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Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. No one ever accused Kyon of harming her child. But for nine months in 2024, caseworkers from the city Administration for Children’s Services regularly visited her home, inspected her son’s body, looked through every room and searched her...

Air conditioning brings welcome relief from the summer sweltering heat, but a recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City caused by poorly maintained AC units has left 90 people sick and so far, killed three. It’s the largest occurrence in the city in a decade. According...

A man who was found dead outside of an Upper West Side building earlier this month has been identified by police. NYPD officials have confirmed to ILTUWS that the man who died after falling from The Gloucester, an 18-story co-op at 200 West 79th Street, on the morning of August 4, was 68-year-old Thaddeus Paszek....

MANHATTAN, NY – A 68-year-old woman was hospitalized after being shoved to the ground during a street dispute in Chelsea last Tuesday afternoon, as her attacker fled the scene on… The post Woman shoved to ground during broad-daylight dispute on 8th Avenue in Manhattan first appeared on Shore News Network .

HELL’S KITCHEN, Manhattan (PIX11) — A convicted felon is accused of choking and trying to rape a 21-year-old woman on a sidewalk a few blocks from Times Square, according to authorities. Anthony Smith, 37, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with attempted rape and strangulation in connection with the incident in...

In an ambitious push to address the city's persistent homeless crisis, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, alongside the Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park, declared a significant stride in assisting unsheltered New Yorkers find stable living situations, proudly announcing that the city has...

Mayor Eric Adams, facing a steep path to reelection, is bolstering efforts to reduce the number of mentally ill people on the streets and subways of New York City.

The 48-year-old victim was driving an MTA bus in New Lots last Wednesday night when he was attacked by the woman, according to police.

The NYPD is looking for a group of people who allegedly robbed a man of a $30,000 Cartier watch in Hudson Yards.

Hall Family/CBS News The 80-year-old former singer for The Platters was found on Wednesday after vanishing in Brooklyn on Friday. Sandra Hall, who performed with the legendary vocal group in the 1960s, was last seen around 4 p.m. near Atlantic Terminal after visiting the mall with her caretaker. Her family confirmed...