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Suspect who assaults man in Queens subway fare evasion scheme

Queens

Brute assaults 70-year-old-man in Queens subway station fare evasion scheme

Posted on February 18, 2024

Harlem triple shooting

Harlem

Triple shooting in Harlem outside bar leaves three men wounded: cops

Posted on February 18, 2024

SoHo murder suspect wearing leggings

Soho

SoHo murder mystery: Police release images of suspect possibly wearing victim’s leggings

Posted on February 17, 2024

Migrants outside East Village shelter

News

Adams admin says number of migrants entering NYC has ‘dipped’ in recent weeks

Posted on February 16, 2024

Politics

Trump Fraud Trial: Former president fined $350 million, barred from running a business in NY for 3 years

Posted on February 16, 2024

street art

QNS

New interactive street art “Lights Up” downtown Jamaica

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Brooklyn

Murdered Brooklyn bouncer died trying to save coworker, cops say

Posted on February 16, 2024

Medical examiner loads body into van in Bronx

Soho

Man who murdered woman in SoHo hotel fled wearing her clothes: cops

Posted on February 15, 2024

Bronx police investigate subway shooting

Bronx

Bronx subway shooting: Teen suspect cuffed as probe continues into incident linked to gang warfare

Posted on February 15, 2024

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban visited Dubai after members of the department's emergency services unit traveled there earlier this year.

Gay City News

NYPD competed with anti-LGBTQ Chechen authorities in Dubai

Gov. Kathy Hochul is seeking to allow to-go cocktails permanently.

News

Drink up! Gov. Hochul looks to make to-go cocktails permanent

Posted on February 15, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Top FDNY chiefs reportedly under investigation for alleged corruption in safety inspection scandal

Brooklyn Children's Museum to host festival for Black History Month

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Children’s Museum hosts ‘Black Future Festival’ during midwinter recess

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QNS

Queens father, son charged with possessing cache of loaded ghost gun assault weapons in Fresh Meadows home: DA

QNS

Eat in Queens Restaurant Month returning for second year in March

A rendering of Bjarke Ingels Group’s plans for Freedom Plaza, which would feature four new towers atop a sprawling waterfront park on the East Side of Manhattan.

The ‘BIG’ Deal: Freedom Plaza for East Side featuring plans for hotels, housing and underground casino

Posted on February 15, 2024

Police vehicle in Brooklyn

Queens

Driver arrested after striking Queens police officer with car during traffic stop: cops

Posted on February 15, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams announces city lawsuit against social media giants

Politics

NYC takes 5 social media giants to court over deteriorating mental health of city’s youth

Posted on February 14, 2024

QNS

New bill targets RV and mobile home removal from residential streets in NYC

Perp walk for migrant teenager connected to Midtown cop assault after Queens shoplifting arrest

Courts

Migrant teen indicted for Midtown cop assault fights back tears after getting busted for Queens shoplifting caper

Posted on February 14, 2024

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QNS

Migrant busted in Times Square attack on police arrested again following store looting at Queens Center Mall: NYPD

Suspects in Midtown cop assault

Midtown cop assault: Another teen arrested in infamous attack as released suspect gets booked for Queens shoplifting

Posted on February 14, 2024

Pastor the Rev. Dr. Neithe Soleyn delivers the sermon at the funeral service for Vincentian soccer star Elliott "Morey" Millington in August 2023.

Caribbean Life

Pastor Neithe Soleyn views Israeli-Hamas War from ‘prophetical, historical perspective’

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Bronx

Red-eyed Bronx man tried to steal green from check cashing during apparent armed robbery: cops

Posted on February 13, 2024

New Yorker experiences snow in Central Park

SEE IT: New Yorkers flock to Central Park as first major snowstorm in 2 years blankets iconic green space

Posted on February 13, 2024

Firefighters work a third floor apartment fire at 1447 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn blaze injures one and leaves 25 migrants displaced

Posted on February 13, 2024

election

QNS

Special election to replace George Santos likely to be affected by heaviest snow in two years

Morris Park resident and artist Lovie Pignata begins carving her piece, 'Smitten', from a block of ice during the Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show. 'Smitten' will be recreated in Times Square for viewing for Valentine's Day.

Bronx Times

Morris Park artist’s ice sculpture design to be featured in Times Square for Valentine’s Day

Bronx voting booths are empty on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.

Bronx Times

Democrat Landon Dais on his way to Bronx Assembly District 77 seat

Firefighters direct a hose stream on the outside of a burning building during a fatal car fire.

Brooklyn

Person found dead in car fire parked in Brooklyn that spread to nearby buildings

Posted on February 13, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Adding fuel to the fires’: Famed Chicago comedy club The Second City to open in Brooklyn

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News

Antisemitic bigot attacks Jewish man with baseball bat in Staten Island: NYPD

Posted on February 13, 2024

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Governor Hochul, celebrate Valentine’s Day by supporting a clear, humane clemency process

Posted on February 12, 2024

Upper East Side 91-year-old mugging victim and perpetrator in perp walk

Upper East Side

Upper East Side mugging victim, 91, recounts brutal attack by repeat offender that left him ‘in terrible pain’

Posted on February 12, 2024

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Bronx Times

Few Bronxites have cast early ballots for 77th Assembly District special election

Queens police at scene of shooting

Queens

Police in Queens fatally shoot man brandishing ‘imitation’ gun, cops say

Posted on February 12, 2024

Firefighters work to removed a badly burned e-bike battery from its holding cell.

Brooklyn

FDNY takes on another fire caused by an e-bike in Brooklyn

Posted on February 12, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Buddhist monks robbed at gunpoint in Brooklyn temple: NYPD

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Brooklyn Paper

Sunset Park ushers in Year of the Dragon at annual Lunar New Year parade

metropolitan park

QNS

Mets owner Steve Cohen’s Metropolitan Park plan commits over $1B in community benefits if casino gets green light from state

Police at scene of Flatiron District shooting

Flatiron District shooting leaves man shot in back, person of interest in custody: cops

Posted on February 12, 2024

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Queens

Black History Month: New NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations looks back at formative years in Queens

Posted on February 11, 2024

Fare evaders jumping the turnstile

Fare evaders driving increase in more serious NYPD transit crime, officials say

Posted on February 11, 2024

NYPD and Jamaica officials look to dispel safety fears

NYPD and Jamaica officials look to dispel safety fears after travel advisory urges tourists to stay away from island

Posted on February 11, 2024

The man who has been allegedly stalking Taylor Swift at her Tribeca townhouse over the last several months made bizarre claims as he was again taken away in cuffs.

Taylor Swift’s alleged Lower Manhattan stalker found mentally unfit to stand trial

Posted on February 11, 2024

Bullets flew inside a store in Times Square on Thursday night during an shooting that left one woman injured.

Times Square shooting: 15-year-old migrant arrested for shooting tourist, opening fire on NYPD officers

Posted on February 9, 2024

NY: Gov. Hochul attends groundbreaking in Gowanus

Brooklyn Paper

Governor announces 18 Gowanus housing developments with 5,300 units at Nevins Street groundbreaking

Construction of large-scale housing has stalled in New York City, according to a new report.

News

Construction of large-scale housing remain near historic lows: Report

Posted on February 9, 2024

More from around NYC

Bronx leaders and community organizations accepted two checks for $3 million each on Tuesday to support programs aimed at reducing gun violence through several hot spots in the Bronx.

$6 Million investment from Albany targets gun violence in Bronx neighborhoods

NYS Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn, a distinguished professor in the English Department at Queens College, read poems included in her new book “The Ghost Forest” at LeFrak Concert Hall in Flushing on Oct. 22.

Queens College hosts NYS Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn for poetry reading event

Barclays Center

Barclays Center unveils new fan spaces ahead of Brooklyn Nets season opener

A person walks through wind and rain during a nor'easter storm at Times Square in New York City, U.S., October 13, 2025.

What to do in queer NYC this weekend