NEW YORK – Mayor Bill de Blasio denied on Friday that the Big Apple has become a “ghost town,” as President Donald Trump said Thursday, and responded that the only ghost town “will be Mar-a-Lago when the President loses the election and retires “to that resort owned by the Trump Organization and his second home. … Read more
NEW YORK – Early in Thursday night’s debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden, the commander-in-chief made a comment about New York City that drew some passionate responses from New Yorkers. Discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and the response to it, the president called New York City “a ghost town,” criticizing how restaurants … Read more
NEW YORK – A New York City man was arrested after he allegedly hacked into Century 21’s payroll system and gave some of his former co-workers paid vacations regardless of whether they worked or not. Héctor Navarro began working as a systems administrator at the department store’s Manhattan location in 2012 and prior to his … Read more
NEW YORK – A suspected New York City prisoner escaped while being transported from a hospital in Harlem Thursday morning. Mason Burnell, allegedly 25, was reportedly being transported from a hospital on W 137th St & Lenox Ave when he suddenly bolted from the scene. Burnell was reportedly arrested on October 21 and charged with … Read more
NEW YORK – Multiple people, including children, were injured in a school bus accident in New Windsor, upstate New York, on Wednesday morning. The accident was reported shortly after 8:30 a.m. in the Orange County community, about 50 miles northwest of Manhattan. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured, although a member … Read more
NEW YORK – A 73-year-old woman was pushed onto the subway tracks at a Brooklyn station after a dispute between two men over smoking, law enforcement sources said. The woman was at the Clinton-Washington Avenues station on line C in Clinton Hill before 2 p.m. Monday when the incident occurred, a law enforcement source said. … Read more
NEW YORK – New York’s ban on single-use plastic bags went into effect earlier this year, but the state will officially begin enforcing the rule on Monday. A state law that went into effect on March 1 prohibits many types of businesses from using the thin plastic bags that have been clogging landfills, trapped in … Read more
NEW YORK – A raging fire in a Bronx complex surprised residents early Monday, injuring several. The incident was reported after 12 a.m. Monday at a complex on East 140th St., in the Mott Haven sector, according to authorities. The fire left at least eight people injured, including at least three firefighters. Four of these … Read more