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NYC shoplifting soars with over 21K complaints lodged so far this year — causing CVS, Walgreens to close up shops
New York City is losing drugstores as retail theft continues to surge. Gotham has logged 21,578 shoplifting complaints this year through May 12, up 5% from the 20,552 thefts during the same period last year. Manhattan has seen 8,896 incidents of retail theft alone. Crime is so rampant, national chains like Target, CVS and Walgreens are closing locations and tempering expansion plans. Target announced at the end of last year the closure of nine stores across four states, including one in Harlem, due to theft. Target thief used self-checkout to steal over $60K in items over 120 visits to same store “We cannot...
This 30-year-old won the NYC housing lottery and pays $1,000/month for a luxury 1-bedroom apartment—take a look inside
Nkenge is a native New Yorker, born in the Bronx and raised in Harlem. While growing up in the city, living in a neighborhood like Manhattan's Flatiron, where the current median rent is $5,394, seemed like a distant possibility for the now 30-year-old content creator. But Nkenge's dream became a...
Adams needs to make NYC livable NOW — before complicating it with problematic new zoning
Mayor Adams’s legacy project is his “City of Yes” rezoning push, which the City Council is reviewing. The proposals would make New York more of a “mixed-use” city — where stores, mini-factories, offices and apartments coexist. This can have benefits, but the mayor must understand that without competent enforcement of existing laws and rules, different uses don’t so much mix as clash. Most controversially, the city wants to allow “corner” stores in purely residential neighborhoods. The city also wants to let more types of businesses with up to three workers operate from homes, including barber shops, kennels and vets and pharmacists. Adams & Co. would also change what...
First Alert Forecast: Highs hit 70s on Sunday, 80s on the way
Sunday forecastDespite some lingering clouds, Sunday will be a nice finish to the weekend. Highs will be in the low 70s. Mostly cloudy skies will give way to partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. The brightest spots will be in western New Jersey, but clouds will linger much of the day east of New York City.Overnight into MondayOvernight, some low clouds return, especially along the coasts.Once again, lows will fall into the 50s.A warm week ahead! Monday looks very nice! Clouds in the morning should give way to mostly sunny skies, allowing temps to get into the mid and upper 70s.The warmth continues into midweek as we climb into the 80s! The next rain chance isn't until late Wednesday into Thursday.Enjoy the rest of your weekend!First Alert Weather mapsLive Tri-State Area radarLive Long Island radarLive NYC northern suburbs radarLive Jersey Shore radarTri-State temperatures
Brooklyn man sentenced for fatally injuring baby while babysitting: DA
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A Brooklyn man was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for fatally injuring his girlfriend’s four-month-old daughter in June 2021, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Ricardo Price, 26, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, was babysitting four-month-old Royalty Kemp in a Brooklyn apartment on June 22, 2021, after her mother left […]
Father of NYC menace ‘Ice Pick Nick’ grateful son is behind bars: ‘Saving his life’
The father of the East Village madman known as “Ice Pick Nick” is grateful his son is behind bars — for his own safety and that of his neighbors, he told The Post. “Being locked up is just saving his life,” Nicholas Babilonia Sr., 66, said days after The Post reported on his son’s decades-long reign of terror in the community and his recent, long-awaited arrest. “Maybe just leave him there till he fixes himself up.” Nicholas Babilonia Jr., 45, was finally sent to Rikers last week for allegedly threatening a person on Avenue C on May 10 with a...
Man, 24, miraculously survives 120-foot jump off Brooklyn Bridge
A man miraculously survived a 120-foot jump off of the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, police and sources said. The 24-year-old splashed down into the East River around 1:30 p.m., police said. Anti-Israel protesters are disrupting our way of life and have to stop causing chaos He was still conscious when an NYPD Harbor Unit in the area pulled him out of the water, according to police. Controversial CUNY Law grad now at helm of radical group gets cuffed at NYC anti-Israel protest — and defiantly grins when freed CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR METRO DAILY NEWSLETTER He was brought to Pier 16 in Manhattan and taken by EMS to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, cops said. Photos from the scene show the man being taken away in a stretcher with a brace around his neck. The investigation is ongoing, cops said. For the latest metro stories, top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com/metro/
NYC Sheriff shares how the NYPD is cracking down on illegal weed shops
NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York City ordered dozens of illegal weed shops to close during the first week of a new enforcement operation to crack down on the unlicensed businesses. New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda sat down with PIX on Politics host Dan Mannarino to talk about how law enforcement conducts the sweeps and the […]
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