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SantaCon will kick off at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9.

Brace yourselves: SantaCon is returning to NYC this Saturday. Here’s what to expect

Posted on December 6, 2023

Lenny Kaye with guitar

Catching up with Lenny Kaye, longtime Patti Smith guitarist and ‘cultural historian’ of Village music

Posted on December 6, 2023

Norman Lear

TV

Norman Lear dead at 101: Renowned television producer created ‘All in the Family’ and other classic sitcoms while advocating democratic values

Posted on December 6, 2023

Sandra Day O'Connor, first female Supreme Court justice

Sandra Day O’Connor dead at 93: First female Supreme Court justice was voice of moderate conservatism

Posted on December 1, 2023

New York sexual assault survivor Sam Schultz

For one New York sexual assault survivor, justice won does not lead to healing

Posted on December 1, 2023

Ernie Anastos on set

Good news: Legendary NYC anchor Ernie Anastos bringing positive stories, inspiring commentary to TV and radio nationwide

Posted on December 1, 2023

Flushing

Flushing community mourns loss off toddler killed by hit-and-run driver

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Brooklyn hot coffee hate crime victim speaks out over painful attack | EXCLUSIVE

Posted on November 20, 2023

Lucas G. del Rosario, a high school senior at The IDEAL School in Manhattan. He is wearing his Boy Scouts uniform.

High school senior does good by serving others

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter dead at 96; advised and loved former President Carter for 77 years

Posted on November 19, 2023

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QEDC director pens new novel

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NYC’s Rat Czar visits Ridgewood to help residents tackle the pesky rodents

Matthew Perry

Remembering Matthew Perry: ‘Friends’ star, 54, who overcame personal demons dies suddenly in apparent drowning

Posted on October 29, 2023

Paul Bears carry the caket of NYPD Crossing Guard Krystyna Naprawa

NYPD honors fallen school crossing guard Krystyna Naprawa at Howard Beach funeral

Burt

‘Rocky’ star Burt Young remembered as local hero in hometown Corona with tribute at Museum of the Moving Image

Queens

Queens Power List event celebrates borough’s most influential figures

Britney Spears

Britney Spears’ tell-all book ‘The Woman In Me’ unveils intimate secrets and personal Insights into public life

Posted on October 20, 2023

Billie Jean King laughing

Ahead of 80th birthday, Billie Jean King continues to serve the cause for women’s sports equity

Posted on October 12, 2023

Indigenous Peoples Day celebration on Randall's Island

Indigenous Peoples Day: Randall’s Island plays host to celebration of Native American culture through song and dance

Posted on October 9, 2023

Top cop appoints NYPD surgeon, first Black woman appointed to the role

Posted on September 25, 2023

Medina/Caban

Rajkumar hosts public safety town hall in Woodhaven with NYPD leadership, Commissioner Caban

Donald Johnson at Lower East Side homeless encampment

Lower East Side

Nomads of New York: Formerly homeless man helps unhoused Lower East Side individuals avoid losing everything in street sweeps

Posted on September 20, 2023

A mourner at the 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan

Remembering 9/11

Remembering 9/11 | Honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks

Posted on September 11, 2023

Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett, ‘Margaritaville’ singer who made beach bum soft rock popular, dead at 76

Posted on September 2, 2023

Britain Kevin Spacey Trial

Kevin Spacey acquitted by jury in London on sexual assault charges dating back to 2001

Posted on July 26, 2023

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‘The eyes of the world are upon us:’ Hollywood actors join massive Times Square picket amid SAG-AFTRA strike

Posted on July 25, 2023

EXCLUSIVE | New police commissioner Edward Caban talks public safety one week into role

Posted on July 23, 2023

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Tony Bennett, music icon from Queens, dies at 96

Posted on July 21, 2023

SEE IT: One more look at the 47th Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Extravaganza, as seen from the LIC waterfront

Posted on July 5, 2023

Two homeless men at an encampment in Lower East Side park

‘Sweeping failure’: Lander audit claims handful of homeless New Yorkers removed from encampments received permanent housing

Posted on June 28, 2023

Drag March protester with an open book

Drag March at Tompkins Square Park celebrates self-expression amid ongoing attacks from the far right

Posted on June 28, 2023

Merch Madness: Hundreds of underserved youth meet sport and music celebrities at surprise giveaway in Harlem

Posted on June 27, 2023

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Former Lieutenant Governor and MTA chair Richard Ravitch dies at 89

Posted on June 26, 2023

Bernie Wagenblast, voice of the NYC subway system, transgender woman

NYC subway icon finds her own voice as a transgender woman

Posted on June 23, 2023

Lower Manhattan

‘Skateboarding is life:’ Hundreds celebrate Go Skate Day at the Banks

Posted on June 21, 2023

Down and out in the East Village: Disabled homeless man’s tale of woe after being offered shelter with limited access

Posted on June 14, 2023

Midtown Manhattan

‘La isla bonita’: Thousands cheer for 66th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in Midtown

Posted on June 11, 2023

Celebrate Israel Parade in 2022 in Midtown

Midtown Manhattan

‘Celebrate Israel Parade’ to mark nation’s 75th birthday this Sunday in Midtown

Posted on May 31, 2023

Memorial Day parade in Queens features U.S. Navy members proudly waving the American flag

Memorial Day | Queens parade pays special tribute to Vietnam vets while recognizing all who served

Posted on May 29, 2023

Dylan Leder and doorman Nazar on the new motorcycle she raised funds to purchase for him

Upper West Side

Acts of Kindness | 11-year-old helps gift Lincoln Square doorman with new motorcycle after old ride was stolen

Posted on May 20, 2023

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Meet four New Yorkers living with mental health conditions who are members of a Fountain House recovery clubhouse

Posted on May 19, 2023

Lower Manhattan

Exclusive: Most senior member of NYPD retires, signs out at 911 Memorial and Museum

Posted on May 18, 2023

New York City apartments.

Half of NYC’s working households can’t afford basic needs: Here’s what several Bronx nonprofits have to say about it

Posted on May 11, 2023

A migrant at a Brooklyn relief center

Hochul inks executive order boosting resources to NYC ahead of anticipated migrant surge

Posted on May 9, 2023

Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba at the Prince's Trust Global Gala in Midtown

Idris Elba joins cavalcade of stars in Midtown for Prince’s Trust Global Gala

Posted on April 28, 2023

Man overdoses in Harlem

Reporter’s Notebook: Witnessing an overdose, and a lack of humanity, on a spring morning in Harlem

Posted on April 27, 2023

Roof of parking garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan.

Lower Manhattan

‘It’s been in disarray for years’: Lower Manhattanites react to parking garage collapse in the Financial District

Posted on April 19, 2023

APTOPIX Trump Indicted

Trump indictment could pave the way for chaotic 2024 election race

Posted on March 31, 2023

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Police Beat I Bronx crime is up for the year, with surge in stolen vehicles and assaults

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Queens AM Aubry announces retirement, endorses long-time community leader as successor

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A time-honored tradition: Prospect Park to celebrate New Year’s Eve with annual fireworks show

Minnie and Mickey Mouse perform for guests during a musical show in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Friday, July 14, 2023, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

DeSantis appointees accuse Disney district predecessors of cronyism; Disney calls them revisionist