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A Lyndhurst man who held police at bay for three hours the morning of Aug. 22, ultimately complied with police and was taken away for treatment safely after some serious negotiations with police, Deputy Police Chief Paul Haggerty told The Observer. According to Haggerty, the man, a Lyndhurst resident, climbed...

Florida campaign spotlights New York’s economic debate. A new billboard in the heart of New York City is putting Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the center of an unexpected economic message. The campaign comes from a Florida business group and highlights a growing debate over taxes, migration, jobs, and business conditions.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police are investigating a report of gunfire on Staten Island after officers responded to a 911 call late Friday night, according to the NYPD. The incident occurred at approximately 11:11 p.m. on the 200 block of Bradley Avenue, near its intersection with Westwood Avenue in Meiers Corners, police

Several arrests were made after two separate incidents at the Anime NYC convention at the Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan.

ICE was seen near Enrico Fermi School and Linden St, Yonkers, in the area of Poplar St and Linden St. This was the second person to write to me this afternoon reporting activity in the area, and now it has been confirmed. As it is near a school, please stay...

It happened around 11:45 p.m. Friday at the 14th Street station for 1,2, and 3 trains near 7th Avenue.

Retired NYPD Chief of Department John Chell, who was the highest ranking uniformed officer at the department until his retirement last year, promises cops will hit the jackpot if he’s elected mayor in 2029. “I would make this department the highest paid in the nation,” the longshot candidate, who’s running as an Indepe

A single-family home in Short Hills that sold for $3.96 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Essex County over the week of Aug. 10-16. The county saw a total of 211 residential real estate sales during the week of Aug. 10-16, averaging $921,717. The average price per square foot

A man on parole allegedly drove a half-million-dollar NJ Transit armored vehicle through a fence, across two cities, and left it on a residential street all before 6 in the morning.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— A Brooklyn man who authorities allege was a main supplier in a drug-dealing network that contributed to multiple overdose deaths on Staten Island was back in court Friday. George Ayoub, 27, of 82nd Street in Brooklyn, is facing 12 counts of criminal sale of cocaine, as...