3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (491+ words) The police commissioner and mayor announced Wednesday security measures for the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and the Jewish holidays. “It shouldn’t take an act of courage for a Jew to go to temple on the High Holy Days or on the Sabbath,…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (607+ words) Former WSJ reporter Selina Cheng, also chairperson of the trade union Hong Kong Journalists Association, launched a private prosecution against Dow Jones Publishing Co. (Asia) Inc. after losing her job in July 2024. Hong Kong, once considered a bastion of press…...

6+ day, 39+ min ago   (264+ words) Four people were stabbed early Monday morning as crowds began gathering for the West Indian American Day parade in Brooklyn, police said. The violence unfolded around Carroll and President streets and along Utica Avenue, where people were gathering for the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (381+ words) Authorities have identified the woman stabbed and killed in Times Square Monday in what the NYPD is calling an unprovoked and random attack. Erin Piacenti, 32, of New Jersey was stabbed in the abdomen near 7th Avenue and West 42nd Street. She later…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (518+ words) Inside a Staten Island courthouse, lawyers for the city squared off Monday against opponents of the new tax on luxury second homes. Homeowners argued the city hurt them by exposing their personal information online but city attorneys all but told…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (305+ words) The NYPD promotion ceremony Monday recognized an officer whose police journey has been marked by an unimaginable loss and generations of commitment to public service. Joseph Vigiano Jr. was just 8 years old when both his father and uncle were killed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (95+ words) Police sources say officers shot a woman who allegedly stabbed another woman and a man in Times Square Monday afternoon. It happened near 7th Avenue and 43rd Street around 4:30 p.m. Five people were hospitalized, including two police officers, the NYPD said. Police said…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (368+ words) A 28-year-old nurse was killed in a hit-and-run in Brooklyn over the weekend after leaving a night shift at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. Surveillance video shows Jaiyi Zheng moments before the incident. Police said Zheng was struck shortly before 7:40 a.m. Saturday as…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (136+ words) An 18-year-old has died after a fire erupted inside a NYCHA housing complex Friday night in Crown Heights, according to the FDNY. Fire officials said the blaze sparked around 7 p.m. at the New York City Housing Authority Albany Houses apartment complex…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (306+ words) On a dead-end street in Bayside, Queens, police say an attempted robbery ended with a father and son stabbed and slashed multiple times. Hours later, officers were still going door-to-door looking for surveillance video that could lead them to the…...