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Dolan, Weinstein accuser plans appeal after judge dismisses sex abuse lawsuit

Harvey Weinstein (L) and James Dolan at an event in New York City on Dec. 13, 2015.A massage therapist sued Madison Square Garden owner James Dolan and former movie producer Harvey Weinstein, but a...

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NYPD releases body camera footage of police subway shooting in Brooklyn that...

A screenshot of police body-worn camera footage of the NYPD subway shooting at the Sutter Avenue station in Brooklyn on Sept. 15, 2024.Calls for police to release video footage of the chaotic incident...

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What is NYC's Office of Asylum Seeker Operations, whose leader got a visit...

Mayor Eric Adams releases his blueprint on asylum, which created the Office of Asylum Seeker Services, on March 7, 2023.The latest twist in the investigations into Mayor Eric Adams' administration...

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Black enrollment falls at Columbia, top schools after affirmative action...

The picture was more complicated for Asian American students at the most selective schools. [ more › ]

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The WNBA playoffs are here and the NY Liberty are No. 1. Here's your guide to...

Sabrina Ionescu dribbles during an August 2024 game against the Seattle Storm.The team will play its first game in the playoffs on Sunday against the Atlanta Dream. [ more › ]

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NYPD: 6 wounded, one critical, after early morning Greenpoint shooting

The underpass near Cherry Street and Stewart Avenue in Brooklyn where police say 6 men were injured by gunfirePolice are investigating what sparked the gunfire. [ more › ]

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Windsor not: Brooklyn community board that supports 'City of Yes' votes no on...

The industrial laundry company, Arrow Linen Supply, wants to change the zoning in the plot of land to make way for a roughly 240 unit apartment complex.The 30-6 vote to reject a new housing development...

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A race across the Williamsburg Bridge with a catch: Citi Bikes only

Semi-professional bike racer William "Hacks" Hacker (center) took home the first place prize for a second consecutive year.Racers competed for $1,000 in Saturday's second annual Citi Bike Boyz Grand...

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Interim NYPD head says federal agents searched, took items from his homes

Interim NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon speaks at a Sept. 18 event with Mayor Eric AdamsThomas Donlon has been serving as head of the NYPD for 10 days. [ more › ]

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Party boss George Norcross' indictment details a web of corruption across...

South Jersey political boss George Norcross was indicted today on racketeering charges.Prosecutors say Norcross' allies were shuffled among an assortment of leadership roles in nonprofits, development...

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A new book chronicles the history of the Bronx, ‘the Greatest Borough’

The Bronx, Queens and Manhattan photographed from Washington Heights.Writer Ian Frazier examines the history and the beauty of the Bronx. [ more › ]

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NYC sanitation worker dies in Queens after he was run over by his own garbage...

It was not clear on Sunday what caused Errico — who worked for the sanitation department for 19 years — to fall out of the truck. [ more › ]

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Gas line rupture forces evacuations in the Bronx, residents allowed back...

Authorities say incident was placed under control at 12:55 p.m. Sunday.Five people were treated, three hospitalized, after a gas line ruptured Sunday morning in Bedford Park, prompting evacuations and...

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Brace for the slowest Manhattan traffic of the year. The UN is in town.

A police traffic officer gestures as traffic is restricted due to the U.N. General Assembly in 2021.And it's not going to get much better through the 2024 holiday season. [ more › ]

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NYPD issues hundreds of jaywalking tickets a year. Vast majority go to people...

Downtown Brooklyn sees some of the city's highest rates of jaywalking enforcement.Though nearly every New Yorker jaywalks from time to time, people of color make up the overwhelming majority of those...

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Part of Manhattan Waterfront Greenway closes to bicyclists, pedestrians until...

A portion of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway will close to bicyclists and pedestrians until 2025.The path is closed from 100th to 125th Streets — a section known as the Cherry Walk [ more › ]

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Early Addition: The spotted lanternflies are over New York

Because the stomping was a part of it, but it's mostly because they ate all the food, here are your early links: "Oh, Mary!" extended, improvements coming to above-ground subway tracks, dudes are weird...

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Adams made homeless sweeps a priority. Tracking their outcomes? Not so much.

A homeless encampment at the base of the Manhattan Bridge before it was removed by police and sanitation crews under the Adams administration in December 2022City Hall is four months late in filing a...

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Extra Extra: The NYPD is looking forward to 'new opportunities and fresh...

Because I'm looking forward to wearing more corduroy, here are your afternoon links: Down at the spring factory with the Hawk Tuah girl, New Jersey's favorite new fast-casual burrito chain, the Pope...

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Former Rikers correction officer won’t face charges in detainee’s 2022 death

Still video image of Rikers Island detainee Elijah Muhammad, taken on July 10, 2022, hours before he was pronounced dead from what the city medical examiner's office said was "acute fentanyl...

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