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The father of a prisoner who was fatally beaten reacts to the probe. NBC 4’s Sarah Wallace reports. 

NBC 4’s Lynda Baquero reports on the church statue that was vandalized and the search for the person who did it. 

NBC 4’s Rana Novini reports on the latest revenue from New York City’s congestion pricing and how officials are reacting. 

NBC 4’s Adam Harding reports from Wharton, NJ where repairs continue for the recent sink hole that opened on I-80. NJ Transit is offering discounts to those impacted by the road closure. 

NBC 4’s Andrew Siff reports on the containerization rule to reduce rats that is putting dozens of jobs at risk. 

Loved ones are mourning two brothers who were killed after their vehicle crashed and fell off the roadway on I-95 in Philadelphia, leaving their two younger brothers seriously hurt and a dog dead. Investigators said Aaron Davis, 23, of Cranbury, New Jersey, and Joshua Davis, 22, of East Windsor, New Jersey, were inside a 2006 Mazda that was traveli...

The teenage son of former New York Yankees star Brett Gardner appears to have died by asphyxiation after possibly having gotten sick from eating something during a family vacation in Costa Rica, authorities in the Central American country said Monday.

The NYPD is searching for the person who shot a taxi driver on the job, then took off running. The shooting happened Monday morning in Canarsie, near East 101st Street and Flatlands Avenue. The driver said it was a miracle he survived with only a graze wound. NBC New York’s Charles Watson reports.

Long Island Democrats are accusing Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman of putting critical services at risk. They allege Blakeman is playing politics by purposefully withholding money from Democratic-led districts, cutting off funding for firefighters, police officers and EMS. Things got heated Monday when Democrats confronted Blakema...

For more than 30 years, the Elizabeth Street Garden has offered an escape from the commotion in Nolita. But now, the group trying to save it is running out of options. Celebrities like Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese have tried to stop City Hall from shutting down the garden to make way for affordable housing. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnin...

A beloved Jersey Shore aquarium is finally back open. For the first time since the pandemic shut it down in 2020, the Atlantic City Aquarium reopened following a multimillion-dollar makeover that families said was worth the wait. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.

Professors at Columbia University rallied off campus against the new policies put in place as the Trump administration threatened to hold $400,000 million in federal funding to the university. Professors urged the school’s administration to “defend teaching.” NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

It could be a summer of silence in one part of Queens because of a fight over noise at Forest Hills Stadium. Neighbors said they have had enough with noisy concerts, and their actions have led to the stadium being denied a key permit that brings summer crowds to the stadium. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.