Families receive food at the Reaching Out Community Services food pantry on March 25, 2025, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. City Harvest released its annual report on child hunger as families brace for deep cuts to SNAP. [ more › ]
Jin Tao Wu has survived Japan’s invasion of China, the rise of the Communist Party and the massacres of the Cultural Revolution. Now, thousands of miles and many decades later, the 93-year-old sits in a beige-walled public housing apartment in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, conf
Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City addresses at the Free Iran World Summit 2025 emphasizing the importance of backing the NCRI's democratic movement. A spokesperson says the former New York City mayor is “fighting” and asks for prayers. [ more › ]
NYPD officers respond to anti-ICE protesters outside out of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. Elected leaders are questioning the presence of federal immigration agents and the police response after a chaotic confrontation on Saturday night. [ more › ]
New Jersey police officers and first responders are seen outside Chick-Fil-A restaurant following a mass shooting in April. Jaheed Fields, the alleged shooter, previously pleaded guilty to possessing a handgun without a permit. [ more › ]
One detainee was found dead with 66 pills in his cell. Another lay in distress for five minutes during an apparent overdose before staff administered Narcan. A third was left locked in his cell, unsupervised, for nearly half an hour as he spiraled into a medical crisis. Those were some of the damnin
Lime wants to topple Citi Bike's monopoly. Back in 2021, lawmakers allowed e-scooter rental companies to roll out in select areas of the Bronx and Queens. Now, a major player wants to expand. [ more › ]
Hundreds of case workers, career coaches and housing specialists at two prominent nonprofits serving recently incarcerated people announced they plan to unionize on Friday morning, May Day, looking to join the ranks of scores of workers in the education and social services sector who’ve organized in
An NYPD van in New York City on Feb. 15, 2023 Authorities say the teen was attacked about a mile from home during a fight in Soundview this week. [ more › ]
Because the MTA said UPS nearly doubled Amazon's violations last year, here are your early links: Broadway in Brooklyn has a lot of potholes, pre-war apartments have janky doorbells, Jersey City deer hunt and more. [ more › ]
File photo of a residential street in Brooklyn. Here are the neighborhoods where the quick resales are happening the most. [ more › ]
New Jersey Republican Tom Kean Jr. Kean's office has only said he's dealing with a brief "personal health matter," and did not say when he'll be back. [ more › ]
They want to curb your dog. The New York City Council on Thursday introduced a package of bills aimed at helping the scourge of dog poop that intensified during weeks of feces-strewn snow piles this winter. The four bills, which will have hearings in the coming weeks, focused on both outreach and ot
This article was originally published by Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. The New York City Council on Thursday passed a package of bills seeking to do more to educate parents about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines a
Two weeks ago, a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot with a handgun on a Queens playground during a water gun fight. This Monday, another 15-year-old boy was shot multiple times on the A train. On Thursday, groups that work to curb teen gun violence gathered at a forum in Brooklyn to highlight th
Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar The ruling means Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar will appear on the ballot in a Democratic primary against DSA-backed challenger David Orkin. [ more › ]
Two contractors robbed workers of hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages through kickbacks, forgery and wage theft as they renovated a playground in The Bronx, officials say. It took years for the city comptroller’s office and the Parks Department to claw back the money after an audit found that
A man makes a purchase. The pilot program kept nearly all young people out of the city’s shelter system six months after distributing the money. [ more › ]
Fordham Road in the Bronx. New Yorkers on Fordham Road said they liked the mayor’s decision to get personal with the uber rich. [ more › ]
Sheriffs from around New York lobbied Tuesday at the state capitol. Gov. Hochul and lawmakers are closing in on immigration package as part of state budget. [ more › ]
