NYC Public Schools extends winter break: Things to know
NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York City public school students are getting an extended winter break this year. Winter break will now run from Wednesday, Dec. 24, to Friday, Jan. 2. Students will officially return to the classrooms on Monday, Jan. 5. Students were originally expected to return for classes on Friday, Jan. 2,...
Feds target alleged East Harlem drug dealers, saying they can circumvent NY’s bail laws
Federal authorities seized multiple firearms during a raid at the James Weldon Johnson Houses in East Harlem on Dec. 11, 2025. Prosecutors say the men sold crack, heroin and fentanyl in the lobbies and stairwells of the Johnson Houses for years. [ more › ]
Five suspects wanted in Flushing schoolyard assault, robbery and stabbing of teen: NYPD
Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are still looking for five young Asian men who allegedly stabbed, beat, and robbed a 17-year-old boy in a schoolyard on the night of Sunday, Nov. 23. Police say the victim was in the rear of P.S. 020 John Bowne at 142-30 Barclay...
Drug Gang Besieged East Harlem NYCHA Building, Federal Prosecutors Charge
For more than three years, public housing tenants of the James Weldon Johnson Houses in East Harlem have lived in a state of terror wrought by a crew of narcotics dealers who transformed their NYCHA development into an open-air drug market, prosecutors alleged Wednesday. The dealers took over the lobby of one...
Exclusive: Harry Hamlin on Christmas traditions with Lisa Rinna and family plus joining Food...
Harry Hamlin exclusively told HELLO! about his naming to the Food Bank For NYC's inaugural Ambassador Council, along with Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, and Tracy Morgan.
Senior citizen sentenced to 4-years after shooting mugger faces the grim truth: ‘I might...
On January 14, Charles Foehner will begin serving a four-year prison sentence. Yes, New Yorkers, we can finally rest easy. We got him. And by him, I mean a 67-year-old man who poses no danger to society. Foehner is a retired doorman with the gift of gab, a devoted wife, and a habit of saying “groovy.” He spends his...
Why Are 50,000 New York City Apartments Vacant?
In New York City, making a profit on real estate has become increasingly difficult. Rent-stabilization laws built on the mantra that “housing is a human right,” a dysfunctional housing court, and myriad other interventions have driven thousands of units off the market, giving rise to the phenomenon of New York’s...
Ground is Broken on 1888 Studios in Bayonne
A groundbreaking celebration was held today in Bayonne to mark the beginning of construction on 1888 Studios, a 1.6-million-square-foot film and television production campus, set to become the largest such facility in the Northeast and one of the largest in the nation. Named after the year Thomas Edison patented the...
Gov. Phil Murphy on New Jersey’s Two Big Studios Competing for Warner Bros: “May...
It was way too cold to break any sort of ground today. Especially the kind still covered by a few inches of snow, and especially on the waterfront property framing the Kill Van Kull, the tidal strait that separates Staten Island, New York and Bayonne, New Jersey — the future site of 1888 Studios . Warner Bros....
Dog’s Walk In New York Leads To An Unforgettable Reunion With Her Long-Lost Littermate
Walking through New York City is always full of surprises. You never quite know what you might encounter, but you can be sure it will be something unforgettable. When Christie Navarre and her Cavapoochon, Lola, set out for a walk, they expected just a peaceful outing. What they didn’t expect was the unexpected...

















