Doorman, concierge worker fired for response to hate-crime attack outside building
A doorman and a concierge worker at a luxury apartment building in Hell's Kitchen have been fired after the building owner said they did not come to the aid of 65-year-old Vilma Kari, a Filipina woman who was brutally attacked in front of them in what is being called a hate-crime attack.
Case dropped after woman in racist Central Park run-in gets therapy
A judge dismissed the case against Amy Cooper, the white woman arrested last spring for calling 911 during a dispute with a Black man in New York’s Central Park.
DEA finds $12M in Queens heroin drug mill
Federal and local law enforcement officers took down a large-scale heroin-packaged mill in Queens and arrested an alleged "major trafficker" of drugs.
NYC mayor warns of bleak days ahead with coronavirus outbreak
The New York City mayor warned that there are dark days ahead as a new outbreak of the coronavirus affects the city.
Two men indicted in murder of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay
Authorities in New York have announced the indictment of two men in the murder of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay nearly 20 years ago.
Power restored, mass transit resumes after outage in Manhattan, Queens
Dozens of blocks in Manhattan were cast into darkness after a power outage early Friday morning. The lights went out at about 5:15 a.m. on the Upper East Side, Upper West Side, and Harlem.
Mob attacks man, daughter in Manhattan deli
A man was knocked unconscious and his daughter beaten with beer bottles in a Manhattan deli.
Fears of Hudson River flooding Lincoln Tunnel after water gushes in
No, that wasn’t the Hudson River leaking into the Lincoln Tunnel as anxious commuters sat in their cars fearing the worst.
NY, NJ, and CT order quarantine for visitors from states with high infection numbers
The governors of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are ordering a mandatory 14-day quarantine on visitors from states with high COVID-19 cases. They made the announcement on Wednesday morning in a joint news conference.
Snowstorm hits New York City region
Some parts of New York could see as much as a foot of snow as a powerful winter storm slams the northeast.