New York City hospitals take step toward merger
A state panel signed off on a plan for Maimonides Health in Brooklyn to join NYC Health + Hospitals. Maimonides would get over $2 billion over five years. New York City and state officials have been pushing a plan for Maimonides Health to join NYC Health + Hospitals, and the planned merger has taken a key step forward.
9 Adults, 1 Dog Rescued from Motel Rooms Flooded with 2-3 Feet of Water...
Last weekend’s weather event brought coastal flooding and power outages and claimed at least one victim
NYC Lawmaker Wants to End Fines for Spitting After Arrest Sparks Backlash
NYC councilmember Chris Banks is preparing legislation to remove spitting from New York City’s litter rules following the arrest of Abdoulaye Traore in Brownsville for an alleged spitting violation. A Brooklyn arrest over an alleged spitting violation is fueling a new push to change one of New York City's...
Port Jefferson Station Steamfitter Dies After New York City Crash, Leaving Wife and Two...
PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY — A Long Island family is mourning Richie O’Brien, a 41-year-old steamfitter from Port Jefferson Station who died Sunday after injuries from a crash with a bicyclist in New York City last week. Friends said he suffered a severe brain injury and died peacefully with his wife, Ronni, at his sid
NYC man killed in freak accident after backpack got caught in subway doors
A straphanger was killed in a freak accident when his backpack got caught in the subway door during rush hour Monday night — and he fell onto the tracks, according to police. The unidentified man was exiting a northbound train at the Utica Avenue station in Brooklyn around 5:50 p.m. when witnesses said his bag got trap
Powerful winds topple huge tree onto Union County home, family escapes serious injury
The tree fell onto the house on Wilder Street after strong winds and saturated ground uprooted it.
Fresh proof that New York’s leaders are betraying our schoolchildren
CUNY graduation rates are falling fast — the fruit of the state Board of Regents’ war on standards with the city Department of Education’s eager cooperation. Across CUNY, graduation rates plunged about a tenth these last five years, a drop from 62% in 2022 to 55.6% this past academic year at four-year colleges and from
Mom sues N.J. school district after child suffers broken arm in alleged attack
The mother of a middle school student in Bergen County has filed a lawsuit against the Cliffside Park Board of Education, claiming her son suffered a broken arm when he was assaulted by another student. The child was participating in school activities on May 20, 2025, at Cliffside Park School...
WATCH: NYPD bodycam captures tense standoff after Bank of America exec fatally stabbed in...
Newly released NYPD body camera footage shows officers pleading with the woman they say fatally stabbed a New Jersey mother in Times Square to drop two knives and “just breathe” moments before police opened fire. Police released the video Friday, showing officers spending about four minutes trying to...
Woman Found Dead in Central Park Gazebo. Police Believe She Was Beaten with Wooden...
Jonathan Robles, 36, was arrested on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon
