This Staten Island church is gearing up for its 100th anniversary celebration
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It’s a sunny Saturday morning in March with temperatures reaching an almost record-breaking high of 83 degrees and throughout Staten Island people are out mowing their lawns, sweeping their front steps and busily preparing their homes for the warm weather. At Christ Lutheran Church, it’s also a...
Dead fetus discovered in front of NYC apartment building
A woman walking on a Brooklyn sidewalk stumbled upon what looked to be the body of a dead fetus, PIX11 is reporting. The grisly discovery was made in the vicinity of an apartment building on Union Street in Crown Heights Thursday evening around 5:30 p.m., the report said. According to...
Cardinal Dolan celebrates mass as St. Clare’s marks its 100th anniversary| Inside Out
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As the Church of St. Clare celebrates its centennial year, a number of exceptional events are being formulated to commemorate the magnificent milestone. Last Sunday the church was filled to capacity as parishioners, community leaders and friends flocked to the Great Kills church to celebrate...
Man arrested for stabbing woman in her face at World Trade Center Memorial
Police arrested a man who stabbed a 57-year-old woman in the face early Friday morning at the World Trade Center Memorial, cops said. Just before 2 a.m. Amir Thompson walked up to the victim near Liberty St. and Greenwich St. in lower Manhattan and reportedly said, “I know you from somewhere,” before punching her and...
24-year-old fatally shot in front of Bronx home
Police want to know who shot and killed a 24-year-old in front of his home in the Bronx. Shots rang out on the 200 block of Quincy Street in Throggs Neck shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday. Jeremy Ortega was struck twice in the chest and raced to Jacobi Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. As tears spilled out in...
NYPD: 14-year-old girl charged with robbing, assaulting taxi driver in Bergen Beach
Authorities say the girl attacked the taxi driver Friday night in the parking lot of the Bank of America on Ralph Avenue.
Company Behind NYC Chopper Crash Is Closing Up Shop
The company whose sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River off New York City last week, killing all six people on board, is closing up shop, the Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday. The federal agency is also launching a probe into the firm’s license and its safety record. The decision came just...
Hochul’s homecare program havoc leaves workers unpaid as federal court steps in
ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul’s attempt to overhaul a costly Medicaid program is leaving homecare workers without pay and vulnerable people in jeopardy as a federal court steps in to try and mitigate the situation. A last-minute court intervention by non-profit Independent Living Center groups resulted in an agreement...
New Yorkers revolt against ‘toxic’ new neighborhood battery storage facilities as backlash grows to...
It’s the new not-in-my-backyard rage – and the latest blow to New York’s green energy agenda. New Yorkers are lining up in opposition to dozens of new lithium-ion battery storage facilities planned across the Big Apple and beyond, over fears they could spark toxic infernos in residential neighborhoods. Queens...
Gloomy weather New York & New Jersey strong thunderstorms Monday night & strong winds...
We are starting off the day with gloom & doom conditions but there is hope for some slow improvement fromt west to east as the day wears on. Low pressure is off the coast of Southern New England and rain is pushing northward into coastal New England and westward into Long Island and Southern New England. The rain is...