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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday declared a state of emergency for the Big Apple and much of the rest of New York thanks to a suffocating heatwave set to shatter 125-year-old records. Deadly thunderstorms and flash flooding were already rocking upstate over the weekend, and a days-long heatwave stretching across the...

They’re on a mission to put the city’s vermin problem to bed. The Adams administration is unleashing an $877,000 rat death squad to find the rodents, gas them to death with carbon monoxide and bury them in and around the Big Apple’s 600,000 tree beds. Francis Fernandez, an exterminator for NYC Parks (left) and NYC...

Rats in the city are inevitable, and for many residents across America, dodging them on morning walks or spotting them running along a subway track is an everyday occurrence. A new study, based on an annual report by Orkin, sheds light on the US cities with the most rat sightings. Orkin compiles its list by analyzing...

BRIDGETON — One of the four escapees from Delaney Hall attempted to turn himself in to the New Jersey State Police last week but was turned away, according to federal authorities. On June 12, Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada and three others broke out of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

For more than six decades, Byron Neal has been a quiet force of warmth and resilience in the Park Slope community of Brooklyn, New York. With a shoeshine brush in hand and a heart full of gold, Neal has become a neighborhood icon, not only for his craft, but for his unwavering spirit in the face of adversity.

Wawa has filed a lawsuit against the city of Garfield over a municipal law that prevents the convenience store and gas station from operating 24 hours per day. Wawa, which opened its city location in 2015, argued that its “business and goodwill will be irreparably harmed” if it is not able to be open 24 hours a day,...

Patrick Alford Jr., 7, seemingly vanished without a trace from his foster mother's Brooklyn apartment in 2010.

An 88-year-old woman had her two front teeth knocked out by a deranged brute who randomly punched her in the face while walking through Times Square, according to the NYPD. Carly Marder, 88, was minding her own business walking near 35th Street and 7th Avenue when a 30-year-old man slugged her in the face without any...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – New York is on “high alert” after U.S. military strikes in Iran, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Sunday morning. The MTA and Port Authority have activated counterterrorism protections, Hochul said. “We are not aware of any specific or credible threat to New Yorkers. However, given New York’s...

Temperatures will be life-threatening for vulnerable groups, officials warn.