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As the two-week standoff between pro-Palestinian protesters and college administrators at Columbia University in New York came to a head Tuesday, officials anxiously monitored whether the fallout would spark more protests on college campuses around the country or quell what has been a growing movement. It was the former. Here’s a ti...

The embattled president of Columbia University sent a letter to the school community Wednesday, in the aftermath of a sweeping NYPD operation that saw hundreds of protesters arrested as SWAT teams descended on campus. Minouche Shafik, who has faced mounting calls to resign amid what some have described as “anarchy on campus,” had been r...

A small airplane was forced to make an emergency landing on a Long Island beach after the pilot reported engine failure, according to officials.

For the first time in ten years New Jersey residences will have a view of the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks show on the Hudson River. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports

May 1st is typically college decision day for most high school seniors, but with delays with financial aid students are unable to commit to their educational futures. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

A massive, raging fire broke out at a Brooklyn supermarket Wednesday evening, sending huge plumes of smoke into the sky.

NYPD officers cleared out an encampment inside Fordham University at Lincoln Center as protesters continued to gather outside.

Student protesters gathered inside Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus and set up a tent encampment. News 4’s Chris Jose reports.

NYPD officers in riot gear cleared an encampment set up by pro-Palestinian protesters inside Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus Wednesday in the wake of the similar tent locations at Columbia University and City College. A large number of protesters gathered outside the windows of the school on 60th Street on the Upper West Side chant...

Hundreds were arrested after protests at Columbia University and City College in Harlem. The NYPD will maintain a presence at the Ivy League school until after graduation, while both schools will have remote classes for the rest of the semester. Another protest sprung up at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus, with several tents going up inside a...

Harvey Weinstein appeared in a Manhattan courtroom for the first time since the New York Court of Appeals threw out his 2020 rape conviction. But now the former movie producer faces a possible retrial, as the DA’s office has pushed for a new trial starting in September. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

The driver who was high on cocaine and fentanyl when he slammed into an SUV on Sunrise Highway in Massapequa pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the crash that killed four members of a family out for ice cream at the time. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A group of pro-Palestinian protesters have set up an encampment inside the Fordham at Lincoln Center facility.