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Isaac Wright was arrested on May 15, 2025, during the opening of his first solo exhibition, 'Coming Home,' at the Robert Mann Gallery in New York City. The arrest stems from a 2024 incident where Wright illegally climbed the Empire State Building spire to capture a photograph now featured in the exhibition.

If you’re flying through Newark this summer, expect fewer flights.

A woman is in critical condition after she was brutally beaten on Randall's Island. FOX 5 NY's Arthur Chi'en has more.

In this FOX 5 News Block, heavy rain is set to drench the New York City area just ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. Also, the latest in the sex trafficking trial against Sean "Diddy" Combs, including testimony from clinical psychologist Dr. Dawn Hughes, who specialized in trauma and abuse.

THE BATTERY, Manhattan (PIX11) — Two New York City Councilmembers will introduce legislation next week to try to crack down on ticket vendors who target tourists. Councilmembers Keith Powers and Chris Marte’s bill would require licenses for ticket seller operators, instead of individual sellers, and establish...

There was a somber gathering just below the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday night, as members of the New York Mexican community remembered two sailors who died in last weekend's ship crash.

Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Norma Fernandez is touting the New Jersey Department of Education sustaining 36 of 42 charges against former Business Administrator Dr. Regina Robinson. “Her behavior really was unbecoming, they were the types of behaviors that allow the public to think that public education...

At 2;43 a.m., the Jersey City Fire Department responded to a person stranded nearly 100 feet down on a bridge support beneath the Pulaski Skyway, the city shared on its official Instagram account. Using an advanced rope rescue system and the Arizona Vortex device, crews worked together to safely reach...

The 2019 murder conviction of a Jersey City man has been thrown out by an appeal court that ruled police violated his constitutional rights during an interrogation. Jeffrey T. Harley had been serving life in prison without parole in the 2016 killing of his 81-year-old neighbor, Lucila Cardenas Viejo, in her apartment.

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled against Jersey City in its long-standing dispute with several Morris County towns over who should pay for regional sewer system costs. The ruling, issued Tuesday, means Jersey City must keep paying for the sewer system, even though it no longer uses it for drinking water protection.