Severed head found in NYC apartment fridge; tenant charged with murder
A New York City man has been charged with murder in connection with the discovery of a human head and body parts in a refrigerator in a Brooklyn apartment, police announced Friday. Nicholas McGee, 45, was arrested Thursday afternoon and charged with robbery, concealing a human corpse and tampering with evidence, city police said in […]
Cyndi Lauper’s son faces boot from posh NYC pad for allegedly smoking weed, late-night screaming and thumping music
Cyndi Lauper’s troubled son could get away with being the next-door neighbor in an upscale Manhattan neighborhood filled with blaring music, late-night screams and the stench of weed, court documents claim. are doing. Deklyn “Dex” Roper-Thornton’s landlord filed an eviction petition last month to force the 26-year-old rapper out of his $7,200-a-month apartment in a […]
NYC looks at birth control for rats
There’s love in the air for the Squeakers, but city councilors want to stop them from becoming new parents. City Councilman Sean Abreu (D-Manhattan) proposed a rat sterilization program jointly run by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Sanitation as the latest attempt to quell the plague. City Councilman Sean […]
NYC teen arrested for shoving, robbing 68-year-old woman outside Queens church
A 16-year-old boy was arrested Thursday for allegedly pushing a 68-year-old woman down the stairs of a Queens church and snatching her purse over the weekend, police said. Police said the boy was charged with multiple charges, including robbery and assault, in the early Sunday morning attack outside St. Demetrius Greek Orthodox Church in Briarwood. […]
NYC woman, 87, Joan Behan crushed to death by car sat in driveway for 20 minutes praying before tragedy
An 87-year-old Brooklyn woman who was hit by her own car on Wednesday prayed for 20 minutes in her car in her driveway just before the fatal crash, her heartbroken son has said. Joanne Behan, the 10-year-old’s grandmother and a devout Christian, had just gotten out of her blue 2013 Toyota Corolla after coming home […]
Homeless migrant Juan Hernandez busted for taking historic NYC fireboat on wild joyride down Hudson River: cops
Now he is above the stream. A 22-year-old immigrant was arrested aboard a historic fireboat during a rough journey down the Hudson River before becoming stranded and hopping onto a yacht in Manhattan, police and sources said. Juan Hernandez, a homeless man from Ecuador, began wading on the former FDNY-owned John J. Harvey vessel around […]
Ritzy Florida neighborhoods bump NYC, Beverly Hills off list of most expensive US real estate
Florida’s pandemic-era real estate boom has propelled the Sunshine State enclave to the top of the list of most expensive areas. The once-glorified Manhattan hotspot has been dropped from the top 10, and Beverly Hills has shrunk. The most expensive area in the country is Miami’s Coral Gables neighborhood, with homes in the gated Gables […]
NYC start-up founder Sophia D’Antoine dies after being mowed down crossing UES street
The young founder of a cybersecurity research company died after fighting for his life for several days after being hit by a speeding SUV on the Upper East Side during rainy weather last week, police said. Margin Research founder Sophia Dantoine, 30, died Friday, three days after being struck by a speeding 2017 Land Rover […]
Ex-guard at NYC federal building admits to sexually assaulting asylum seeker
Armed guards at a federal building in Manhattan that houses ICE and FBI offices sexually assaulted a man seeking asylum protection last May, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Jimmy Solano Arias, 42, offered to help the man with his asylum process as part of a plea deal reached in Manhattan federal court, but instead he was […]
How empty office buildings could help NYC solve its housing crisis
The city desperately needs more rental housing. Hundreds of dilapidated old office buildings remain largely vacant. So why not use one problem to solve another? The solution is to give landlords property tax breaks to cover the high cost of converting useless old offices into rental apartments. SL Green, the city’s largest commercial landlord, has […]