Opinion: A Storm is Coming. The State Must Act Now to Make Basement Apartments...
“By refusing to include the hardest-hit neighborhoods in the revamped pilot, New York State is complicit in the ongoing danger facing these residents. Basement safety is not a luxury, it’s a matter of life or death and we need to right this wrong.”. On Sept. 1, 2021, Hurricane Ida...
Traffic law crackdown branded a ‘war on people’ after 6,000 dragged into court while...
A TRAFFIC law crackdown has been branded a "war on people" after 6,000 drivers were dragged to court and more hit with fines. The NYPD's new policy to crack down on bike traffic laws in New York City has left many frustrated. In the first quarter of the year only...
Sidney police arrest New York man in $57,000 fraud scheme
SIDNEY — The Sidney Police Department received a fraud complaint involving a large sum of money on July 24. After an initial investigation it was learned that the complainant was the victim of an elaborate scheme to defraud and had already lost approximately $57,000. The scammers were able to...
NYPD officer Didarul Islam killed in Manhattan shooting was father of 2
An off-duty New York Police officer assigned to a Bronx precinct was one of the 4 victims killed on Monday evening.
Truck driver spent 21 years creating a massive model of New York City out...
Is this NYC’s next top model? Joe Macken has spent the past 21 years painstakingly erecting an intricate 3D replica of New York City by hand — using nothing but balsa wood, Elmer’s glue and a whole lot of ingenuity. The finished product, unveiled recently in a viral TikTok video , features nearly a million buildings...
Mosquitoes on Long Island test positive for West Nile virus
More than a dozen mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus in Suffolk County, New York, health officials say.
Seniors in NYC are feeling lonely and struggling to pay bills, new survey says
An elderly person holds a walking crutch on October 11, 2024. The city’s Department for the Aging said four in 10 older adults had a hard time paying bills. [ more › ]
4 dead, including off-duty police officer, in Midtown Manhattan shooting: Officials
The suspect was found dead on the 33rd floor of 345 Park Ave., sources said.
Man, 27, allegedly bolted from NYPD car after arrest on Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A defendant accused of attempted robbery allegedly escaped from a police vehicle in the vicinity of the 121st Precinct stationhouse in Graniteville. Stefan Williams, 27, of Croft Place in Bulls Head, also stands accused of fleeing into the backyard of a home after an attempted theft.
SOHO ATTACK: Man pleads guilty to rape, choking woman he followed
A 32-year-old man pleaded guilty to raping and strangling a woman he followed in SoHo in 2024, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Monday.
