Biden, first lady to travel to Uvalde on Sunday to grieve with victims’ families
President Joe Biden and the first lady are scheduled to travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday, the White House said,...
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City Council passes resolution in support of 24/7 speed cameras
City Council members has approved a “home rule request” Thursday, giving the state Legislature the go-ahead to pass a three-year...
NYPD cop indicted after allegedly re-enacting gun bust for body camera
An NYPD cop has been indicted on evidence tampering charges for allegedly staging the discovery of a firearm during an...
New York pension fund urges votes against Twitter and Meta directors
A major New York pension fund that has invested in both Facebook's corporate parent and Twitter believes it's time to...
Pfizer says 3 COVID shots protect under-5 kids
Pfizer disclosed on Monday that three COVID shots offer strong protection for under-5 kids. The news follows months of waiting...
Man fatally shot on Manhattan subway in unprovoked attack
A gunman has shot and killed a 48-year-old Goldman Sachs employee “without provocation” on Sunday while the straphanger was riding...
Brooklyn Half Marathon runner dies after crossing finish line
A 30-year-old man taking part in the Brooklyn Half Marathon has collapsed and died after crossing the finish line as...
‘Timing’ covid case data, D.C. Council, health officials argue
As coronavirus cases seem to be surging locally and nationally with much less surveillance than in earlier covid waves, D.C.'s...
Masks mandate in 54 New York counties with high Covid levels– CDC announces
Due to high Covid-19 levels, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called for masks in 54 of New...
Broadway masking policy to be extended through the end of June
Broadway's masking policy is set to be extended through the end of June, the Broadway League announced Friday. The League...
NYC Mayor laments proliferation as New York safety agents recover 2 guns from student
New York safety agents have recovered two guns from a 15-year-old student in Queen. Speaking about the incident on Friday...
NYC school funding formula approved by panel
New York City school funding formula has been approved by the panel set up by Schools Chancellor David Banks. The...
Authorities discover major drug smuggling tunnel linking US to Mexico
A sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel equipped with a rail system and electricity was discovered near the US-Mexico border in California on...
Police remove pit bull from Brooklyn apartment after child was found dead
Police removed a pit bull from an apartment after a child was found deceased on Lincoln Place and Franklin Ave....
Man fatally shot, woman wounded in Bronx shooting
A man was killed and a woman injured after an argument sparked gunfire on a Bronx street corner Sunday, cops...
Officials condemn gun attack at Buffalo grocery store
Not less than ten people have been killed and three more wounded when a man opened fire at a supermarket...
Mayor Adams refuted the notion that law-abiding gun owners could deter crime
In a landmark 2008 ruling, the Supreme Court cited the right to self-defense in upholding the right to keep guns...
Under pressure to act, White House says it’ll address formula shortage
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it is working with infant formula manufacturers to get more formula on shelves as...
Mayor Adams unveils program to address dyslexia in N.Y.C. schools
The city will assess all students to determine if they are at risk of dyslexia. Big Apple public school students...
Gracie Mansion is haunted — says Mayor Adams
" I don’t care what anyone says, there are ghosts in there, man,” New York City Mayor Adams said. When...
NYC mayor calls on ATF to yank ghost gun kit maker’s license
With dozens and dozens of seized firearms arrayed before them, Mayor Eric Adams, police Commissioner Keechant Sewell and NYPD top...
Top education officials confirm plan to launch two ‘full-time’ virtual schools in NYC
Though key details about how and when they will be created have yet to be revealed, New York City is...
Police officer in NYPD anti-gun unit shot in the arm in the Bronx
Officer Dennis Vargas, 32, an eight-year veteran who began working last October for the NYPD’s new anti-gun unit, Borough Public...
Council members to expand sanitation budget
City Council members has pressed sanitation department officials in a budget hearing Tuesday on millions of dollars worth of programs...
Unvaccinated NYC public school students cleared to attend prom
New York City public school students can attend their proms without showing proof of vaccination, city officials announced Monday. About...
Decomposing body found in Bronx apartment, plastic bag over head
Police have found a decomposing body with a plastic bag wrapped around the head in an apartment in the Bronx....
NYC pol yanks $5K in funding after Jewish museum bars DeSantis from speaking
A local lawmaker announced Sunday she is yanking $5,000 in previously planned funding for a Manhattan museum after it allegedly...
National Labor Relations Board finds ‘merit’ with Amazon anti-union complaint
The National Labor Relations Board has now found merit in a union charge that Amazon violated labor law in New...
Businesses cheer City Council bill to suspend liquor license surcharge
The legislation has the backing of Mayor Eric Adams, who referenced the initiative in his economic recovery blueprint. The Cecil...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams announces $500M Times Square redevelopment
The Times Square building where the ball drops on New Year’s Eve is about to get a major makeover, with...
Gunman drives to police station, surrenders after killing Queens woman
A 41-year-old man was in police custody Thursday after he drove to a precinct in Queens to turn himself in....
NYC’s Comfort Dog Program might unleash some answers to helping struggling students
Literacy coach Meredith Loftus sometimes has a special helper for her phonics lessons with struggling readers at P.S. 70 in...
Subway riders remain worried about safety underground: poll
Only 15% of New Yorkers feel “very safe” riding the subway during the day — and a majority would like...
18-year-old-girl found shot in head in Brooklyn lobby: NYPD
A teenager is in critical condition after she was found shot in the head, lying unconscious in the lobby of...
N.Y. will stop withholding student transcripts over unpaid debt
New York state has banned a tradition known as “transcript ransoming” — effectively banning colleges from withholding transcripts as a...
NYC launches $4M ad campaign to curb ‘dangerous driving behaviors’
New York City has launched a $4 million ad campaign aimed at cracking down on speeding and other “dangerous driving...
Robbers hold up three Manhattan stores at gunpoint
The NYPD is asking for the public's help identifying a pair of armed robbers who allegedly held up three different...
Starbucks workers in the New York City area seek to unionize
Workers at a Starbucks in the East Village have voted to unionize, making the outpost the chain’s second New York...
Funding formula rejection: What it means for NYC schools
City’s Panel For Educational Policy, a mostly appointed board that makes decisions on major contracts and policies, rejected an annual...
Mayor Adams mourns fallen firefighter Timothy Klein at Brooklyn funeral home
The second-generation firefighter was killed Sunday when a ceiling collapsed during a three-alarm blaze in Canarsie, hitting Klein, 31, and...
Shelter in Chinatown is canceled after community protests
The city has canceled plans to open a homeless shelter at 47 Madison Street in Chinatown, according to a statement...
In surprising setback to Mayor Adams, city’s panel for education policy rejects school funding formula
On Wednesday night, the city’s Panel for Educational Policy voted against the routine approval of New York City’s school funding...
NYPD union hits Mayor Adams for remark about cops using their phones
Two of the city’s police unions took umbrage with Mayor Eric Adams Wednesday after he said he was “disappointed” in...
Choking fifth grader at Orange County elementary school saved by former NYPD officer
Ten-year-old Ariana Miranda is grateful for surviving a scary situation. A former NYPD officer saved the day at an Orange...
Elon Musk to acquire, privatize Twitter, company announces
Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to...
‘Young Sheldon’ happy for 13-year-old boy set to graduate from college
"Young Sheldon” star Iain Armitage has a real-life counterpart — Elliott Tanner, a Minnesota 13-year-old who is about to graduate...
Young FDNY firefighter killed in Brooklyn inferno
Six-year veteran firefighter Timothy Klein, 31, died while trying to knock down the blaze at a Brooklyn home on Avenue...
Antony Blinken, US Defence Chief meet Ukraine’s Zelenskyy; announce aid, diplomatic push
The U.S. secretaries of state and defense met Sunday night with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the highest-level visit to...
Eighteen-year-old gunman charged with attempted murder, others
Jordan Stennett, 18, was charged with attempted murder, reckless endangerment and gun possession, police said. The gunman who fired back...
Person of interest found dead, 4 people wounded in shooting near Washington, D.C., school
Raymond Spencer, 23, was named as a person of interest by police. He was found dead about six hours after...
Dozens of NYC DOE employees on unpaid leave for alleged fake COVID vaccine cards
The city’s Department of Education placed a number of employees on unpaid leave after finding that they submitted fake COVID-19...
Education Collaborative wants city to launch program to hire more teachers, social workers
The Education Collaborative, a coalition of more than 30 community organizations, wants the city to launch a three-year, $8.2 million...
House lawmakers demanding answers from MTA on camera malfunction during Brooklyn subway shooting
Members of Congress are demanding answers from the MTA about why multiple subway surveillance cameras were not fully functioning when...
Seventeen-year-old dies trying to rescue driver whose car plunged into canal
A 17-year-old boy is being mourned as a hero after he trying to rescue a driver who had crashed into...
Councilwoman Shahana Hanif wants DPC investigated after Muslim surveillance comments
Councilwoman Shahana Hanif (D-Brooklyn) wants DA Alvin Bragg to review comments made by Deputy Police Commissioner John Miller before the...
Man charged in fatal subway push deemed unfit for trial
The man charged with fatally shoving an Asian American woman onto the subway tracks in Times Square in January has...
Council members, advocates push Education Department to ramp up support for kids in foster care
The city’s schools serve upwards of 7,000 children in foster care each year. Their educational outcomes are startling. “The New...
NYC building workers union reaches tentative agreement to avoid strike
The building workers union reached a tentative, four-year agreement with the landlords that employ them, the two negotiating partners announced...
Fleeing children, parents frightened by Brooklyn playground shooting
On Friday, in a Brooklyn playground shooting that sent frightened children and horrified parents running, a gunman killed a 20-year-old...
Ground Zero survivors battle New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York-Presbyterian Hospital has made it known that it won’t accept a health plan covering Ground Zero survivors is another...
