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Man dies in explosion at Queens garage while working on vehicle: sources
JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) – A man died in an explosion at a Queens garage early Thursday morning, sources told PIX11 News. A fire broke out at the garage on 89th Avenue in Jamaica around 1:58 a.m., according to the NYPD. A 47-year-old man was found unconscious and unresponsive with burns on his body, police said. […]
Chili’s and Applebee’s woo inflation-weary diners as fast food prices continue to climb
It’s a soar point. Fast food lovers have been watching helplessly as the price of a burger and fries climbs ever higher — combo quaffers in NYC are now paying as much as $13.89 plus tax for a Big Mac pack, not to mention a whopping $13.99 for a Whopper meal at some local Burger King locations. Are they looking for their fix at the wrong restaurant chains? Chili’s seems to think so. The Dallas-based home of the baby back (baby back, baby back, baby back) rib may traditionally have been considered a pricier sit-down upgrade over the usual quick and...
Two teens arrested after guns found in school parking lot
Two Upstate high school students are in custody after guns were found in a car on campus, Wednesday morning. Staff at Westside High was notified of a heated argument that happened in the parking lot earlier that morning.
Long Island man pleads guilty to killing four while driving impaired
MINEOLA, N.Y. (PIX11) — The man accused of crashing his vehicle while impaired and killing four members of the same family in August 2023 accepted a plea deal on Wednesday. By accepting the plea deal, DeAngelo pled guilty to nine charges, including aggravated vehicular homicide and manslaughter in the second degree. On August 6, one of the […]
NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ indicted for tenant harassment weeks after being jailed over building violations
The Big Apple’s so-called “worst landlord” Daniel Ohebshalom has been indicted for allegedly harassing rent-regulated tenants with “unlivable” conditions to drive them out of units so he could sell the buildings to make a buck, prosecutors said. The latest legal trouble for Ohebshalom came barely a month after he was locked up over hundreds of violations at just two of his Manhattan properties. He was charged Wednesday by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over a pattern of alleged tenant abuse dating back years — which consisted of forgoing maintenance until units fell apart, withholding heat and hot water during...
Power outages linked to heat and storms are rising, and low-income communities are most at risk, as a new NYC study shows
Practices such as redlining left marginalized groups in more disaster-prone areas with poorer quality infrastructure − and more likely to experience prolonged power outages.
Massive fire engulfs NYC supermarket, spreads to 4 buildings, injuring 7 and displacing 30 residents
A massive fire tore through a Brooklyn supermarket Wednesday evening, injuring seven people and displacing about 30 residents as it quickly spread to four neighboring apartment buildings. The blaze began just before 6 p.m. inside Christa’s Kitchen & Market on Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick and grew to at least a five-alarm fire with over 250 smoke-eaters responding, FDNY officials said at the scene. The seven wounded all suffered minor injuries and included six firefighters — five of whom were transported to local hospitals — and a civilian who was being treated for smoke inhalation at the scene. “This fire impacted...
Cinco to Celebrate: Inside the East Harlem Mexican restaurant that became a TikTok sensation
If there’s anything that’s constant in New York City, it’s change, and most New Yorkers have become hardened to the tragedy of seeing their favorite small businesses shutter. Since COVID, the trend has only gotten worse: Places like China Chalet and Coogan’s, which once defined their respective neighborhoods and the city at large, practically disappeared overnight.
Nearly 300 protesters from Columbia, City College of NY arrested; demonstration at NYPD headquarters
NEW YORK -- Nearly 300 people were arrested at Columbia University and The City College of New York Tuesday night, Mayor Eric Adams said. In a press conference Wednesday morning, he blamed "outside agitators" for "training and co-opting" and otherwise peaceful protest to turn it into something potentially violent. "You...
New York City mayor: ‘It’s despicable’ schools would allow another country’s flag to fly in America
New York City major Eric Adams said it was “despicable” that U.S. schools would allow another country’s flag to fly on their campuses while defending the New York Police Department (NYPD) after hundreds of officers in riot gear broke up pro-Palestinian protests on Columbia University’s campus. At a press conference Wednesday after New York police…
‘SMOKEOUT Act’ passes shortly after Harlem advocates push law to close down illegal dispensaries
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