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New Yorkers could get “Inflation Refund” checks of up to $500 from the state government next year under a proposal that Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The plan, which must first be approved by state lawmakers, would send out one-time payments of $300 to people who earn less than $150,000 and $500 to families making less than $300,000. Hochul, ...

A small plane circled MetLife Stadium roughly 90 minutes before New York was to play host to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, asking Giants co-owner John Mara to overhaul the team that has made the playoffs twice since winning the Super Bowl in February 2012.

Unionized workers are on strike at the iconic Manhattan bookstore as contract negotiations stall between the union and management.

Jurors began Monday to weigh whether to convict Marine veteran Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide after they deadlocked last week on a more serious charge in the case surrounding a chokehold on a New York City subway train. The judge agreed Friday to dismiss the indictment’s top count of manslaughter and directed the panel to start...

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in Manhattan last week, and authorities have yet to apprehend his killer.

The sting operation uncovered a “closed and private social media network utilized by Rutgers University students to sell and purchase” drugs, prosecutors said.

Mayor Eric Adams on Friday declined to rule out out a future change in political allegiances in a pair of interviews.

New Jersey investigators said six people died late Friday night after their car crashed into a support column for the Pulaski Skyway and caught fire.  The crash happened around 10:45 p.m. in Newark, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said, near the intersection of Raymond Boulevard and Blanchard Street. The car had been traveling down ...

Amid FBI and state investigations into reports about several mysterious nighttime drone flights across central and northern New Jersey, sightings are now being reported in South Jersey.

December is off to a very chilly start. High temperatures have been 5 to 10 degrees below average every day. And each morning has been at or below freezing in Central Park.  But for those of you who prefer warmer winter days, be patient. Your time is coming! Climatologically, average afternoon temperatures should be in the upper 40s this time&#8230...

Someone dumped a bucket full of puppies at a New Jersey intersection — and authorities are asking for the public’s helping to hold the individual accountable. According to The Associated Humane Societies, nine puppies were found abandoned in a five-gallon bucket in Clark, near the intersection of Raritan Road and Frances Drive, around 4...

A judge agreed to dismiss the manslaughter charge in the trial of Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of killing subway performer Jordan Neely with a chokehold in May 2023

It’s Chuck Scarborough’s final week at WNBC. The legendary New York anchor, who marked 50 years earlier this year, is truly a cornerstone of 30 Rock. News 4’s David Ushery shows why.