FDNY firefighter killed, 7 injured battling Brooklyn house blaze, body of missing tenant found in wreckage
A young FDNY firefighter died Sunday after battling a raging three-alarm inferno at a Brooklyn home where seven of his...
Thirteen-year-old boy sets to graduate from college
Elliott Tanner, a Minnesota 13-year-old is about to graduate from college with a major in physics. “I have an incredible...
Transportation Alternatives executive director talks street safety
A new report from the transit advocacy group Transportation Alternatives documented the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2014 over...
Zelenskyy pushes for more aid amid talks with U.S. diplomats
The U.S. secretaries of state and defense met Sunday night with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the highest-level visit to...
Adams pledges more money for homeless services
The city will allocate an additional $171 million a year to combat homelessness beginning in October, Mayor Eric Adams announced...
New York City organizations working to increase diversity in youth hockey
Data provided by the NHL showed there are 54 known Black, Indigenous, and people of color who played at least...
Queens Night Market returns
The Queens Night Market, a beloved open-air night market featuring food and art from across the world, has announced its...
Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change
Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change, echoing...
Bronx family mourns 23-year-old killed by stray bullet
For hours Friday, people filed into a funeral home in the Bronx to honor a woman killed by a stray...
Adams marks first Earth Day with focus on buildings emissions
At the Fairview co-op in Forest Hills, Queens, there’s a focus on the future as the climate crisis grows. “What...
New York City organizations working to increase diversity in youth hockey
Caleb Williamson did not know what hockey was until he watched “The Mighty Ducks" as a child. “I saw the...
NYC man busted in caught-on-video shooting had five guns in Queens home
A gunman seen on video exchanging shots with another man outside a Queens pawn shop was busted Friday — and...
Four wounded in shooting near Washington, D.C., school
Four people were shot and wounded Friday afternoon near a Washington, D.C., prep school. Raymond Spencer, 23, was named as...
Girl, 4, dies after being forced to drink whiskey
A Louisiana woman who wanted to teach her 4-year-old granddaughter a lesson about drinking forced her to drink half a...
DOE: Employees who submitted fake COVID vaccine cards placed on leave
The city’s Department of Education placed a number of employees on unpaid leave after finding that they submitted fake COVID-19...
Expanded protections for food delivery app workers go into effect
Beginning Friday, new city laws take effect to protect delivery workers for apps like GrubHub and Uber Eats. It marks...
Adams announces $2 million fund for Ukrainians feeling war
New York City will provide more than $2 million in funding to Ukrainians escaping the Russian-Ukrainian war who are relocating...
Advocates seek more school programming for NYC’s newcomer immigrants
Choosing a public high school can be a daunting process for New York City families. But it can be particularly...
Award-winning Bronx math teacher develops curriculum on gerrymandering
In certain high school educator circles in New York City and beyond, Kate Belin is a rock star. The veteran...
Chancellor David Banks speaks to high schoolers about his plans to lead NYC schools
Youth Communication writers recently interviewed the new Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education about the issues students...
Autistic boy, 7, critically hurt after falling down Bronx elevator shaft, NYC Buildings Dept. investigating
An autistic 7-year-old boy was critically hurt after he slipped out of his Bronx apartment and fell down an elevator...
In mixed ruling, court says New York congressional maps violated constitution
Democratic state lawmakers in New York acted with partisan intent and tried to restrict electoral competition when drawing congressional lines...
Congress demands answers after MTA camera failure in Brooklyn subway attack
Members of Congress are demanding answers from the MTA about why multiple subway surveillance cameras were not fully functioning when...
NYPD swears in 10-year-old Texas boy diagnosed with terminal cancer
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has sworn in a boy on Wednesday as part of his goal to take...
NYC Councilwoman wants top NYPD official investigated for possible perjury after Muslim surveillance comments
The Manhattan district attorney should investigate a high-ranking NYPD official for possible perjury after he recently downplayed cops’ record of...
Teen good Samaritan dies trying to rescue driver whose car plunged into Florida canal
A Florida teen is being mourned as a hero after the 17-year-old died trying to rescue a driver who had...
Fatal subway shove suspect deemed unfit to stand trial: prosecutors
The man charged with fatally shoving an Asian American woman onto the subway tracks in Times Square in January has...
NYC rolls out new bins to curb trash, stymie rats
The piles of curbside trash bags currently serving as “all-you-can-eat buffets” for the city’s rats will soon be off the...
City Council, advocates push for more help for students in foster care
The city’s schools serve upwards of 7,000 children in foster care each year. Their educational outcomes are startling. “The New...
Fugitive wanted for raping twin 4-year-old girls nabbed hours after assaulting cops trying to arrest him in NYC
A fugitive wanted for raping twin 4-year-old girls who assaulted two cops trying to arrest him in Midtown Manhattan has...
Driver of NYPD SUV strikes man crossing Brooklyn street
The driver of an NYPD SUV struck and injured a man carrying groceries across a Brooklyn street Tuesday, police sources...
Therapists in NYC’s special education recovery program claim they are yet to be paid by DOE
Occupational therapist Larissa Gomes has seen the pandemic’s toll on students with disabilities, so she jumped at the chance to...
Federal prosecutors float idea of Rikers Island takeover
As the Rikers Island crisis continues to go unaddressed, prosecutors are floating the idea of a federal takeover. In a...
MTA, NYC taxis and ride-hailing apps keep masking rules as airlines drop them
A federal judge in Florida voided the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national mask mandate for travel on planes...
Doormen’s union, landlords avoid strike with tentative agreement
The building workers union reached a tentative, four-year agreement with the landlords that employ them, the two negotiating partners announced...
Some NYC schools see more families opt out of state tests amid rising anxiety
Rosa Diaz gave her fifth grade daughter a choice ahead of last month’s English state test: Did she feel ready...
Bronx man who murdered sleeping girlfriend, dumped body ‘like garbage,’ gets 25 years to life
A cold-blooded Bronx killer who fatally stabbed his sleeping girlfriend and got rid of her body like he was throwing...
Teen girl stabbed, killed in school by trespasser in his 40s
A female high school student attending classes Monday was reportedly stabbed multiple times by an intruder believed to be in...
Mayor Adams picks Jessica Tisch to lead city’s Sanitation Department
Jessica Tisch, the former head of the city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, has been named the next sanitation...
NYC to restore alternate side parking July 5 amid clean streets push
The five boroughs will fully restore alternate side parking this summer as part of an $11 million effort to improve...
Mayor Bloomberg visits City Hall for first time since 2013
For a week, Mayor Eric Adams was stuck in Gracie Mansion, isolating with COVID-19. But that ended that ended Monday...
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Rep. Ilhan Omar sees Christians singing on a plane, wonders what would happen if Muslims did the same
Seeing a video of Christians on a plane singing spiritual songs left Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar wondering what might happen...
New York International Auto Show returns after pandemic hiatus
After canceling the event two years in a row — and for the first time since World War II —...
Financially strapped tenants face eviction in Manhattan, Brooklyn
Financially strapped tenants facing eviction in Manhattan and Brooklyn will have to start representing themselves in housing court because of...
Adams, Sewell insist NYC subways are safe after rampage as mayor downplays crime surge
Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday tried to assure the public that the subways are safe after last week’s rampage —...
Cardinal Dolan talks refugees, homelessness on Easter
Cardinal Timothy Dolan praised New Yorkers’ compassion for Ukrainians and outlined his upcoming trip to meet with refugees in an...
New Yorkers welcomed back the Easter parade and bonnet festival
With the chimes of the bells, St. Patrick's Cathedral welcomed parishioners visiting near and far for Easter Sunday service. “Our...
6 children rescued from elevator in Wayne, New Jersey
Wayne Police say six children, all about 13 years old, were trapped in an elevator that got stuck near the...
Brooklyn school mourns 12-year-old shooting victim
One by one, students and staff spoke in a schoolyard memorial Wednesday afternoon to share memories of Kade Lewin, a...
NYC unveils changes to ‘gifted’ program
For the 2022-23 school year, the education department plans to add 1,000 new seats across the city for gifted programs...
President Weah hosts football legends in Africa at an event in Monrovia
The liberian President, George Weah, has hosted football legends in Africa at an event in Monrovia. This president disclosed this...
‘Crazy Elon’ Musk making major push in Twitter bid — but now he’s facing federal heat
Now I get why he’s called “Crazy Elon.” Bankers who cover Elon Musk — the electric-car, space-travel and now, possibly,...
There’s no getting out of jury duty for these New York City residents
Manhattan residents summoned for jury duty may be in for an unwelcome surprise. Manhattanites can now be called into the...
NYU Shanghai staff ‘trapped’ amid harsh COVID lockdown
Dozens of staff and vendors at NYU’s Shanghai campus have been “trapped” on campus for weeks, an administrator said. “We...
Gov. Hochul releases taxes, Mayor Adams does not – for now
Gov. Hochul allowed reporters to view her 2021 tax returns on Friday, while Mayor Adams said he was opting against...
Gunman kills man at Brooklyn playground in shooting that frightened fleeing children, parents
A gunman killed a 20-year-old man in a Brooklyn playground Friday in a shooting that sent frightened children and horrified...
Queens woman busted in $4K shoplift with five children in tow
A woman raided a Queens clothing store with five children in tow before fleeing into a nearby subway station and...
Transit workers who helped bring riders to safety during shooting honored at City Hall
As the platform filled with smoke and bloodied passengers exiting the Brooklyn train car, N train operator David Artis directed...
Rising COVID cases may push city Health Department to raise alert level in coming days
As COVID-19 cases rise statewide, the city can expect to move to a “medium” alert level in the next week,...