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NEW YORK — A former staffer at a Brooklyn detention center for teens was charged Thursday with smuggling razor blades, weed and oxycodone into the facility for close to a year — once again highlighting a broader contraband problem at the facility, authorities said. Lymek Frazier, 33, a...

A 16-year-old was fatally shot in the head in Brooklyn on Saturday night – and his killer is still on the loose, according to police. Officials and members of the community gather at the scene. Paul Martinka Son of LA Crips leader and music executive Eugene ‘Big U’ Henley shot dead on Halloween An NYPD cop...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — The ongoing government shutdown means millions of New Yorkers have stopped receiving their SNAP benefits. Food pantries, non-profits and restaurants are stepping up with free meals to make sure New Yorkers have food on the table. To see a map of food pantries across the city, click here. In...

A New Jersey woman has filed a lawsuit against a Kia dealership in Passaic County, claiming a salesman used her personal information to steal her trade-in vehicle, which he slept in and drove for two months before he was caught. Laura Halen, 47, of Verona, claims in court papers that...

I have a column today in the New York Post on Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, and the “sexual harassment” accusations Mamdani played an under-recognized role in amplifying a few years ago, which eventually forced Cuomo’s ouster as governor. The column was prompted by Mamdani bringing along a woman named Charlotte...

Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced today that yesterday’s mobilization of city departments in response to the federal government shutdown and cutbacks, has yielded a temporary emergency assistance website at http://nwkAssist.com. The site is live with vital information, and will begin accepting applications on Monday,...

A Jersey City man has been arrested and charged for burglarizing two restaurants in Middlesex Borough over the summer, stealing $18,000 worth of wine and cash from one establishment, police say.

WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A New Jersey man who is accused of making terroristic threats against the state's governor was arrested in Wayne County on Friday, troopers said. Russ Semeran, 54, of Dumont, N.J., had active fugitive warrants for his arrest in New Jersey after allegedly making terroristic...

The line of customers vying for a booth in the stainless steel and neon-adorned eatery was much longer than usual. It snaked out the door, down the stairs and into the parking lot. It wasn’t a typical Saturday. It was the last Saturday at Miss America Diner, the revered Jersey...

A Brooklyn homeowner has lost his $900,000 property after New York City sold it over an unpaid $5,000 water bill. The home was foreclosed, auctioned off and sold to investors without 65 year-old Filmore Brown’s knowledge, reports ABC 7 New York. The 2019 bill, worth less than 1% of...