Local

NJ Transit pushed a critical service advisory to its hundreds of thousands of customers Thursday, urging them to get to their destinations before midnight or risk being stranded at the start of the first rail strike in decades. Engineers with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen are set to walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. Friday amid ...

A Queens man was arrested on animal cruelty charges after at least 40 dogs were found crammed inside an apartment, according to police.

NJ Transit will not provide train and bus service to Shakira concerts in New Jersey. Here are alternative options to get there.

Johnny Jackson, after playing his senior season while going through chemotherapy, was introduced to Brunson and the Knicks on an episode of NBC’s “George to the Rescue.”

Authorities are working Thursday to identify four people who were killed in a fiery crash along the Taconic State Parkway when a van crossed over the median and slammed into an oncoming car, according to police. The Sprinter van was heading south along the highway near the Westchester County town of New Castle Wednesday night when it crossed the me...

NJ Transit is warning commuters to consider working from home starting Friday in the event of a rail strike by the locomotive engineers’ union. “NJ TRANSIT strongly encourages all those who can work from home to do so and limit traveling on the NJ TRANSIT system to essential purposes only,” a message from the rail agency reads on ...

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will pay more than $300,000 for improperly using taxpayer funds for his NYPD security detail to travel with him during his short-lived 2019 presidential campaign.  The Conflicts of Interest Board had accused de Blasio of misusing his security detail on more than 30 occasions. De Blasio posted on X that he &...

J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets! New York Jets fans now know who their team will face during the 2025 season. While the team starts with a few home games for the first time in years, there will also be back-to-back Florida trips when the weather can still be quite hot. While we have known who the Jets would be facing since the…

The NFL released the dates and times of the Giants’ 2025 season on Wednesday, and it could be a tough start for the team. While we have known who Big Blue would be facing since the end of last season, it wasn’t until the first night of the NFL Draft last month that an announcement was made pertaining to team…

Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling is set to step down after more than two decades at the helm of New York’s largest not-for-profit health care system, Northwell Health announced Wednesday. Dowling will step down on Oct. 1 and become CEO Emeritus, serving as an advisor while focusing on teaching and writing, according to Northwell Health, w...

A New Jersey couple has been arrested for allegedly confining and abusing a child for years, at one point housing her in a dog crate for an extended period of time, according to prosecutors. The relationship between the girl, now 18, and Brenda Spencer, 38, and Brandon Mosley, 41, wasn’t immediately clear. Prosecutors allege the girl endured ...

New York state plans to send out its first-ever “inflation relief” rebate checks to taxpayers starting this fall, part of a plan from Gov. Kathy Hochul to put a little cash back into people’s pockets with the cost of living so high. The one-time payments initially were proposed to be up to $500, though the legislature-backed plan ...

Four people were killed in a fiery crash on a New York highway after a van crossed over the median and slammed into an oncoming car, according to police.