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A Hackensack corrections officer, Christopher Santana, pleaded guilty to taking bribes to smuggle contraband into Northern State Prison, facing three years in prison and a lifetime ban from public jobs.

42 years and still in DeNile, waiting for a real cleanup. After more than four decades, the Passaic River is finally getting some of the equipment needed to begin a cleanup that should have started generations ago. That is progress, but after 42 years, preparing the machinery is not the same as cleaning up the river.

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) — A gridlock alert will be in effect for large portions of Midtown during the United Nations General Assembly. Street closures were set to begin at 7 p.m. Sunday for the area surrounding the UN headquarters. Street closures for the UNGA NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said First Avenue will b

A police officer in New Jersey was struck by a driver while performing a traffic stop early Sunday morning, New Jersey State Police said. The Saddle Brook Township officer had reportedly pulled someone over around 4:30 a.m. along Interstate 80. Officials say an unknown car heading eastbound hit the officer and the grey

The USA Today wildfire smoke map shows that this smoke covers much of the eastern US. One factor is that the smoke is so light that people cannot see it. However, it remains a health hazard even at those levels.

The 29-year-old man who was shot and killed in Allerton Saturday night has been identified, according to the NYPD. Police responded to a 911 call for a man shot at the intersection of Cruger Avenue and Magenta Street at 9:19 p.m. When officers arrived, they found Jason Ferrer with a...

The Third Squad reports the arrest of a Queens man for a Burglary that occurred on Saturday, September, 19, 2026 at 10:18 p.m. in East Garden City. According to Detectives, a male victim and owner of Morning Delights, a restaurant located in the basement level of 666 Old Country Road, received a notification on his pho

Jersey City tenants declared a rent strike at five separate buildings on the city’s west side, alleging issues ranging from neglect, pests, and no on site building superintendent. “They just don’t care to fix anything. The kitchen floor is in awful shape. They put some screws in the kitchen...

The tragic teen killed by a truck while riding a Citi Bike on the Lower East Side was a twin who loved to cycle, according to a family pal — as an eerie previous photo of the victim on one of the two-wheelers surfaced. Daria Serkov, 15, was on a Citi Bike with a 13-year-old friend around 9 p.m. Friday when she was fata

Police are searching for an unidentified woman accused of approaching a 3-year-old girl in the...