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A major winter subway improvement project is set to begin this week, with the MTA shuttering service on the Rockaway Line for four months to address lingering damage left behind by Superstorm Sandy and strengthen infrastructure in anticipation of future storms. The winter service interruption kicks off Friday, Jan. 17, and lasts through May. The MT...

A newly-released report from INRIX, a transportation data and analytics company, found that sitting in traffic cost New Yorkers more than $1,800 in 2024, the equivalent of almost three weeks of work. The report came on the heels of the first-in-the-nation congestion toll which made its debut, charging drivers entering the busiest part of Manha...

The Republican-led Senate is slated to hold more than a dozen hearings this week for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with the hope of confirming them quickly after he’s inaugurated. Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated on a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. When is Inauguration Day? Inauguration Da...

The 19-year-old allegedly behind the wheel at the time is being charged with manslaughter and driving while impaired.

The Republican-led Senate is slated to hold more than a dozen hearings this week for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with the hope of confirming them quickly after he’s inaugurated. Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated on a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. When is Inauguration Day? Inauguration Da...

All schools in New Jersey’s Montclair School District are closed Monday because of a social media threat directed at a specific staff member, according to Montclair police. Law enforcement officials believe the threat came from a staff member who is currently on administrative leave, police said. Authorities say administrators were made aware...

A dollar van driver was shot and killed around lunchtime Sunday following a dispute with a second driver, law enforcement sources confirmed to NBC New York. The two dollar van drivers were in Brooklyn’s East Flatbush neighborhood just before 1 p.m. when someone opened fire, police said. One of the drivers, a man in his 20s, was struck in......

Police said the suspect accused of violently pushing a man onto subway tracks in front of an oncoming train in Chelsea on New Year’s Eve has been arrested on an attempted murder charge.

Two suspects are wanted in what police believe are connected robberies where the alleged thieves made off with thousands of dollars worth of lottery tickets from New York City businesses. Police said the duo first struck in the final week of December, on the 26th, when they hit a store on Eighth Avenue in the West Village. Around 8:30 p.m.,…...

After he was found in contempt twice in one week, Rudy Giuliani faces another treacherous week ahead at a trial to determine whether his Florida condominium and three World Series rings must be turned over to two Georgia election workers.

A man was arrested on murder charges late Friday, believed to be responsible for two senseless stabbings in the Bronx, one of which left a 14-year-old boy dead. Police said investigators have been able to link the same man from a deadly stabbing earlier that morning to a separate “unprovoked” stabbing on Jan. 5, also in the Bronx. Aroun...

Expect to see long lines in the East Village this weekend. That’s because Bradley Cooper’s pop-up restaurant has returned for another surprise opening. The actor’s restaurant, Danny & Coop’s, is a cheesesteak joint near Tompkins Square Park on Avenue A between 9th and 10th streets. The buzzy new joint had a soft opening ...

The lights are dimming on this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The 11-ton Norway Spruce received a light dusting of snow on its final day before crews bring it down to be milled and repurposed. Anyone looking to catch one final peak at the holiday spectacle has until 10 p.m. on Saturday. After that, the tree goes dark — offici...