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Because a Far Rockway man downed one in 6 minutes and 44 seconds in a contest yesterday, here are your early links: Staten Island's mosquito...

An NYPD van is seen in New York City in 2017. Police say two men were also fatally stabbed on the subway and in Brooklyn. [ more › ]

New York City housing officials unveiled new proposals for making basement and cellar apartments safe and legal. Experts say that withou...

Some of the federal agents who arrested NYC Comptroller Brad Lander were wearing masks. Critics of the bill say masks allow law enforcem...

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks at a press conference at Harlem Hospital on Sunday, following the shooting of an off-duty federal off...

Zohran Mamdani announced he had traveled to Uganda to visit family and friends. The international trip comes as Mamdani works to consoli...

A rendering of the new and improved Battery Park Fieldhouse. The overgrown building serves as a reminder of a dingier era in the park, w...

The Marcy Correctional Facility The figure for 2024 is a 10% increase in overtime from the previous year. [ more › ]

Police are investigating after the driver of a Chevy sedan killed two people Police say the driver of a Chevy Impala fatally struck two...

Virgil Abloh pictured in Paris in January 2018. “Make It Ours” is the latest book from Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Robin Givhan. [ mor...

Stephen Colbert outside The Ed Sullivan Theater marquee in 2015. New York gave the show major tax breaks a decade ago to keep it in Manh...

Brittany Commisso had accused Andrew Cuomo of groping her while she worked as his executive assistant. Brittany Commisso said Cuomo grop...

Police say a Queens man shot and killed his wife's lover Thursday night. Police say the man turned himself in 12 hours after the shootin...

Legal Aid lawyers plan for a possible strike at a practice picket in mid-June. City and state officials are working to blunt the impact...

Because yes, it's in Brooklyn, here are your afternoon links: Best airport lounges, mall walking groups, Igor the cursed Victorian child dog...

Streams once flowed at the site of the 28th Street station. The 28th Street station on the 1 line is uniquely vulnerable to flooding. [...

Runners run along the East River in Brooklyn, with the Manhattan skyline in the background, on June 24, 2025. Temperatures and humidity...

The transmission line project was key to the state's offshore wind energy goals. The state's energy regulator cited "significant federal...

Curtis Sliwa in his apartment with one of his rescue cats. July 2021. Because Curtis Sliwa went on a Fox News rant, here are your early...

Halo Nightclub, one of just a few LGBTQ+ bars on Long Island, shut down after financial struggles and an eviction. [ more › ]

Mayya Gil was an active member of the Jewish Community Center of Bensonhurst up until her death. He’s charged with failure to yield in a...

A cleaned-up Roberto Clemente Plaza. Locals are skeptical it will stay that way Locals say Roberto Clemente Plaza in the Bronx has been...

Andrew Cuomo Cuomo says he wants the state to give New York City the power to set its regulations — something he could have done as gove...

Former NYPD officer Christopher Terranova. Christopher Terranova preyed on boys he met while on duty on Staten Island. [ more › ]

Several police unions rallied outside City Hall Thursday as they announced their support for Mayor Eric Adams. The Police Benevolent Ass...