New York

When the first Magnolia Bakery opened on a quaint cobblestone corner in New York City’s West Village in the summer of 1996, it was a simple neighborhood shop selling classic American baked goods. The sweet scent of cakes, cookies, pies, and pudding tumbled through the quiet streets, but it was the bakery’s appearance in Sex and the City in 2000 that officially catapulted it to stardom. Three decades later, the brand has over 40 locations worldwide and shows no signs of slowing down. Now, the ico

A retired NYPD K-9 is barking back to active duty — marking a historic first for Gotham’s elite four-legged crimefighters . Mahmoud, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois, had been enjoying retirement for about two months until his NYPD handler, Detective Kirk Boone, died of natural causes in July shortly after retiring, according to officials. NYPD dogs usually retire with their handlers because they’ve worked and lived together for so long. Mamoud, who was brought back from retirement after his forme

Manhattan prosecutors have indicted eight people accused of running a scheme that drained more than $7 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits from thousands of New Yorkers, using cloned EBT cards and fake deli accounts to siphon off the money between April 2023 and September 2025. The Manhattan District...

An Ulster County Judge has found Sullivan County in contempt of a court injunction intended to prevent the removal of residents from a care center. Ulster County Judge Kevin Bryant said in a decision published Friday, that the evidence shows county officials “intentionally took numerous actions” to transfer residents out of the Sullivan County Adult Care Center at Sunset Lake, which was home to 93 senior residents in August. According to court documents, no residents remain.

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Flu cases are rising sharply across New York state, including in Monroe County, as health experts warn that flu activity is starting earlier than usual this season. The state has declared the flu prevalent, with local data showing Monroe County’s case count is significantly higher...

On Thursday, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office filed charges against eight members of a network that allegedly misappropriated millions of dollars intended for beneficiaries of the food assistance program known as SNAP. The defendants face charges of conspiracy, theft, and identity theft, among others. The eight individuals were arraigned this...

The hits just keep coming. A madman’s five-minute reign of terror in lower Manhattan was just the warmup act for a revolving-door justice system that let him right back out to strike again, a terrified victim told The Post. The scrambled stranger punched a 28-year-old woman on Fulton Street near Water Street in lower Manhattan last month, then attacked two other women within five minutes before he was arrested, released and then allegedly went on to sock an 85-year-old man in the face the next d

Two firefighters are suing the city of Utica after both were suspended for marijuana usage, though both claim to have had a medical license for it. At the same time, a New York State trooper is suing the state after he was terminated for using marijuana recreationally and terminated even after a disciplinary board found only reason for a 90-day suspension. The two firefighters are suing the city after both were suspended after a random drug test found cannabis metabolites in their system. Accord

Two New York medical transportation companies billed Medicaid for rides to appointments that never happened and claimed separate trips when multiple patients actually traveled together. The fraudulent billing generated $3,434,730 in payments the businesses were not entitled to receive. Rohail Raja, 45, of New Windsor, was sentenced to six to...

Magaly Irizarry The shutdown is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Monday and last for nine to 12 days. [ more › ]