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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island vape shop was a target of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s biggest criminal vape enforcement in the history of the state. NYC Glass 718, located at 2655 Richmond Ave. according to their Instagram account, is one of the 12 physical stores that was included in the enforcement.

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. A Brooklyn man who died in NYPD custody at the Kings County courthouse Friday was visibly ill and had asked to go to the hospital hours earlier but never made it, according to his lawyer, sister and law enforcement officials.

The decomposed body of an unidentified man was found floating in a polluted waterway in Queens Thursday morning, cops said. The man – whose age was not immediately known – was discovered face-down in the Newtown Creek just off Malt Drive in Long Island City around 8:40 a.m., police said. Small Canadian First Nation...

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch touted the NYPD’s gang database as key in combating the rising gang violence in the Bronx — a tool that Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani has vowed to abolish. “Much of the violence of what we’ve seen over the last few weeks in the Bronx is gang-related — we know who the gang...

Police say the grandmother was caught in the crossfire of an apparent gang-related dispute.

They have a bone to pick with this crappy dog mom! A mystery pet owner apparently has been refusing to pick up her pup’s poop on the Upper East Side — so a barking-mad neighbor put up signs to shame her into cleaning it up. Fed-up residents are making a stink over the careless repeat offender, who most recently left...

NYC Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Lidde said every aspect of the incident will be investigated.

What, I’m supposed to be surprised that you found a gun in the Silver Lake Park reservoir?. That was the vibe among posters on Instagram after the Advance/SILive.com reported that a starter pistol and a pair of brass knuckles had been found in a suddenly dry basin of the Silver Lake Park reservoir.

Over a platter of tuna rolls on Wednesday night near Grand Central Terminal, a top New York executive’s phone wouldn’t stop ringing. “Have you heard the same rumor that I’ve heard about Adams?” he asked another power broker.

A Big Apple-based artist who allegedly attacked a passenger on a Southwest flight in a drunken rage flashed a smile as she showed up for her latest court hearing decked out in designer gear. Leanna Perry, 32, donned $1,700 Prada combat boots and clutched a $1,000 Vivienne Westwood handbag during the brief appearance...