3+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (512+ words) UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Democratic candidate Micah Lasher is running for Congress in District 12 in New York City's primary election on Tuesday, June 23. Lasher will face off against fellow Democratic candidates for Jerry Nadler's seat, including Assemblymember Alex Bores, Jack…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (253+ words) CITY OF NEWBURGH, NY — An Orange County man has been sentenced for robbing and repeatedly punching a pedestrian in October of 2024. Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Tuesday, 55-year-old Robert Smith, of Newburgh, was sentenced to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (188+ words) The two daredevils who climbed the Empire State Building's antenna on Wednesday afternoon to unfurl a banner about the power of love and then got engaged mid-air have been identified as a New Jersey-based couple, according to the NYPD. The…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (166+ words) ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — A sad chapter in a desperate case of hopelessness has ended with the recovery of a body from the Hudson. On Aug. 2, at approximately 10:08 a.m., troopers assigned to the Haverstraw barracks responded to a report of a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (211+ words) MIDTOWN, NY — A New Jersey woman was identified as the victim stabbed to death near Times Square before police shot and killed the suspected attacker Monday afternoon, authorities said. Erin Piacenti, 32, of Chester, New Jersey, died after she was stabbed…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (431+ words) ENGLISHTOWN, NJ — An ex-mob enforcer turned local councilman who was recently charged in a loan scheme will be held in jail until trial, according to multiple reports. John Alite, 63, of Englishtown, was arrested on Friday and charged with multiple counts…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (288+ words) POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — A local man who was convicted of trying to set an occupied apartment building on fire has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Lorgio Hernandez-Quevedo, 69, was serving as the building’s superintendent at the time, according to the Office…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago   (168+ words) According to the NYPD, the 65-year-old woman was walking in front of 150 East 86 St., between Lexington and Third avenues, on the evening of March 3, when a man shoved her to the ground at around 6:20 p.m. The woman sustained a broken wrist…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (106+ words) NEW YORK CITY — A man was killed after he was allegedly shoved down the stairs at a subway station entrance in Manhattan, police said. The 76-year-old man, identified as Ross Falzone, was found at the intersection of West 18 Street and…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1875+ words) WESTHAMPTON, NY — Andrew Jordan was only nine years old, a student in fourth grade at Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School, when he headed to school on September 11, 2001, under bright blue skies. Andrew was a bright little boy who could name all the…...