Students anticipate concerto at LaGuardia High School
LaGuardia High School students have shown serious anticipation for their annual concerto. The vast majority of students were fully remote...
United States
Romance novelist on trial for murder
Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill charged Nancy Crampton-Brophy, 71, with one count of murder with a firearm in September...
President Biden cracks down on ‘ghost guns’ with new rule to tackle gun violence
President Biden and the Justice Department announced new steps Monday aimed at combating gun crimes, including a rule targeting the...
NYC’s budget to speed up tax relief for lower income homeowners
More than 6 million middle-income taxpayers in New York are set to receive a faster tax rate reduction as part...
NYC mayor declares Juneteenth paid holiday for city employees
Juneteenth will be a paid city holiday this year for the first time in the five boroughs’ history, Mayor Eric...
Middle school teacher arrested for disrupting FSA testing
Port Orange police officers were called to Creekside Middle School for a disturbance allegedly caused when a Florida middle school...
Self-induced abortion: Texas woman indicted on charge of murder
One Lizelle Herrera was arrested Thursday and remained jailed Saturday on a $500,000 bond in the Starr County jail in...
About 30000 city doormen threaten to walk off the job
The city's 30,000 doormen, supers, and handymen are threatening to walk off the job if the Realty Advisory Board doesn't...
No injuries reported after manholes catch fire near Times Square
A thunderous manhole blast sent panicked crowds in Times Square sprinting for safety on Sunday evening — but no one...
Eric Adams, N.Y.C.’s mayor, tests positive for the coronavirus.
Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, tested positive for the coronavirus Sunday, his 100th day in office, the mayor’s...
NYC Mayor makes a plea for mayor control in NYC schools
Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday urged state lawmakers on Sunday to pass legislation allowing him to continue managing New York...
Court sentences man to 375 years in prison for 3 counts of murder
Jurors in Essex County deliberated for less than two hours last month before convicting 31-year-old Jeremy Arrington of three counts...
NYPD seeks suspect who tried to lure girl in Manhattan
According to authorities, a girl who was walking near East 5th Street and Avenue C in Alphabet City at around...
NYPD arrests suspect on charges of murder, attempted murder in shooting near Bronx school
New York Police Department (NYPD) officials announced the arrest of Jeremiah Ryan on charges of murder, attempted murder and criminal...
NYC Mayor erected a new specialized school in each district
Mayor Eric Adams floated building five new specialized high schools, one in each borough, with admissions criteria beyond standardized tests,...
Borelli to introduce bill calling on Adams to rehire NYC workers who were fired over vaccine mandate
A Staten Island pol is amassing City Council support to formally demand Mayor Eric Adams rehire the 1,430 municipal employees...
Federal students loan pause affected more than 2 million New Yorkers
More than 2 million New York student loan borrowers are among the 43 million people nationwide benefiting from the Biden...
Girl dies, two injured in shooting near South Bronx High School
Police said a trio was shot while walking on East 156th Street near South Bronx High School after two people...
Vaccine mandate: Montclair State University student express concern over change in requirements
Jared Vigil, a student of Montclair State University has shown worries he will soon no longer be allowed to live...
NYPD arrests two men charged in stray-bullet shooting in the Bronx
On Friday, the New York Police Department (NYPD) arrested two men who were charged in the stray-bullet shooting death of...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams talks about his first 100 days in office
Mayor Adams said he’s been working around the clock to improve the city that never sleeps. “It’s not a 9-to-5...
Oversight Committee urges NYC Mayor to address mental health crisis at Rikers Island
Six months after the powerful House Oversight Committee began investigating the sprawling Rikers Island complex, its chairwoman and two other...
Eric Adams wants to drop NYC toddler mask mandate ‘within a week’ as parents protest
Mayor Eric Adams hopes to lift the city’s mask mandate for toddlers “within a week or so,” but his decision...
NYC after-school program to help students with disabilities catch up following COVID disruptions
The special education recovery program was pitched as a cornerstone of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to help students...
Summer jobs for all — except NYC’s undocumented youth
The city’s Summer Youth Employment Program, or SYEP, is the largest of its kind in the country, offering job and...
New York’s $7 billion deal could pave the way for universal child care
Lawmakers must vote to approve the budget deal pledged by Gov. Kathy Hochul — a historic $7 billion in child...
Barney Greengrass dining shed destroyed in string of UWS fires
The FDNY put out a spate of small fires on the Upper West Side early Thursday morning, including one that...
Donald Trump should be held in contempt of court – NY attorney general
The New York State attorney general, Letitia James, filed a motion on Thursday asking a judge to hold Donald J....
Gov. Hochul announces ‘conceptual’ deal on $220 billion New York state budget
New York will devote billions of dollars to help families pay for child care, boost health care worker wages and...
He’s taking it one day at a time — says Mother of 4-year-old boy who fell from window in the Bronx
The 4-year-old boy who fell out a sixth-story window is now recovering from his injuries at a hospital after Tuesday's...
NYC Jobs: Mayor Adams launches new initiative
On Wednesday in East New York, Brooklyn, New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched his new CARE strategy. The mayor...
NYS budget concerns loom over child care funding
New York State officials are considering a plan that would provide child care support for families that earn 300% above...
D.C. elections board says tipped-wage initiative can appear on ballot, but later than expected
The D.C. Board of Elections gave preliminary approval for a question to be placed on the November ballot asking voters...
NYPD announces citywide crime statistics for March 2022
New York City recorded fewer homicides last month than it did in March 2021, but overall crime rose by nearly...
Adams says he had no role in firing NYC lawyer who confronted him over toddler masks
Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday stood by the New York City Law Department's decision to fire an attorney who interrupted...
Bronx man sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for stabbing ex-girlfriend
On Tuesday, a Bronx man was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for a monstrous 2018 assault. Wilson Rojas busted down...
NYC low-income tenants run out of lawyers as eviction cases increase
Public defender groups have lamented that they’ve run out of lawyers to represent low-income tenants. This is after a long-dreaded...
Elon Musk secures a board seat at Twitter
Elon Musk has been named to Twitter’s board of directors after buying up 9.2% of the social media site’s stock,...
Innocent bystander fatally shot in front of Bronx grocery store
A 61-year-old woman died after she was shot during a dispute between two groups on a Bronx street Monday night,...
Incoming NYC subways and buses chief Richard Davey talks safety, reliability and baby strollers on buses
The incoming president of MTA New York City Transit, Massachusetts transportation executive Richard Davey, has said his first-day priorities for...
Council members and advocates debate changes to salary disclosure law
Business group leaders and advocates for pay equity sought to sway City Council members in a hearing Tuesday on the...
Flood sensors to provide real-time information on local flooding in 50 neighborhoods around NYC
On a crisp, cloudless day earlier this year Ricardo Toledo-Crow went for a stroll in Van Cortlandt Park in the...
Innocent bystander killed in the Bronx
Juana Esperanza Soriano De-Perdomo, 61, of East 145th Street, was struck by a stray bullet at about 7:07 p.m. in...
NYPD reports attack on Indian tourist in NYC
Singh - a tourist visiting from India - was left bloodied from the attack but was able to walk back...
FDNY reports zero injuries as smoke-filled subway train hit object in tunnel
At a press conference, FDNY Deputy Chief Francis McCarthy said a Manhattan-bound 7 train ran over the unidentified object shortly...
Chancellor Banks hints at relaxation of extracurricular vaccine mandate for prom
Schools Chancellor David Banks has hinted at relaxation of extracurricular vaccine mandate just in time for prom at a recent...
DOE reports 40% rise in absenteeism in NYC public schools
The citywide rate of chronic absenteeism among New York City (NYC) public-school students has risen to a staggering 40 percent....
Crew laundered millions in cartel cash across NYC
The sight of the state trooper’s flashing lights was enough to send Shaui Sun into a panic as the Queens...
Republican governor blasts Trump as ‘crazy’ during Washington roast
The Republican governor of New Hampshire has dismissed former President Trump as “f–king crazy” during a monologue at the elite...
Teen busted in death of good Samaritan in New Year’s day subway platform clash
Members of the NYPD Bronx Warrants Squad grabbed Noel Rosado, 19, outside an apartment building on Westchester Ave. Friday on...
Eight injured in Brooklyn Bridge multi-car crash
Eight men were injured on Saturday in a multi-vehicle wreck on the Brooklyn Bridge, police said. One man is in...
Luna Park reopens for the 2022 season
Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn has reopened on Saturday, April 2, 2022 to officially kick off the 2022 season....
Gov. Hochul discloses availability, eligibility for second COVID booster
A number of New York residents are now eligible to receive a second COVID-19 booster shot, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced...
Doc calls whites ‘birthing people,’ but blacks and Hispanics ‘moms’
A top health official in New York City is facing backlash after a series of tweets she posted calling White...
Ramadan2022: Bronx mosque keeps lost fire victims in memoriam
As Ramadan begins the month of fasting, thoughts here are with the families of the 17 people killed two months...
U.S. hospitals hit record low score in number of COVID-19 patient
The number of patients hospitalized with the coronavirus has fallen more than 90% in more than two months, and some...
Wear a mask in public indoor places — NYC health commissioner says
New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan has implored New Yorkers to continue to wear a mask when visiting public...
Violent crime spikes nationwide as 12-year-old fatally shot in New York City
A 12-year-old boy was killed when he and his family were caught in the crossfire between two other cars on...
NYC judge nixes mask mandates for toddlers, Eric Adams plans to appeal
The Adams administration’s mask mandate for children under 5 can remain in place for now, a state appellate court ruled...
Amazon workers at New York warehouse vote to form company’s first US union
Amazon workers at a Staten Island, New York, processing facility won a historic vote on Friday to form the first-ever...