Delivery worker pay ignites firestorm after controversial new NYC tipping rule
New York City’s latest attempt to shore up delivery worker pay has set off a fierce clash between regulators, gig platforms, workers, and customers. A new tipping rule, paired with an aggressive minimum pay regime, is forcing apps to change how they nudge users to reward couriers and how they structure fees. The...
New York boy, 15, missing after traveling to NYC to meet someone he met...
The family of a missing 15-year-old Long Island boy say their son disappeared two weeks ago after going to New York City to meet someone he met through the online game Roblox. Thomas Medlin left the Stony Brook School around 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 9 and “ran” to the Stony Brook Train station, where he boarded a train to...
New York residents split $1 million lottery prize from scratch-off ticket
Two Bronx residents have claimed the top prize from a New York Lottery scratch-off game, splitting $1 million. Shiao Tan and Manesan In purchased their winning ticket at La Tiedita Dona Fide 2, a shop located in the Bronx. The pair won on the New York Millionaire scratch-off game, and each received $205,101 after...
NYC snow update: Latest models, updated totals
FOX 5 NY's Mike Woods has the latest on the snowstorm hitting New York City.
Dad shot dead after celebrating his birthday in NYC: sources
A dad who was shot dead after a night out in the Bronx celebrating his 43rd birthday, according to cops and a report. Keon Gill, 43, was fatally shot in the chest and an unidentified 35-year-old man was shot in the knee after the festivities at West 242nd Street and Broadway in Riverdale at about 2:50 a.m., cops and...
NYC deaths reported as snowstorm predicted to bring 10 inches, 16-degree temps
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed that at least five New Yorkers passed away since the weekend’s steep temperature drop began. In an interview with The Weather Channel’s meteorologist Jim Cantore, Mamdani said that while it is too early to say how these New Yorkers died, it “is a reminder of how...
Developer who owns 40-acre Calverton industrial site indicted in $8.5M pandemic-era loan fraud
A New York City real estate developer who owns industrial land in Calverton is facing federal felony charges alleging he defrauded multiple pandemic-era relief programs out of millions of dollars. David Ebrahimzadeh, 45, of Manhattan, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on one count of bank fraud,...
YONKERS MAN ARRAIGNED AFTER 13 COUNT INDICTMENT INCLUDING RAPE AND ASSAULT CHARGES
On Jan. 21, Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced that Gerardo Flores, 50 years old from Yonkers, was arraigned yesterday on a 13-count indictment charging him with the following:. • Rape in the 1st Degree. • Rape in the 3rd Degree. • Burglary in the 1st Degree- 4 counts.
‘Aggressive’ raccoon that charged at a group of people shot dead on NYC boardwalk:...
Police unloaded three bullets killing an “aggressive” raccoon after the animal charged at people on a Queens boardwalk this week, authorities said. Cops showed up at Beach 121st Street and Ocean Promenade in Belle Harbor around 9 a.m. Thursday after receiving a call of a “vicious animal” there, according to police....
Beloved hardware store gem closes after 80 years in NJ
After 80 years of service, the heart of Tenafly’s hardware community has taken a bittersweet turn. Let’s reflect on what made Benjamin Brothers so special.
