The 2025 Trailblazers in Arts & Culture
New York’s arts and culture scene is made up of world-class museums, renowned theater productions, unparalleled music and dance performances, and treasured green spaces. It features venerable institutions – the American Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and The Juilliard School, to...
Three Finalists Make Last-Push for New York City Casino Licenses
There are still three proposals in the running for the downstate New York casino licenses, and each group is trying to win the support of local leaders, unions, and state officials. These projects will build casinos, hotels, performance venues, and jobs at their chosen sites, boosting tax revenue for the state. The...
Carmel Man Wins $1 Million on N.Y. Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket
A Carmel resident, Devone Cerreiro, is celebrating a major win after claiming a $1 million prize from the New York Lottery’s VIP Millions scratch-off game, officials announced. Cerreiro chose the lump-sum payment option, receiving $651,010 after required tax withholdings. He purchased the lucky ticket at Ali’s Lucky...
An Independent CUNY School of Medicine
On November 19th, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the CUNY School of Medicine has become an independent college within the City University of New York (CUNY) system. The CUNY School of Medicine was formerly a constituent school of The City College of New York (CCNY) and it is now...
The Erie Canal is a highway for invasive species. They’re threatening NY’s waterways
The opening of the Erie Canal was touted as an incredible achievement of human ingenuity, a 363-mile engineering marvel built 200 years ago. When Gov. DeWitt Clinton completed his journey from Buffalo to New York City on Oct. 26, 1825, the ceremony featured a “comingling of the waters” between the Great Lakes and the...
DoorDash waiving fees for some SNAP recipients amid government shutdown
NEW YORK (PIX11) — DoorDash will do its best to help SNAP recipients through an emergency food response program as the government shutdown continues. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday that SNAP benefits will not be issued starting Nov. 1 due to the ongoing shutdown. Through its Project DASH program,...
National Grid must pay 2 workers a total of $3.1M for denying them...
The National Grid gas company must pay a total of $3.1 million to two ex-workers with health issues for rejecting their requests to continue working from home after the pandemic, a Brooklyn jury has ruled. The utility firm, which has millions of customers in New York, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, as...
NY gets $30M emergency funding amid government shutdown
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Some $30 million in emergency funds will help keep New York’s food pantries stocked during the government shutdown, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced earlier Monday that SNAP benefits will not be issued starting on Nov. 1 due to the government...
Buried In Upstate New York. Do You Know Their Incredible Stories?
This gallery tells the amazing (and little known) stories of 9 Americans buried in Upstate New York
NAACP holds rally in support of New York Attorney General Letitia James
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — The NAACP held a rally on Sunday in Brooklyn in support of New York Attorney General Letitia James, days after being arraigned on federal charges. Letitia James spoke to supporters, making it clear she’s fighting back, saying, “I want to thank all of you for having my back because I didn’t […]
