Growing number of NYC students feel unsafe as gang activity, bullying uptick in schools: survey
While Chancellor David Banks spoke of a bright future for New York's public schools this week, surveys of the city's students paint a darker picture: More students are reporting being bullied, feeling unhappy and at risk. In a city education bureau poll of 355,105 elementary, middle and high school students conducted this spring, 51% said […]
Man gets tattooed on ping pong table inches away from NYC playground
Some people don't think before they get inked. On Monday afternoon, passersby and park officials marveled at a man with a tattoo on his chest at Matthews Palmer Playground, located between 45th and 46th Streets in Hell's Kitchen. “That was really funny,” tattoo artist Darian Ramjit told The Washington Post, saying he was impressed by […]
NYC ex-con charged in slaying of man whose remains were found in crockpot, burning shopping cart: cops
A former Bronx inmate was indicted on murder charges Friday in the brutal August slaying of another man whose dismembered body parts were found hidden inside a stew pot in a Bronx apartment and inside a burning shopping cart in Yonkers, police and sources said. Authorities and police sources said Muhammad Aadil, 40, was involved […]
NYC lawmakers call for investigation into Bill de Blasio and top Health officials under his administration
New York City council members on Friday called for an investigation into former Mayor Bill de Blasio's coronavirus response chief after he was caught on hidden camera bragging about going to drug-fueled sex parties with hundreds of attendees during the pandemic. Dr. Jay Varma, who served as a senior health adviser to Mayor de Blasio […]
Inside the Secret Service’s secret NYC lair as they protect 142 world leaders during the UN Gen Assembly
This week, Patrick J. Freeney is the most important bodyguard on the planet. Special Agent Freeney said: United States Secret Service New York As head of the field office, his team is responsible for 142 of the world's most influential leaders and their spouses. 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The tense week […]
NYC gunman who shot up Jacobi ER sentenced 12 years in prison
A crazed gunman who opened fire in the emergency room of Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx two years ago, nearly shooting a mother holding her baby, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Kevel Martinez, 25, was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to first-degree assault in the Jan. 25, 2022, shooting that wounded […]
Form feud continues as petty back and forth between NYC mayor and council drags on
The City Council is moving forward with a bill to repeal Mayor Eric Adams' policy of requiring people to fill out paperwork in order to meet with the head of the mayor's administrative department. The bill, introduced Thursday, marks the latest phase in an ongoing power struggle between the two chambers. Rep. Lincoln Ressler (D-Brooklyn), […]
Boy, 16, arrested and charged with murder in fatal shooting of NYC mom
More than a week after a New York mother was shot and killed in front of her family during a robbery, a 16-year-old boy was arrested Thursday and charged with murder, according to the New York Police Department. The teen, whose identity has not been released, was also charged with theft, robbery and unlawful possession […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs placed on suicide watch at NYC Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center
Sean “Diddy” Combs, 54, is reportedly on suicide watch in a Brooklyn jail where he is awaiting trial on sex crime charges due to unclear mental health. The rapper was added to the watch list as a “precautionary measure” days after his arrest on charges of sex trafficking, extortion and transportation to prostitution, sources said. […]
Trump, Vance visit NYC firefighters on anniversary of 9/11
Former President Trump and vice presidential candidate JD Vance make a stop at Engine 4 Ladder 15 in New York City to mark … source