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A 41-year-old man was slashed across his left eye and right ear early Monday in Ocean Hill, and police are still hunting for the attacker who ran off on foot. Officers responded to a stabbing call in front of 171 Rockaway Avenue just before 2 a.m., and the injured man was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he is expect

NEW YORK — The New York City Department of Correction is mourning two veteran members whose deaths came one day apart, leaving the agency without a captain known for caring for colleagues and its longest-serving female correction officer. Correction Officer Noreen O’Connor, a 44-year department veteran, died Aug. 12...

The Staten Island mom shot dead in a suspected murder-suicide last week had dedicated her life to her young son – with “every hope she had for the future” focused on him, loved ones said in an online fundraiser. Dana Foley, 39, was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the torso shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday inside a ho

'Where's the money!' Bronx man says meetup with woman on Instagram ended in home invasion

PIERMONT, NY — Hayden Panettiere’s dad was just beginning to recover from his son’s death when his daughter died on Sunday , according to neighbors in his tight-knit New York community. Alan “Skip” Panettiere, a well-known figure in his Rockland County village, “retreated” after his son — and Hayden’s brother — Jansen,

A lottery ticket worth $250,000 for the “Quarter Million Ca$h” scratch-off game was sold at a convenience store in Hudson County, lottery officials said. The top-prize ticket was purchased on Aug. 16 at State News, 2984 Kennedy Blvd., in Jersey City. Two other top-prize tickets for the game...

The teen traveler was eating inside the fast-food restaurant on Eighth Avenue near Penn Station around 2 a.m. when he was suddenly attacked, sustaining stab wounds in his ribcage and back, law enforcement sources said

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a message for Amazon : Using delivery contractors to perform essential work is exploitation. City Hall’s message to itself? Just send us the invoice. City Council Member Tiffany Cabán’s Delivery Protection Act , which Mamdani has promised to sign, would require Amazon and others to employ last-

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today. As a candidate, Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to close loopholes that allowed landlords to limit compliance with the city’s landmark law capping building emissions. But later this week, landlords will have the opportunity to buy their way...

Flames ripped through the top floor and roof of a 10-story apartment building on Broadway near West 151st Street Sunday evening, injuring five people including four firefighters as crews battled the blaze into the night. The FDNY was dispatched to 3657 Broadway shortly after 6:15 p.m., and firefighters were seen workin