Cops cuff man who defaced Black Wall Street Gallery in Lower Manhattan
Detectives arrested a man who allegedly defaced the Black Wall Street Gallery in Lower Manhattan. According to police, at 5:02 a.m. on May 31 the suspect smeared white paint on the lower portion of the...
View ArticleViolent fight outside Midtown strip club ends with man brutally stabbed
A 23-year-old man remains hospitalized in stable condition after being stabbed during a brawl among two groups of people that began outside a Midtown topless bar early Tuesday morning, police said....
View ArticleOlympics | Tennis — Japan’s Osaka fails to handle great expectations
Naomi Osaka, Japan's great hope for tennis gold, lost in the third round of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, saying she had not known how to cope with the pressure of the occasion. The world number two...
View ArticleNew York’s $200 french fries offer ‘escape’ from reality
Jerome Powell, this story's for you. The Federal Reserve chair, always on the look-out for signs of inflation, might want to drop by Manhattan's Upper East Side, where a $200 plate of french fries...
View ArticleBattery Dance Festival to return with in-person and virtual events this August
A long-celebrated free dance festival is returning this summer to Battery Park City. Battery Dance is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a free summer festival. From Aug. 12-20, New Yorkers can...
View ArticleSmall Business Survivors: Midtown’s Benoit adapts and transforms amid...
As New York City continues to bounce back, a Midtown French eatery is bouncing back as well. In 2008, Benoit first opened its doors at 60 West 55th Street, just steps away from Fifth Avenue and Central...
View ArticleA more inclusive NYC: de Blasio signs executive order furthering...
Mayor Bill de Blasio joined the 31st ADA Sapolin Awards in Chelsea on Tuesday evening where he signed an executive order further strengthening the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities. On July...
View ArticleOlympics |‘The Fighting Four’ step up to win for Simone Biles
When Simone Biles decided she was dropping out of the team gymnastics competition and told her teammates, for a few seconds they were in shock. Then the remaining three in the team competition — all...
View ArticleModernizing home sharing regulations could benefit communities
Over the past year, COVID-19 has devastated our community. From hundreds of shuttered restaurants to high unemployment rates, Brooklyn’s economy has suffered. Communities like ours were hit hardest by...
View Article‘Body Painting Day’ brings daring splashes of color to Union Square
A parade of very colorful people — all shapes, sizes and genders — walked down Fifth Avenue wearing nothing but shoes and body paint, eliciting all the reactions you would imagine. People gawking,...
View ArticleOlympics | U.S. men’s hoops team routs Iran, Popovich lauds sportsmanship
The United States men's basketball coach Gregg Popovich lauded the sportsmanship showed by his players and their opponents Iran during their Olympic match on Wednesday, saying it showed the potential...
View ArticleOlympics | Gold-medalist Katie Ledecky at peace with her form
Multi Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky stressed there was more to life than winning on Wednesday and said she was at peace with her performance in Tokyo, after a run of rare defeats that could end...
View ArticleMan dies of injuries after crashing into tree on Long Island Expressway in...
A man died of his injuries after crashing his car into a tree on the Long Island Expressway in Queens early Wednesday morning. Authorities say that at 4:06 a.m. on July 28, police responded to a 911...
View ArticleCops release sketch of suspect who attacked woman in Lower Manhattan subway...
Detectives are looking for a suspect who attacked a woman inside a Lower Manhattan subway station months ago. According to police, at 10:45 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2020, a 47-year-old woman was standing on the...
View ArticleAudit: Thousands of iPad requests for remote learning left pending by DOE
As of March 25, 19, 425 iPad student requests for a Department of Education-issued iPad are "under review" or "unresolved" with 16,451 of those requests dating back to 2020, an audit from New York City...
View ArticleTwo NYC Council members seek bill to create permanent taxpayer advocate office
City Council Members Ben Kallos (D-Manhattan) and Finance Chair Daniel Dromm (D-Queens) are introducing legislation on July 29 at the stated City Council meeting that will make the Office of the...
View ArticleStringer declines signing East Coast Resiliency Project contract — for now
City Comptroller Scott Stringer has sent back the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project contract back to the city's Department of Design and Construction (DDC) unsigned. After several discussions...
View ArticleHomeless man cuffed for rubbing genitals on sleeping 10-year-old girl in NoHo
A homeless man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly rubbing his genitals on a sleeping child in her NoHo home. 31-year-old Raymond Wilson was taken into custody and charged with sexually motivated...
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