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The Latino population across the New York metropolitan region has grown dramatically over the past two decades, but new research shows the biggest shift is happening outside New York City. A report released by the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center found that...

One of New York’s largest nonprofit homeless shelter service providers is charged with violating federal labor law by threatening to permanently replace IT workers on strike since November, according to new charges filed Wednesday. United Auto Workers Local 2325 accuses CAMBA Inc. of failing to bargain in good...

Certain restaurants never try to follow trends. They keep doing what they have always done well, and people keep coming back for it. In one old fashioned restaurant in New York, the real star of the menu has been the same for years. The place has that comfortable, lived in...

New York State Police are asking for the public’s help after thieves made off with approximately 60,000 pounds of shelled walnuts from two commercial trailers in the Bronx. The theft occurred Monday, March 2, in the Hunts Point area, where palletized boxes of packaged walnuts valued at approximately $50,000 were...

A New York minimum wage proposal could dramatically raise pay for workers across the city. A new plan would increase the wage floor from $17 to $30 an hour over several years. Supporters say the move targets New York’s rising cost of living. New York leaders push plan for...

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — Don’t miss your chance to enter an affordable housing lottery that offers apartments for sale as low as $14,818. The lottery closes on March 16. The units are available at the Mitchell-Lama Arvene Limited Profit Housing Corp. at 3-53 Beach 57th Street in Queens.

Student parents attending Nassau Community College may soon have greater access to child care as part of a statewide expansion announced this week by Kathy Hochul aimed at supporting adult learners across the State University of New York system. Hochul said the initiative will expand child care services at 11...

NEW YORK STATE (WRGB) — A Texas-based DNA lab helped get answers in two New York state cold cases this week. One was the case of Nassau County resident Barbara Waldman, who was found murdered in her Oceanside home on January 11, 1974. The case was investigated and a composite sketch was released. Over the following...

A report from the National Weather Service was issued on Wednesday at 9:54 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 10:45 p.m. for Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens as well as Putnam, Westchester and Nassau counties. Residents can expect wind gusts of up to 40 mph. "At 9:54 p.m., Doppler radar tracked...

A curious fox stows away on a cargo ship, and now it’s adjusting to life at the Bronx Zoo. Talk about an adventurous spirit!