1+ hour, 41+ min ago   (728+ words) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. " Weeks after pleading guilty to violating parole, alleged Colombo crime family boss Teddy Persico Jr. is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court. Persico Jr., 62, of Todt Hill, is facing a maximum of two years behind…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago   (238+ words) An Upstate New York woman is facing three felony charges after state police said she crashed her vehicle while driving with three young children and had a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit. Bianca T. Mann, 32, of Candor…...

10+ hour, 41+ min ago   (98+ words) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. " The FDNY fought a fire at a home in Meiers Corners on Wednesday morning. The fire was called in at 5:46 a.m. at 104 Livingston Ave. between Holden Boulevard and Queen Street, according to a spokesperson for the FDNY and EMS....

17+ hour, 14+ min ago   (604+ words) Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch on Tuesday unveiled sweeping changes to department operations during her 2026 State of the NYPD address, building on a year that saw the fewest shooting incidents and victims in recorded history. Among the most significant announcements was…...

1+ day, 12+ min ago   (307+ words) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. " An Eltingville man whose home was raided by a firearms task force has settled his case in state Supreme Court, St. George. John Raia, 59, of the 200 block of Beach Road, pleaded guilty two months ago to criminal possession…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (182+ words) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. " Police are investigating reports that bullets hit a passing car and a business when a gun was fired on a busy street in West Brighton during the Monday evening rush hour. Officers responded at about 6:43 p.m. to a 911 call…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (384+ words) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. " Police in New Jersey arrested a pair of Staten Island men and a Brooklyn resident last month after they allegedly burglarized a cigar lounge and fled from authorities. The arrested men were identified as Christopher Sollena, 36, and Joseph…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (234+ words) One person has died and several others were injured during a major fire in Queens on Monday. The FDNY first received a call about a fire at a two and a half-story home on Dongan Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens around…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (401+ words) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. " A bullet on the ground at a crash site in Annadale was a major clue that led to the arrest of a 34-year-old man on weapons charges. Justin Ferguson, of the 600 block of Annadale Road, was apprehended when…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (230+ words) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. " The United States" State Department is warning Americans to stay away from Niger. The West African nation has been given the highest travel advisory issuable by the department: "Level 4 " Do Not Travel." On Jan. 30, the State Department "ordered…...