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Some New Yorkers will be ringing in the New Year with a raise. Across the state, the minimum wage is increasing by 50 cents on January 1, 2026, the same amount it rose at the beginning of 2025. In much of New York, include CNY, the minimum wage will increase...

DOWNTOWN — Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang, announced that six individuals have been indicted for submitting fraudulent loan applications and forgiveness requests for fictitious businesses between April 2021 and October 2022. The defendants, all...

A Brooklyn man has claimed a $1 million prize off a winning scratch-off ticket. Roman Klym won via the New York Lottery’s VIP Millions scratch-off game, lottery officials announced. Klym opted to receive a one-time lump sum payment totaling $612,251 after required withholdings, according to officials. The winning...

A coastal storm system will bring precipitation to Staten Island on Tuesday, with mainly rain expected for the borough. The National Weather Service indicates temperatures will rise overnight Monday, reaching the 40s by Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service, precipitation will begin early Tuesday morning...

Pay for workers in Manhattan jumped more than 10% in the first quarter of 2025, which ranked among the biggest increases nationwide, according to federal data. Average weekly wages in Manhattan, also known as New York County, increased 10.6% during the first quarter of the year, when compared with the same period in...

Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel a year ago, returned to court today for the start of a pretrial hearing in his New York state murder case. He entered the courtroom wearing a jacket and dress shirt and smiled while conferring...

The more than a decade-long-effort to bring casino gambling to New York City is now one final step closer to becoming a reality.

NEW YORK (PIX11) — And now, the end is near for the remaining New York City casino applicants. The New York Gaming Facility Location Board will meet on Monday to vote on who should be awarded casino licenses to operate in the state of New York. There are three remaining applicants in the mix for […]

Under the new system, pushing the handle from inside triggers an alarm that sounds for 15 seconds before the door unlocks.

Picture two children with the same abilities but different upbringings. One is taught that if he wants something, he has to work for it. The other gets more allowance each year, no matter how well or badly he behaves. Which child will grow into a more resilient, capable adult? Local governments are much the same....