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A retired United Airlines flight attendant, Paul Veneto, will push a beverage cart from Logan Airport in Boston to Ground Zero in New York City this September in honor of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. The journey titled Paulie's Push, is in honor of the flight crew members and passengers...

Beginning this Friday, New Yorkers could get $100 if they get the COVID-19 vaccine at a city run site!. There have been a ton of incentives for New Yorkers to get vaccinated - free food, free baseball tickets, free drinks, and so much more. Now, New York City is offering money to those that get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a city run site beginning July 30th.

Bryant Park has announced the full movie lineup in its iconic Bryant Park Movie Nights series, which will be returning this summer after being paused due to the pandemic. Entering the 27th season, the series is a welcome return to outdoor events in New York City. Due to popular demand, Bryant Park Movie Nights, presented by Verizon, will run on Monday and, for the first time, Tuesday evenings, from August 23rd through September 28th on the Bryant Park lawn. All films begin at sunset, with the lawn open at 5pm for picnicking. With the series starting later in the summer, an earlier sunset will encourage a broader audience to attend.

A high school student in New Jersey who hopes to serve in the U.S. military is already working hard to help veterans. Michael Ferrara became invested in helping homeless vets after realizing that people who fought for our country were now living on the streets. “I think that’s absolutely unacceptable,” the teen says, so he decided to do something about it.

In New York City, a lot has changed. Hurricane evacuation zones have, too. More than 3 million New Yorkers live in the City's hurricane evacuation zones and about 1 million New Yorkers changed zones this year. So help you navigate things there's: KNOW YOUR ZONE which is your destination for...

A substitute teacher in Queens has been arrested for threatening to shoot a classroom full of middle schoolers on Wednesday. 52-year-old Alejandro Rocha allegedly told the art class at Walter Crowley School “If you won’t do as you’re told, I’m gonna shoot you…and yes, I have a gun.” He admitted to making the comment and apologized for making the “bad joke” to the group of unruly 11 and 12-year-olds. He’s been charged with making a terroristic threat and suspended without pay.

Two New York men are in custody in Maine, accused of disguising 200-thousand dollars worth of cocaine as cake. Chelsey Cochran and John Cedeno were arrested after a pit stop on the Maine Turnpike earlier in the week. Authorities describe the fake cake's packaging as saying it weighed "one kilogram" and also said in Spanish "perfect white and ideal flow."

Shocking and sad news has come out of Jets camp as it’s being reported assistant coach Greg Knapp has been critically injured in a biking accident in California. The 58-year-old was struck by a vehicle this past Saturday near his home while crossing a busy intersection. Preliminary reports reveal that drugs and/or alcohol were not a factor and that the driver of the vehicle is cooperating with the investigation.

Even when they’re off the clock, a cop’s work is never done. A police detective in Manchester, New Jersey, was on his lunch break when he rushed to save a choking girl in a restaurant. Detective Richard Jupinka was eating at Café Napoli last week when a 10-year-old girl began...

A woman lost the diamond in her engagement ring at JFK airport and thanks to TSA officers, she now has it back. Amir Khan Durrani and his wife were traveling through the New York City airport to catch a honeymoon flight to Guam when she noticed the “newly purchased” stone was missing.

An NYPD officer is being called a hero for saving a man's life with an empty bag of potato chips and a roll of tape. Officer Ronald Kennedy used those supplies after a man was stabbed in the chest in Harlem back on July 7th. Turns out, the bag of chips was the perfect size to cover the wound and the man survived. Where did Officer Kennedy come up with such an idea? He says he learned the life-saving move from his days working as an EMT.

New York-based restaurant Serendipity 3 has added a new item to their list of Guinness Book of World Record entries. Their Quintessential Grill Cheese is now, officially, the world’s most expensive grilled cheese sandwich. For $214, you get two slices of French Pullman bread, prepped with Dom Perignon, edible gold flakes, and white truffle butter, and rare Caciocavallo Podolico cheese in-between. In addition, there’s a cup of South African Lobster Tomato Bisque on the side for dipping. Serendipity 3 also holds records for the most expensive dessert, hamburger, hot dog, largest wedding cake, and largest cup of hot chocolate.

BBC is working on a docuseries about Jeffrey Epstein’s right-hand woman Ghislaine Maxwell, “The Fall of the House of Maxwell”… and so far, New York City socialites are steering clear. Sources tell “Page Six” that the city’s higher society types that once rubbed elbows with Epstein and Maxwell are keeping...

A New York man is the lucky winner of $4 million after playing a Michigan Lottery game. The winner purchased a $30 Worth Millions instant game ticket near Dearborn. The winning prizes for the instant game range between $30 and $4 million, WJRT reported. "I saw there were two top...

Mail delivery was slow Saturday for some in Seneca Falls, New York, and police say it was because a U.S. Postal Worker allegedly was too drunk to deliver the mail; if he was, it didn’t stop him from trying. Police say a 56-year-old USPS worker was driving drunk while delivering the Saturday afternoon mail, and he was allegedly so drunk he actually fell out of the mail truck while driving his route. The truck crossed the road and went into a row of bushes, where it came to a stop. He’s been charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, and other violations.

The Yankees-Red Sox may be one of the most heated rivalries in baseball but the two teams (and all of MLB) have come together in banning a fan for life from every stadium. Saturday night, as the Red Sox faced the Yankees in The Bronx, a Yankees fan threw a ball onto the field that hit Red Sox left fielder Alex Verdugo in the back. The fan was immediately ejected from the game. The Yankees themselves banned the fan for life from their stadium, and MLB followed suite banning him from the other 29 ballparks.

It’s no secret that most states have cities with high populations of rich people and others filled with more middle income and low income residents. But there are certainly some states that have more people making a lot of money as compared to others and now a new report reveals which they are.

A small version of the Statue of Liberty is in Washington, DC. The figure has been placed in front of the French Ambassador's home. An inauguration ceremony was held, marking more than 135 years since the first Statue of Liberty was unveiled in New York. Yesterday was also Bastille Day for the French.

If a zombie were looking to feed on brains, it would likely starve when attacking the IRS. New Jersey’s own Samantha Dreissig has been battling the Internal Revenue Service for seven years now trying to convince them she’s not dead. The drama started in 2014 when she tried to file her taxes. That was the same year her mother passed away from ovarian cancer. Dreissig believes the IRS got her and her mom confused…even though their first and last names are completely different. The only time she’s had a face-to-face with anyone from the IRS was pre-COVID, when she was assured “it would be fixed.” To this point, however, it hasn’t.

The FBI says they have foiled a plot by four Iranian operatives to kidnap a journalist based in Brooklyn. Officials said they intended to smuggle her to Iran in hopes of stopping her criticism of human-rights abuses in the Islamic Republic. The FBI said they had been plotting the kidnapping for about a year. The target, Masih Alinejad, is in shock over the situation.