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Concerned Citizen Leads Secaucus Police To Stolen Jeep At Walmart
Detectives from the department’s Anti-Crime Unit took Brian Gilliam, 40, into custody after finding him going in and out of the 2019 Jeep Wrangler, Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The vehicle had been reported stolen out of New York earlier this month, the chief said. Gilliam was charged with...
As wildfires rage in Canada, will NYC see another smokepocalypse?
Canadian wildfires have cast a smokey haze over parts of the midwestern US this week — but experts say it’s unlikely that the Big Apple will experience a “smokepocalypse” similar to the one that enveloped the city last summer. New Yorkers are not expected to feel the effects of the nearly 90 wildfires ablaze in British Columbia and Alberta, which have sent smoke this week toward Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin, FOX 5 NY’s Mike Woods said. “It does not look like significant smoke is coming this way,” Woods said. “In fact, it looks like it’s barely making it into upstate New York.” Hundreds...
“Operation Padlock To Protect” Hits Hell’s Kitchen’s 50+ Unlicensed Smoke Stores
As legal dispensaries finally make their way to Hell’s Kitchen, new emergency regulations allowing the city to permanently padlock unregulated pot shops are starting to curb the neighborhood’s unlicensed cannabis stores. Dubbed “Operation Padlock to Protect” by Mayor Eric Adams, a new set of emergency rules and regulations authorize the sheriff’s office, NYPD and Department […] The post “Operation Padlock To Protect” Hits Hell’s Kitchen’s 50+ Unlicensed Smoke Stores appeared first on W42ST.
Man, 37, repeatedly stabbed after ambushing 2 people with dog on Queens street
The jarring surveillance video provided to 1010 WINS shows the 37-year-old man walking up behind the pair moments before the stabbing at 49th Street and Broadway in Woodside, near NYCHA’s Woodside Houses.
Weekend shaping up to be nicer than expected
NEW YORK (PIX11) — It was another damp and chilly day on Thursday as a coastal storm slowly drifted just to south of the region. While the weekend forecast looked gloomy earlier this week, the latest trend from the computer models now looks promising as the next system may track further south. At this point, we may finally have a dry weekend.
NYC subway rescue: Officers save man who fell onto train tracks l VIDEO
NEW YORK CITY - Two NYPD officers rescued a man earlier this week who fell onto NYC subway tracks after suffering a medical episode. The incident happened on Tuesday evening at the Third Avenue–149th Street station in the Bronx. According to police, the man suffered a medical episode before...
WATCH HERE for the next edition of 'Newark Today' that streams May 16 at 8pm
The next edition of Newark Today streams tonight (Thursday, May 16) at 8pm at wbgo.org. Host Michael Hill we'll talk with Lakeesha Eure, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Strategic Initiatives , about Newark's curfew for minors. During the second half Tyreek Rolon, Director of NewarkWORKS, talks about job opportunities...
Newark workspace for entrepreneurs of color, LGBTQ+ businesses
Funded by EDA, amenities will include conference rooms, a podcast studio and an event space. Entrepreneurs of color and LGBTQ+ businesspeople now have a new, safe space to work and network. Equal Space, located in 550 Broad Street, is a three-floor space with nearly 30 office rooms designed to provide...
Seven places to go for stunning outdoor dining in North Jersey
If April showers bring May flowers, then May flowers bring outdoor dining — because, at this time of year, "al fresco" is the phrase on everyone's lips. Whether it be quiche on a patio, oysters on a luxury dock or Hostess hand pies on the curb in front of 7-Eleven, food simply seems to taste better under the warm glow of the spring sun.
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...
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