‘Not gonna fly’: Low-income NYers priced out by MTA fare hike, advocates say
NEW YORK (PIX11) – An MTA proposal to increase fares across the board is seeing pushback from advocates, who argue that it will price out low-income New Yorkers. The MTA said while it understands fare hikes are never popular, they’re necessary to sustain the mass transit system and expand it in the future. Here’s a […]
NYC housing lottery applicants’ personal information exposed online
Hundreds of thousands of Housing Connect applications were publicly viewable online, including people's salaries, addresses and more.
NYPD: Cocaine allegedly tossed from window in raid on Staten Island; 5 people arrested
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police seized cocaine and heroin during a raid of a New Brighton apartment where they arrested two women and three men. Someone allegedly tossed cocaine out of the apartment in the 500 block of Richmond Terrace as officers armed with a search warrant swarmed the building near Jersey Street on...
NYPD Commish Jessica Tisch delivers emotional eulogy to slain cop Didarul Islam as thousands...
Fallen NYPD hero Didarul Islam embodied the “most New York story there is,” serving his adopted city “with steadiness, with heart, with conviction” — and giving up his life to protect it in Midtown’s mass shooting , Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in an emotional eulogy Thursday. The 36-year-old Bangladeshi...
Pete Davidson reveals some of his favorite Staten Island eateries during ‘Hot Ones’ episode
STATEN ISLAND, NY -- On Monday’s episode of “Hot Ones,” Pete Davidson sweated his way through a gauntlet of sauces and still managed to put in a word for his go-to sandwich spot on Staten Island. When asked where to find the best chicken cutlets on Staten...
Corruption probe of ex-NYPD Commissioner Caban is on back burner, official says
Then-NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban speaks at a press conference with Mayor Adams ahead of the Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2023. The revelation is further evidence that many of the federal investigations that engulfed Mayor Adams’ administration last year are on the back burner. [ more › ]
Reckless driver who allegedly struck, killed NYC car wash worker is busted 2 years...
A reckless Bronx driver who allegedly struck and killed a car wash employee – pinning him against a vehicle he was drying – has been arrested more than two years later, cops said. Trina Bryant, 32, was picked up at her home by the NYPD’s Warrants Squad Thursday afternoon in connection to the caught-on-video Feb. 19,...
Zohran Mamdani wants you to stop talking about how he hates police
Democratic New York mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani could have responded to the murder of a New York City Police officer in any number of ways. He chose to go the shameless route, pretending that he wasn’t using the death of a police officer to rewrite his history of hating the police. Mamdani held a press conference...
14-year-old whose mother was killed in Midtown mass shooting gives heartbreaking eulogy
Wesley LePatner, a senior executive at Blackstone, was laid to rest on Thursday.
NYC Subway Shock: Naked Straphanger Stuns Commuters in Bizarre Morning Incident
New York, US: The morning commute took a wild turn for New Yorkers on Tuesday as residents riding the 6 train were left shaken and bewildered after a man, completely unclothed, was caught on camera nonchalantly riding through the city’s bustling underground transit system. Early Morning Mayhem on the...