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If you’ve ever wished you could hire someone’s grandmother to cook for you, Staten Island has made that dream come true. Nonnas of the World Community brings together grandmothers from different cultures to create a dining experience that feels less like a restaurant and more like being adopted by multiple families at

While New York’s leaders have been cheering the city’s steady decline in murder , another indicator has been giving public-safety advocates pause. Homicides and shootings have been on a downward trajectory, but felony assaults exploded in early 2021 — and remain far above their pre-pandemic lows. The city has seen just

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Stapleton restaurant that drew attention last summer as the backdrop for a campaign appearance by then-mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani has since closed—and officials say it never obtained a New York City health permit. Istanbul Bay Authentic Mediterranean Restaurant, known as Istanbul Bay by...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. On Thursday, Amazon.com, Inc. founder Jeff Bezos reacted to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new government efficiency initiative just days after the two publicly sparred over whether higher taxes on the wealthy wou

Property taxes have always been part of the conversation in New Jersey. Lately, that conversation has grown harder to ignore. Residents across the state are opening annual bills and doing the math in ways that no longer add up the way they once did. These communities in particular are feeling...

Earlier this month, Costco opened its newest Garden State gas station at its warehouse in East Hanover. Located at 132 Route 10, the station features four islands with dispensers on each side, providing capacity for 32 vehicles at a time, according to station supervisor Matthew Fernandez. Fernandez said the location...

A Spain-bound United Airlines flight out of Newark turned around mid-flight on Saturday because a teenager named his Fitbit “bomb” and it popped up on available Bluetooth devices, officials and sources said. The plane took off from Newark Liberty International Airport at about 6 p.m., but landed back at Newark by rough

A restaurant rooted in Mediterranean flavors and inspired by Albanian and Kosovan traditions is opening its first location in New Jersey. Çka Ka Qëllu, owned by Ramiz Kukaj, will open at 322 Kinderkamack Road in Westwood. No date has been set for the opening. The restaurant’s other locations...

Assemblyman Gabriel Rodriguez (D-West New York) has abruptly resigned his $140,000-a-year job as an accounting manager for the West New York Board of Education after the superintendent of schools, Clara Herrera, got on his back for high absenteeism, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Three sources with direct knowledge

Evil David Huff, 44, smirked and giggled in court after fatally shooting his son and girlfriend in upstate New York.