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City lawyers have agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to settle lawsuits brought by the families of two men who died from methadone overdoses while jail staff ignored them on Rikers Island. The settlements come amid a sharp rise in claims and a dramatic spike in taxpayer-funded payouts by the Department of Correction.  In fiscal […] The post They Overdosed in Plain View on...

A man is accused of fatally stabbing his aunt’s husband in Jersey City on Sunday after a confrontation, authorities said. Kyshawn Foster, 26, of Jersey City, has been charged with murder and weapons offenses in the death of Kareem Mack, 47, also of Jersey City, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said.

An affordable housing lottery has launched for a new 14-story development on Atlantic Avenue in East New York. The 233-unit building replaced neighborhood icon Mrs. Maxwell’s Bakery and its parking lot. Included in the lottery for the project, dubbed 2700 Atlantic Avenue Apartments and located at 2700 Atlantic Avenue,...

A Sunday afternoon stabbing in Jersey City’s Greenville neighborhood has resulted in a murder charge against a 26-year-old local man, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello. Authorities have designated the death as the first homicide recorded in Jersey City this year. Key Takeaways. Kareem Mack, 47, of Jersey...

Anheuser-Busch has completed the $360 million sale of its longtime brewery site near Newark Liberty International Airport, marking the end of an era for one of New Jersey’s most recognizable beer facilities, CoStar News reported. The 87-acre property in Newark was acquired by Goodman North America Management, which plans...

There is a moving tribute on the homepage of People en Español to Yolaine Diaz, the 48-year-old fashion and beauty editor killed in the overnight fire.

Ahigjah Broomes has been convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, 20-year-old Akirah Townes, in a tragic case from 2018 that has left her family seeking justice for years.

BELLEVILLE, N.J. (PIX11) — Schools in Belleville were closed for a second day on Tuesday, as Sunday’s massive industrial fire keeps burning. Dozens of residents remain without power, and several businesses have low or no water pressure. Mayor Mike Melham said Tuesday that preliminary air quality tests have so far come back clean, but the […]

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Maykoll Lanuza-Morales, a 41-year-old man who allegedly stabbed a South Ozone Park man to death in his former girlfriend’s Richmond Hill apartment during the early morning hours of Sunday, April 12. Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond...

A 28-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with pretending to be a high school student after enrolling at a high school in the Bronx.