NYC Medical Examiner to provide free genetic screening to at-risk family members
The city's medical examiner will offer free genetic screening to at-risk family members of people who die suddenly and unexpectedly from disease.
Attacker who critically stabbed boy on NYC playground was just 12-years-old himself: cops
The attacker who stabbed a middle schooler at a Brooklyn playground and left him in critical condition was just 12-years-old, police said, as they charged the youngster Friday with attempted murder as a juvenile. The pre-teen suspect allegedly knifed fellow 12-year-old Khayell Dupree in the chest inside Betsy Head...
Brooklyn man charged with defrauding about 100 crypto investors out of millions of dollars
Prosecutors say 23-year-old Ronald Spektor of Sheepshead Bay ripped off his victims over several years through the huge phishing and social engineering scheme.
Adams stacks Rent Guidelines Board, jeopardizing Mamdani’s rent freeze pledge
Credit: Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photo Office on Flickr. With just two weeks left in office, Mayor Eric Adams has appointed four new members to the city’s Rent Guidelines Board, in an effort to block Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s push for a rent freeze. With these appointments and reappointments, Adams’ allies now hold...
Mamdani taps Mayor Adams’ housing czar for key deputy role
Leila Bozorg in 2018. She will serve as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's deputy commissioner for housing. Leila Bozorg will serve as deputy mayor for housing and planning in the new administration. [ more › ]
27-year-old man injured in stabbing at Brooklyn bodega in Kensington
The victim was stabbed once in the chest and once in the abdomen just before 11:25 p.m.
Girl, 14, Falls to Death from N.Y.C. Elite Private School
A teenage girl has died after falling from the Chapin School in New York City. On Wednesday, Dec. 17, police responded to a 911 call at the school, located at 100 East End Avenue, according to the New York Police Department. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 14-year-old female at the above location with injuries...
Federal judge lets Hasidic abuse whistleblower’s civil-rights lawsuit against NYC move to trial
(New York Jewish Week) — A federal judge in Brooklyn has denied a bid by New York City and the estate of former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes to throw out a civil-rights lawsuit brought by Hasidic sex-abuse whistleblower Sam Kellner, clearing the way for a jury to hear claims that top prosecutors helped...
New York’s religious hate crimes can be prevented through building bridges, city official says
NEW YORK (RNS) — After one year as executive director of the New York City Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, Queens native and Hindu Vijah Ramjattan feels hopeful. At a time of rising hate incidents against some religious and ethnic communities, Ramjattan’s aim has been to build relationships and education...
7 On Your Side Investigates: Fire Union hopes Mamdani will help get 9/11 toxin...
The union wants to know what City Hall knew about the 9/11 dangers and when they're hoping a new mayoral administration will help them get answers.
