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New York City's downtown skyline is seen from across the water on March 5, 2025. They’ll be above average for this time of year, though...

NYPD officers stand guard as people gather to protest a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harr...

Riders at the summit of the "Kingda Ka" roller coaster, pictured in May 2005. Kingda Ka, at Six Flags Great Adventure, was razed in a co...

New York correctional officers and sergeants continue their strike for a second week outside of the Coxsackie Correctional Facility on Feb....

Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch at a Monday press conference. Police Commissio...

City officials say a new animal shelter in Brooklyn will be able to hold up to 300 pets. The facility is scheduled to be finished by the...

Immigration activist Ravi Ragbir received a presidential pardon from Joe Biden in January. Ravi Ragbir got a sense of deja vu after lear...

Firefighters respond to multiple large brush fires in Suffolk County. Investigators say embers from a backyard fire spread rapidly, fuel...

Because they're not tree houses so the tree was turned into lumber, but it's still cool, here are your afternoon links: Deadly Jersey Shore...

The former Orange Memorial Hospital closed in 2005 and was listed as endangered by historic preservationists The city of Orange has giv...

Because some artists threw Zohran Mamdani a fundraiser at a hip downtown club, here are your early links: New Jersey sinkhole, Air Force int...

The intersection of Hylan Boulevard and Benton Avenue in Dongan Hills The man was killed on Hylan Boulevard in Dongan Hills, where he li...

An ambulance is parked outside SUNY Downstate Medical Center in East Flatbush on Dec. 3, 2020. Police said the boy was pronounced dead a...

The view looking down an empty 7th Avenue in Times Square amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 19, 2020 in New York City. The pandemic...

People protest the removal of the word “transgender” from the Stonewall National Monument website during a rally outside of The Stonewall In...

Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, center, talks to the press during the press briefing organized by Pro-Palestinian protesters who...

Firefighters battle a wildfire in Westhampton Beach, New York on March 8, 2025. The state emergency response is ramping up as strong win...

Spring is on the way. “We’re on the heels of spring,” said meteorologist Bryan Ramsey on Sunday. [ more › ]

Commercial vehicles parked along Springfield Boulevard near 146th Avenue. A dead cat, a half jug of what appeared to be urine and piles...

Buildings like this one in Greenpoint may be exposed to toxic vapors let out by the Meeker Avenue plume. “Too many property owners have...

Striking officers have cited concerns with safety and staffing levels. The strike, which began on Feb. 17 and spread to more than 25 pri...

The governor issued the state of emergency declaration after fast-moving brush fires broke out on Long Island on Saturday afternoon. The...

New York Attorney General Letitia James at an event in 2023 The AG has also seen a big increase in people saying their online accounts w...

Small businesses around the city will be getting Covid aid years after they were promised. Rep. Dan Goldman mad the issue a priority wit...

A Newark, New Jersey police vehicle in 2022. Police say one officer was killed and another injured in a shooting Friday, March 7, 2025....