
10/06/2023
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The 41st annual Columbus Day celebration in Bath Beach was canceled as New York City geared up for another rainy weekend.
A community board gaggle crashed a bid to rename a Hell's Kitchen street after "Miracle on the Hudson" pilot Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger.
Flood damage is the latest in a long list of challenges facing Park Slope's Bonbon Lakay, and its owner is turning to neighbors for help.
Parents have rights when it comes to visits by ACS, but standing up for them is hard to do when an investigation begins.
After the Sioni Group bought an office building for nearly $27 million, they gave a team of six longtime unionized cleaners the slip.
"The goal is simple: to learn," said city Comptroller Brad Lander about the investigation he launched Thursday.
The lengthy sentence comes a year after Frank James opened fire on a Brooklyn subway car, injuring 10 people and sending dozens scrambling.
Mentally ill robbery suspect Manesh Kunwar, 27, was only in custody for seven days before he died Thursday, according to reports.
Andrew Ponton was charged with burglary for crimes that took place in October and November of last year, police said.
Police released a report on the crash about 13 hours after a man was killed while traveling the wrong way on a Yorkville street.
Police had a suspected stabber in custody days after a beloved political activist was killed in Bed-Stuy, according to the NYPD.
The cyclist was riding in Prospect Lefferts Gardens when he was knocked off his bike by a box truck making a right turn, police said.
Tompkins Square Park is once again going to the (costumed) dogs.
Days after the fatal Bed-Stuy stabbing, police are narrowing in on Ryan Carson's suspected killer, the NYPD said Wednesday.
A rise in domestic violence and attacks on cops drove a 4.5 percent increase in felony assaults during September, police officials said.
It's a planned test of the nation's high-level "presidential" emergency alert system that would be activated in a nationwide emergency.
Situated next to Interfaith Medical Center, Herkimer Gardens sets the "gold standard" for community care, Council Member Chi Ossé said.
"This is really shameful," an advocate said about Mayor Eric Adams' effort to suspend the city's right-to-shelter for adults.
NASA used radar to analyze upward and downward land motion across New York City from 2016 to 2023. The results were published last week.
“From the very beginning Mayor Adams has been an on-the-ground mayor,” PEU director Adrienne Lever told THE CITY in an interview.
"From the very beginning Mayor Adams has been an on-the-ground mayor," PEU director Adrienne Lever told THE CITY in an interview.
But former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose wealth grew to $96 billion, is 10th on The Forbes 400 ranking of America's super rich.
The plea from City Hall would suspend the decree but advocates say it still amounts to the end of “right to shelter” as we know it.
The plea from City Hall would suspend the decree but advocates say it still amounts to the end of "right to shelter" as we know it.
A shelter-in-place directive was heard only when a top Education Department official emailed at 1:56 p.m. to tell them it “has been lifted.”
A shelter-in-place directive was heard only when a top Education Department official emailed at 1:56 p.m. to tell them it "has been lifted."
The Empire State Rare Book and Print Fair aims to make book collecting more fun and affordable for a new generation of collectors.
Busting myths about New York City hospitality is one reason Mayor Eric Adams said he's going to Central and South America this week.
Hundreds of items from Spike Lee's personal collection walk Brooklynites through his creative influences: family, sports, music and more.
"I have a list in my office," the mayor told reporters Tuesday.
An as-yet-unidentified shooter ran off after the Monday night fracas just blocks from the international airport, police said.
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Victim Jackie Billini had an order of protection filed against the neighbor, who had previously attacked her, according to a new report.
Officials said the victim was brought to Bellevue Hospital.
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"He put his whole heart into making the world a safer place for all people," said state Assembly Member Emily Gallagher.
The Broadway vocal coach's attacker was handed down a sentence six months longer than the plea deal reached earlier this year.
A giant slice of pizza ran around Fort Greene Park Sunday afternoon for a very cheesy 5K race.
"That could help solve our problems," said Gov. Kathy Hochul of job openings for Venezuelan migrants newly authorized to work.
It could be days before Woodhull Hospital was running at full capacity again after floods caused electrical damage, authorities said.
Since 1905, the fair has been held in New York City. And starting in 2026, the famous fair of fun will decamp to New Orleans.
New Yorkers can now get city-run abortion access from the "comfort of their home" through a new telehealth program, the mayor said.
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