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Funeral services were held Saturday morning in Canarsie, Brooklyn, for 46-year-old Aland Etienne.

Wakefern Food Corp has announced it will purchase Morton Williams supermarkets, an acquisition that will combine two family-owned grocery businesses with deep roots in the Northeast. According to a press release, the New Jersey-based Wakefern will retain the Morton Williams name, and a wholly owned subsidiary will...

Three people were wounded during a shooting at New York City’s iconic Times Square, police said Saturday.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is a “rich person” hogging affordable housing from homeless New Yorkers — and it’s “time to move out,” ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote in a scathing social media post. Cuomo unleashed his tirade on X Friday alongside a video of the left nominee and frontrunner for City Hall openly...

The attack happened just before 10 p.m. last Sunday on Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem.

The city is expanding its affordable housing program for seniors by updating an existing initiative that provides flexible, multigenerational housing options for older adults. New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on July 30 said they have updated the Senior...

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. About 15 immigrants’ advocates were arrested Friday morning during a protest outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, which has become a flashpoint over immigration enforcement and the treatment of detainees. The protesters were taken...

A Bronx driver who allegedly killed a livery cab driver while speeding 77 mph in a 25 mph zone before fleeing the scene two years ago will now face justice — after her DNA was found on an airbag, the Bronx District Attorney announced Friday. Imani Williams, 36, was arraigned on Friday on second-degree manslaughter,...

Once again, using a cell phone to film rather than to call 911 appears to be the priority of at least one witness as a gang of teens stabbed to death 14-year-old boy on a Bronx playground in what authorities say was a case of mistaken identity. The mob of...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Cries of “Justice for Montrell!” echoed Friday afternoon in front of the 40th NYPD Police Precinct in the Bronx as family members and community leaders gathered to demand accountability for the tragic death of 2-year-old Montrell Williams. Montrell’s mother, Cierra Carroll, spoke publicly for the...