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Manhattan street closures for Ninth Avenue International Food Festival
MANHATTAN (PIX11) – Streets will be closed, so food vendors can pack the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as the Ninth Avenue International Food Festival returns on Saturday. “As the oldest and largest continuing food festival in New York City, we understand how much time and energy it takes to produce a quality festival, and we […]
In Less Than a Decade, You Won’t Be Able To Afford Homes in These New York Areas
Elevated mortgage rates, rising home prices and low housing inventory have made it challenging for most prospective homebuyers in New York to afford a home. Home prices are dropping in some parts of...
Brooklyn man sentenced to 3.5-10 years for causing girlfriend's 4-month-old fatal head trauma while babysitting
A Brooklyn man was sentenced on Friday to three and a half to 10 years in prison for fatally injuring his girlfriend’s infant daughter while trying to keep her quiet when he was babysitting, prosecutors said.
New Jersey woman killed in Pennsylvania Turnpike motorcycle crash
LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) – A 49-year-old woman was killed in a motorcycle crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Dauphin County this week. The Pennsylvania State Police at Bowmansville said Friday the crash happened on Interstate 76 in Londonderry Township on Wednesday. Troopers said Kimberly Toliver, 49, of Newark,...
Drones smuggled drugs across Niagara River from Canada, 3 suspects caught in NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A smuggling operation used drones to fly drugs across the Niagara River from Canada into upstate New York, using a newly purchased $630,000 house along the river as a drop point, according to a criminal complaint unsealed this week. One person has pleaded guilty and...
Highly pathogenic avian flu found in NYC birds: study
Bird flu has come to roost in the concrete jungle. A highly pathogenic strain of avian flu has been circulating among New York City’s feathered friends for years, a group of scientists say. And it means that pet owners should be on alert. The New York City Virus Hunters have found the avian flu in samples of bird poop that were collected between 2022 and 2023. The group published their findings in the Journal of Virology on Wednesday. Volunteers collected 1,927 samples of bird droppings scattered across green spaces throughout the city as well as some from animal rehabilitation centers. In total, the...
Thief dressed as FedEx employee robs Manhattan package delivery worker, threatens to stab him: police
A man using a FedEx shirt as a disguise to get into an apartment building to steal packages got a surprise when the real delivery driver faced him outside on a Manhattan sidewalk, police said. The NYPD released surveillance video Friday of a daring robbery in Washington Heights on May...
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