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Long Island funeral home’s illegal cesspool highlights region’s water risk
Harmful red tides in Long Island have been linked to an excess of nitrogen in the water, which is caused in part by leaky septic tanks and cesspools.Embalming fluid rinsed off tools was among the waste...
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Luigi Mangione to appear in NYC court in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case
Luigi Mangione, the suspect indicted in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is seen arriving at the South Street Helipad in New York City on December 19, 2024 after being extradited from...
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Trump administration ceases 9/11 health program cuts after backlash, NY...
A New York firefighter stands before the 9/11 Memorial in the Financial District on Sept. 11, 2023.The cuts to staffing and research funding for the World Trade Center Health Program have drawn fierce...
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Early Addition: It's never too late to return a library book
New York Public Library in ManhattanBecause better late than never, here are your early links: an escaped bull, a rare Italian duck, the case for pimple patches and more from around the city and...
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An NYC office is preparing a racial equity plan. Will there be any teeth...
A key city councilmember worries "all this work" will get done without "teeth behind it." [ more › ]
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NY Yankees throw curveball, allowing players to grow ‘well-groomed beards’
Yankees Anthony Volpe #11, Jasson Domínguez #24 and Paul Goldschmidt #48 talk during spring training in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 19, 2025.How Hal Steinbrenner learned to stop worrying and love a face...
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MTA to roll out major Queens bus redesign this summer
The MTA is turning a page on a new bus map for Queens.The first phase of the borough’s revamped bus network will launch on June 29, with a second phase coming in August. [ more › ]
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Trump's bid to kill congestion tolls could send Staten Island bus riders back...
Staten Island bus riders say they move faster thanks to congestion pricing.Former opponents of the Manhattan fees have turned into supporters after their commutes sped up. [ more › ]
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Malcolm X’s former home in Queens remains unmarked, 60 years after his death
Malcolm X leaves his firebombed home in February 1956.For some historians who specialize in Malcolm X, it's a sign of a mainstream effort to dismiss complicated a nuanced civil rights leader. [ more › ]
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Millburn, NJ official says 100% affordable housing projects are against...
Millburn, NJDeputy Mayor Frank Saccomandi has been fighting against a 100% affordable housing development in the town since he was elected in 2023. [ more › ]
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Judge in Mayor Adams' corruption case isn’t dropping the charges — for now
A federal judge is not ready to dismiss the case against Mayor Adams without moreAn outside attorney will weigh in the DOJ’s request to dismiss the case, according to a new order [ more › ]
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Haitians in NYC reel as Trump ends deportation relief for immigrants from the...
Haitian immigrants and others in a 2018 protest in New York City over then-President Donald Trump's restrictive immigration policies aimed at Haiti and some African nations.New York City is home to the...
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NJ man convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie in western New York
Salman Rushdie on stage prior to a lecture in May 2024.Rushdie was attacked while he was speaking on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in 2022. [ more › ]
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Sick of the frigid cold in NYC? Forecast calls for warm-up this weekend,...
People walk through Brooklyn Bridge Park after a snowstorm on Feb. 12, 2025.High temperatures should top 40 degrees on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. [ more › ]
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Luigi Mangione lawyer says Mayor Adams publicly discussed undisclosed evidence
A photo of Luigi Mangione and his lawyer in court in Manhattan Friday.Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state murder and weapons possession charges [ more › ]
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Incarcerated men describe deteriorating conditions as unlawful NY prison...
Prison guards have been on strike to protest a law that restricts the use of solitary confinement.Men imprisoned at Woodbourne Correctional Facility said they had been denied hot meals and confined to...
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A farmhouse older than the U.S. to become a 'living museum' in Brooklyn's...
Portions of the Lott House were first built more than 50 years before the Declaration of Independence was signed.Portions of the Lott House were first constructed around 1720 by a family that once...
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Venezuelans in NY sue the Trump White House over the end of deportation...
Venezuelan migrants bused to New York City from the Texas border outside the Watson Hotel in Midtown on Jan. 30, 2023.One New York plaintiff who worked as an anesthesiologist in Venezuela fears being...
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You don’t have to be a Bronx Bomber to have a ‘well-groomed’ beard. Here's how.
Brooklyn's own Walt Whitman could have used some beard balm.Whether you’re hitting dingers at Yankee Stadium or shagging pop-ups at Prospect Park, here are some tips for a more fabulous face mane. [...
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Affordability, shadows at center of fight over proposed Brooklyn development
The site on Empire Boulevard where developers want to build housing and retail.Residents are pushing for more affordable housing, fewer shadows. [ more › ]
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