Major crash closes both sides of Cross Island Expressway; 6 hospitalized
QUEENS - A major crash has closed a portion of the Cross Island Parkway in Queens this Labor Day Weekend. The FDNY said it first received reports of the crash around 10:15 p.m. on the Cross Island Parkway near 154th Street. First responders transported six people to the hospital, including...
Brooklyn man charged after 2 Palisades Park officers injured during arrest
Police say the 34-year-old resisted arrest during a suspected drunken-driving stop on Route 46.
After Being Buried Alive in World Trade Center’s Wreckage, Firefighter Had 4 Words for...
Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno was pulled from the rubble in Manhattan after being trapped for 13 hours
Man slashed in the face and torso in Times Square, police say
MANHATTAN (PIX11) — A 23‑year‑old man was slashed in the face and torso Saturday night near an office building on Seventh Avenue, according to police. He was taken to a local hospital, where he is in stable condition and expected to recover, authorities said. Police said the suspect is on the run and was last […]
Rap and hip-hop pioneer dead at 64: ‘RIP my brother’
Keith Caesar, best known as Keith Keith of the Funky 4+1, died recently. News 12 The Bronx reported his death and called him a Bronx hip-hop trailblazer. Caesar and the Funky 4+1 were the first hip-hop group to perform on Saturday Night Live. The group performed on the Valentine’s Day show in 1981, where they were intr
New York Man Accused of Throwing Crib Filled With Trash at 90-Year-Old
In a bizarre alleged attack, an unidentified man reportedly flung a crib containing trash at an elderly woman, knocking her to the ground. She was simply walking down a street, The frightening, unprovoked incident was captured on video by News 12. Per the New York Post, the 90-year-old woman was out and about "on busy
Acclaimed NJ distillery is leaving for NY, as the Garden State industry pleads for...
Gil Spaier, founder of All Points Distillery in Newark, says New Jersey's restrictions on the industry is forcing his business to move to New York. All Points West Distillery in Newark says a planned move to the Hudson Valley is unavoidable due to regulations strangling the industry. [ more › ]
Land of the freeloader: Number of NYC homeless shelters surged by 50% in four...
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
Woman sought following stabbing of man in Oakwood Saturday
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
State bailout brings $120 million to Jersey City as property taxes jump 15%
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.

















