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Unlicensed Bushwick gunmaker serving 10 years for his 'hobby' blurs the gun...
Dexter Taylor, right, with his father.Brooklyn prosecutors say Dexter Taylor is a danger to society. Friends say he's a harmless nerd. [ more › ]
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Mayor Adams' 2021 campaign flagged for $2.3 million gap in fundraising records
A watchdog flagged Mayor Eric Adams' 2021 campaign for an array of record-keeping problems.Experts say the sheer length of the report suggests careless financial management and a failure to comply with...
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Here's why NY students are deploying 50K oysters into Jamaica Bay
It’s the culmination of a yearslong effort to restore the area's once-thriving oyster population. [ more › ]
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Man fatally shot on Staten Island, NYPD says — borough’s first gun homicide...
Police officers stand at a corner in Staten Island near the Richmond County Clerk on March 8, 2024.A 28-year-old man was killed in the Arlington neighborhood, according to police. [ more › ]
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Early Addition: There's no way an Olympian named Spiff Sedrick wasn't winning...
Because Spiff took it to the house on the last play of the bronze medal rugby game, here are your early links: Big pigeon sculpture, 100 big elephant sculptures, a really big rubber ducky and more. [...
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Boar's Head recalls 71 types of meat, poultry products amid listeria outbreak...
A refrigerator filled with Boar's Head and other products at a grocery store in Georgia seen on May 30, 2023The food company is pausing some production at one of its facilities "out of an abundance of...
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Too dense for dumpsters: This NYC block reveals hurdles in ‘trash revolution’
The block of East 10th Street that was singled out in a report highlighting challenges to Mayor Eric Adams' trash revolution.There's hardly any room for trash bins or street-side dumpsters on a cramped...
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Woman killed on Randall’s Island was ‘in wrong place with wrong people,’...
Oriana Martínez, 24 (left), Sandra Martínez, 44 (center), and Jairobis Martínez, 22 (right), celebrated the Venezuelan election in Times Square on July 28, 2024.The daughters of Sandra Martinez, 44,...
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More than 750 NYC stores selling weed without license shuttered since May,...
About 1,000 unlicensed marijuana stores have been shut down in recent months, according to the govenror.Authorities say they have seized more than $41 million worth of illegal products and issued more...
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NYC declares heat emergency with real-feel temperatures of up to 100 degrees...
A man wipes sweat from his face as he crosses an intersection in Midtown Manhattan in 2017.The city is opening its cooling centers through Thursday to help New Yorkers stay safe. [ more › ]
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460 NJ law enforcement officers got 'major discipline' last year
Newark police in January, 2024.New Jersey's attorney general released a report on the cases Wednesday. [ more › ]
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Extra Extra: It's now legal to grow your own weed
Because New Yorkers 21 or older can now have up to six plants in their apartment, here are your afternoon links: Man arrested for tampering with Secret Service SUV's covered license plate, "9 to 5" but...
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NYC license plate vigilante arrested after targeting Secret Service cars...
For years, activists have demanded that law enforcement do more to crack down on drivers evading tolls by using obstructed plates.Harry Heymann, 46, was charged with criminal mischief for allegedly...
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MTA says nearly half of bus riders skip the fare, plans NYPD crackdown
The MTA says nearly half the riders on buses like this one don't pay to ride.Transit officials on Wednesday blamed fare evaders on buses for worsening the agency's already bleak financial picture. [...
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Vendors, workers say Electric Zoo festival in NYC stiffed them for nearly $1...
Two out of three days at last year's Electric Zoo festival were marred by mismanagement.Last year's festival grabbed headlines after organizers failed to build stages on time and sold too many tickets....
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Audit of Mayor Adams' 2021 campaign sparks call for reform
Critics said a new audit of Mayor Adams' 2021 campaign showed the need for stricter rules.Former Comptroller Scott Stringer saw parallels between the campaign's messy record-keeping and how Adams runs...
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This 16-foot pigeon coming to NYC might make you love pigeons
“Iván Argote’s 'Dinosaur' will add great wit to the skyline of New York,” said Cecilia Alemani, the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. director and chief curator of High Line art.The hand-painted pigeon coming to...
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Early Addition: Is Happy, the Bronx Zoo elephant, happy?
Because she hasn't been seen in her exhibit area in two weeks, here are your early links: Long Island legend Mamma Lombardi dies at 92, Upper West Side's Metro Theater could be revived, train travel is...
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NYPD offers $3,500 for information on fatal Randall’s Island shooting
At center is the woman, identified by her adult daughters as Sandra Martinez, who police say was shot and killed on Randall's Island early Monday morning.Police say they have identified a person of...
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Developer abruptly cancels plan for massive NJ warehouse complex after 2...
The abandoned warehouse would have been placed in the largest available parcel of developable land in Morris County.The 2 million square feet of warehouses were expected to bring 1,200 construction...
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