Teen drowns off Coney Island beach NYPD says
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. An 18-year-old man drowned near the Coney Island Boardwalk earlier this week, according to the NYPD. Police said they responded to Coney Island Beach after a lifeguard spotted the man and pulled him out of the water Wednesday....
TWU Says Necropsy Shows Carriage Horse Died From Sudden Aortic Rupture, Not Abuse
A preliminary necropsy conducted by Cornell University has found that Lady — the 15-year-old carriage horse who collapsed and died on Tuesday afternoon in Hell’s Kitchen — suffered from an undiagnosed medical condition that likely caused her sudden death. According to a statement from TWU Local 100, a gross necropsy...
Cuomo bashes ‘rich person’ Zohran Mamdani for hogging $2,300 apartment from homeless New Yorkers
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is a “rich person” hogging affordable housing from homeless New Yorkers — and it’s “time to move out,” ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote in a scathing social media post. Cuomo unleashed his tirade on X Friday alongside a video of the left nominee and frontrunner for City Hall openly...
Police searching for suspect accused of hitting man with metal pipe in East Harlem
The attack happened just before 10 p.m. last Sunday on Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem.
NYC Expands Senior Housing Program to Support Multigenerational Living
The city is expanding its affordable housing program for seniors by updating an existing initiative that provides flexible, multigenerational housing options for older adults. New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on July 30 said they have updated the Senior...
Bronx woman driving 77 mph in 25 mph zone indicted for killing cab driver...
A Bronx driver who allegedly killed a livery cab driver while speeding 77 mph in a 25 mph zone before fleeing the scene two years ago will now face justice — after her DNA was found on an airbag, the Bronx District Attorney announced Friday. Imani Williams, 36, was arraigned on Friday on second-degree manslaughter,...
Video Rolls as Teens Murder 14-Year-Old on Bronx Playground
Once again, using a cell phone to film rather than to call 911 appears to be the priority of at least one witness as a gang of teens stabbed to death 14-year-old boy on a Bronx playground in what authorities say was a case of mistaken identity. The mob of...
Jersey City Man Previously Tied to 50 Cent Burglary Charged with Rape
Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello announced that a 35-year-old Jersey City man was arrested on Friday, August 8, 2025, in connection with a sexual assault that occurred in Jersey City on Saturday, July 26, 2025. Richard Murphy, of Jersey City, is charged with aggravated sexual assault, burglary, and...
Bronx family of Montrell Williams files $60.5M negligence claim against NYPD
THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — The Bronx family of 2-year-old Montrell Williams, who died when his father allegedly threw him into the East River, filed a $60.5 million wrongful death claim against the NYPD for improperly handling the boy’s disappearance, lawyers said Friday. The boy’s mother, Cierra Carroll, and maternal...
Notorious NYPD cop killer David McClary denied parole — but his accomplice is up...
The state’s far-left Parole Board denied freedom for one of New York City’s most notorious cop killers – but the fallen police officer’s family is still fighting to keep his accomplices behind bars. Convict David McClary, a gangbanger who assassinated Police Officer Edward Byrne in 1988, argued for his freedom before...
