Video shows 2 masked individuals shove 500-pound safe containing drugs out of pharmacy on...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two masked individuals broke into a pharmacy in a popular Eltingville strip mall early Sunday morning, making off with a heavy safe full of controlled substances, police said. According to the pharmacy’s owner, the thieves spent nearly 30 minutes at the scene and took the...
Massive tree branch snaps off, crushes vehicle parked on Staten Island street
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A massive branch split off a tree and landed on several vehicles in Port Richmond on Monday morning. The incident was reported around 9:10 a.m. in the vicinity of Heberton Avenue and Ann Street, according to a spokesperson for the FDNY. The branch was so...
Domestic abuse suspect charged with attacking NYPD cop released without bail over DA’s objection
A Staten Island man was charged with kicking a woman during a domestic dispute and later attacking a cop inside an NYPD precinct during a two-day rampage — but was still cut loose without bail. David Caccavale, 37, was first busted for allegedly assaulting the woman inside a Rye Avenue home on Aug. 29, and is now...
Two Teens Shot In Jersey City At Car Meetup: Authorities
At 1 a.m., Jersey City police responded to Dey Street where more than 100 vehicles were gathered for a car meetup, Kimberly Wallace Scalfione, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office said. At 3:20 a.m., police responded to a call for shots fired in the area of St. Paul’s and Duffield...
Over 90 percent of court summons were dismissed without conviction, new report shows
New York City courts threw out over half of all criminal summonses issued in 2024, largely due to paperwork errors and legal insufficiencies, a new report released this week shows. According to a new research brief from John Jay College’s Data Collaborative for Justice, 69 percent of all court summonses...
Family of 2 Bayonne bros. who drowned in school pool will decline $14M settlement
The family of two Bayonne brothers who drowned in the Lincoln Community School on June 9th, 2022 will not accept an offer from the board of education to settle for $14 million, their attorney exclusively told HCV today. “Please take notice that pursuant to Rule 4:58, Defendants the Bayonne Board...
NYC gives out free laptops to students
NEW YORK (PIX11) – In an attempt to bridge the digital divide, 350,000 New York City Public Schools students in kindergarten through 12th grade will receive new internet-enabled devices for free during the 2025-2026 school year.
NYC park catering to hipsters and stroller moms now full of rats and syringes:...
A Brooklyn park popular with hipsters and stroller moms is being overrun by rats, mounds of garbage and even syringes left near where dogs and tots run around, furious residents told The Post. McCarren Park on the border of the trendy Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods has been plagued by the scourges since...
New Staten Island ShopRite will open this weekend: Here’s what we know
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Shoppers, get those coupons ready. The shelves at ShopRite’s newest Staten Island location are stocked, and the staff is ready to go. The brand’s fourth borough supermarket will officially open for business this Sunday, Sept. 14, at 9 a.m. “Our team looks forward...
Staten Island man, 23, indicted on murder charges in alleged hit-run horror in Brooklyn
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A West Brighton man has been indicted in a fatal pedestrian crash two months ago in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn, court records show. Juventino Anastacio Florentino, 23, faces a slew of charges that include murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated...
