In a marked shift of protocol, the New York Police Department has begun conducting robust investigations of traffic crashes that result in critical injuries but not certain or likely death.
He waived extradition. Now Julio Acevedo, 44, should wave goodbye to freedom. With a desperado’s face only a mugshot photographer could love, Acevedo listened to a local district attorney advise the judge that the suspect wanted to waive extradition to Brooklyn, where he was wanted in the Sunday hit-and-run wreck that killed Nachman and Raizel Glauber, both 21.
Today’s expected nor’easter will not be the heavy storm originally forecast, as the city will see only a light coating of wet snow this morning — and it will all melt by the afternoon.
It’s the MTA’s most reliable service — constant fare hikes. The transit agency will increase fares for the fourth time in five years this weekend, infuriating fed-up riders who are now searching for cheaper ways to get around town.
A federal judge has put Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes in the unusual position of having to defend himself before a jury — against claims he is “deliberately indifferent” to misconduct by prosecutors in his office.
Does a requirement that customers at Satmar-run stores in Brooklyn dress modestly run afoul of human rights law? That is the question at issue in the upcoming trial of seven businesses being sued by New York City’s Commission on Human Rights for having signs in their storefronts stating, “No shorts, no barefoot, no sleeveless, no low cut neckline allowed in this store.”
The month-long strike by New York City school bus drivers will apparently come to an end Friday night. Sources familiar with the negotiation told WCBS 880′s Rich Lamb that the union has decided to end the strike.
Winter storm Nemo is expected to sock the city today with fierce winds and an icy mix that should bring down power lines and trees, threaten coastal flooding, turn tonight’s commute into a nightmare — and leave more than a foot of snow before it’s done.
Get ready for some wacky winter weather. A powerful nor’easter is going to dump a stinging mix of sleet and rain on the city early Friday that will gradually turn to snow, with up to eight inches expected overnight, the National Weather Service said Wednesday.
Eastern Parkway has long been a dividing line in Crown Heights — hipsters live to the north of it, Hasidim to the south, with African American and Caribbean residents mixed evenly in between.
Former Mayor Ed Koch passed away early this morning, he was 88. Koch had been in and out of the hospital in recent months, and was admitted Monday at New York Presbyterian Medical Center.
The ice storm cometh. An impending winter storm’s colossal size is sending shivers of worry down Americans’ spines. Before too long, the harsh wintry cold will produce true shivers.
In the bad old days, New York City once averaged six murders every 24 hours. But those bloody times are long gone. The latest evidence? Police say that as of Saturday morning, the city had gone 10 days without a reported homicide.
Frigid temperatures drop into the single digits and are well below average for January. Low numbers are expected throughout the rest of the week.
Thousands of city kids were left stranded this morning when school-bus drivers and matrons went on strike, leaving parents scrambling to find other ways to get their children to school.
Hundreds of potentially inflammatory advertisements linking Islam to terrorism have gone up in the subway — the biggest series of its kind to date.
One of the city’s most daunting challenges — decoding parking regulation signs — is getting easier in parts of Manhattan.
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