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The number of homeless shelters across NYC exploded nearly 50% in the last four years from 333 to 499, as Gotham’s vagrant population doubled and its shelter industrial complex bled $4 billion in taxpayer money in a single year. Shelters set aside for single adults – which critics say are the most problematic facilitie

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police are looking for a woman of interest after a man was stabbed in Oakwood on Saturday afternoon following a verbal dispute. The stabbing occurred at about 3:01 p.m. at 1895 South Railroad Ave., according to an NYPD spokesperson. The police said they are seeking to speak with a white female who

Jersey City homeowners are looking at property tax bills jumping by roughly $630 this year. The city approved a 15.15 percent increase to cover a $255 million budget gap, more than seven times the state's two percent cap.

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! New York treats the eastern coyote (Canis latrans) as a protected furbearer species, not a domestic animal you can pick up from a breeder or rescue. That distinction shapes everything about whether you can legally keep one in your backyard, ga

A popular Jamaican DJ whose 25-year-old son was fatally stabbed in Brooklyn Friday night said he “couldn’t stop crying” when he learned that he’d lost his second child in a 16-month span. Michael Davey, a veteran dancehall artist better known as Powerman, said his son Christopher was headed to the laundromat for his mo

A 36-year-old New Jersey man was arrested after throwing a pocketknife at another person during an altercation at American Dream, authorities said. Troopers responded to the East Rutherford mall on Friday, Sept. 4, at about 9:11 p.m. on a report of an assault, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Le…

A captain and three officers were wounded after a person assaulted multiple uniformed staff members Saturday on Rikers Island, according to the New York City Department of Corrections. Officials say it happened at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center just before 12:30 p.m. The captain and officers were injured while att

A 42-year-old truck driver from Manchester, New Hampshire, was killed early Wednesday when his 18-wheeler slammed into another tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder of westbound Interstate 84, right at the New York-Connecticut state line. The crash near an off-ramp just east of the Putnam County border snarled traffic

Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order recognizing 9/11 Friday — and then gave the symbolic pen to his controversial aide who once represented an al-Qaeda terrorist with links to the attack on the Pentagon. Administration officials were gathered at City Hall for a pair of executive orders — ahead of the 25th an

Patients at several New York City public hospitals are waiting far longer than federal standards to move from emergency departments into inpatient beds, with Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn reporting some of the longest delays, according to The City Reporter. From January through May 2026, patients at Kings Co