3 men wanted for robbing Sunset Park spa at knifepoint
Police are looking for three men who robbed a Sunset Park spa at knifepoint. The NYPD says the men entered Body Care and Beauty Spa, a 24-hour spa located at 772 57th St., just after 3 a.m. Sunday. Multiple people were held at knifepoint and ordered to lie on the...
Mamdani dodges questions on whether Chuck Schumer should be ousted, jokes how he looks...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani avoided answering questions about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's leadership during a podcast interview.
NYC resident among 10 people hospitalized with ‘severe’ illness after rogue injections of Botox...
At least one Big Apple resident was among 10 people hospitalized with “severe” illness in the US after injecting Botox bought from unlicensed sources through social media this year, officials said Monday. The victims, who ended up in hospitals between May and August, were saved with doses of botulism antitoxin after...
Demand for parole reform continues ahead of new year
With a little over a month until lawmakers return to Albany, lawmakers and advocates reignited a multi-year long effort to reform the parole process for elderly incarcerated individuals. Elected officials, prison reform advocates and formerly incarcerated New Yorkers rallied at Foley Square outside federal and state...
Obscure ‘December’ law bans Christmas tree sales to Americans until specific date
CHRISTMAS trees have taken over New York City sidewalks long before Santa even packs his sleigh and it turns out many of those evergreens are technically illegal. A little-known city...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani meeting today
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is meeting with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Tuesday. Adams made the announcement just before the two were set to meet at noon.
NYC’s child care voucher waitlist hits 10,000, leaving working parents in crisis
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Naomi Veerasammy and her 2-year-old daughter leave their Jamaica, Queens, apartment weekday mornings by 6:30 a.m. and head to the home of whichever friend or relative has agreed to watch...
NYPD report claims record-low shootings and historic drops in subway and retail crime
NEW YORK, NY – New York City recorded the fewest shooting incidents and shooting victims in its history through the first 11 months of the year, according to new NYPD…
Zohran Mamdani Makes An Unusual Move For A Mayor-Elect
The city announced it had reached a settlement in which Starbucks would pay workers more than $35 million for violating the Fair Workweek Law.
Anti-ICE chaos in Lower Manhattan is a sign of trouble ahead
If the feds and the Mamdani City Hall can’t come to some reliable understanding, Saturday’s chaos in Lower Manhattan will be just a taste of rising disorder that New York City really doesn’t need. The metro area is full of “professional protesters” eager to wreak havoc in the name of the lefty cause of the week, and...
