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New York City has shuttered a sprawling tent complex that housed hundreds of migrant families on a remote former airport in Brooklyn, as it shrinks the emergency shelter system built up in response to a surge from the southern border that has been steadily receding in recent months. The last of the roughly 2,000 people living on a windswept tarmac at Floyd Bennett...

“This situation was cleared up quickly, largely due to the juvenile’s disposition, patience, and cooperation,” the sheriff’s office said. The girl was handcuffed for seven minutes.

For the second year in a row, Zillow — a real estate website — predicts that a specific city in New York will be the most competitive for buyers in the coming year in the United States. Buffalo is predicted by Zillow to have the hottest housing market in the United States.It has topped the list thanks to having the…

Inflation rates have had a huge impact on almost all aspects of our daily lives — from mortgage rates to the price of groceries. While the U.S. inflation rate has hit a 40-year high after the pandemic, according to a 2022 Pew Research Center study, it has cooled down thanks in part to the Federal Reserve rate hikes. However, inflation…

The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that his father’s attackers “systematically and casually beat him to death” in a correctional system that tolerates violence. Robert L. Brooks Sr., 43, died on Dec. 10, a day after the beating at Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pitched voters on a series of populist economic policies — floating proposals to hand out free money, slash taxes and fight hedge funds — in a speech Tuesday aimed at cleaning up the kitchen table issues that damaged Democrats in November. In her annual State of the State address in Albany, Hochul, a moderate Democrat, sought...

A New York man received his sentence in connection to the kidnapping and attempted robbery of a pregnant woman and the children under her care in 2023, the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office said. Fifty-year-old Derrick Woodhouse, of Poughkeepsie, was sentenced last week to 20 years to life after being convicted of kidnapping in the second degree and attempted robbery…

The Internal Revenue Service announced that the tax season will kick off Jan. 27, 2025 — not only that, but this tax season will also feature more tools to help taxpayers. The IRS expects more than 140 million individual tax returns for tax year 2024 to be filed ahead of the April 15 federal deadline. This season, taxpayers in 13…

Days after it stopped accepting migrant families, Mayor Eric Adams took a tour of Floyd Bennett Field, which has been acting as a shelter for many months. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports. 

Donald Trump officially became a convicted felon with just 10 days before his inauguration. The judge in his hush money case sentenced the president-elect to an “unconditional discharge.” NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports. 

President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t have to go to jail, pay a fine or perform community service as a result of his New York hush money conviction. A judge ended the case Friday with a sentence of an unconditional discharge, closing the case with no punishment. But unless the conviction for falsifying business records is someday overturned, Trump will have...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she will push for new laws to make it harder for hedge funds to purchase large numbers of single-family homes in the state.

Disgraced former congressman George Santos has won a few months’ freedom from federal prison in order to come up with more than half a million dollars in court fines.

The former U.S. Marine acquitted of criminal charges in the death of a man on a New York City subway train is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the victim’s father. Daniel Penny’s lawyer, in a court filing Monday, said his client denies the lawsuit’s claims that he is culpable for civil damages for using a chokehold on Jordan...

After a string of high-profile violent crimes —including a woman who burned to death after she was set on fire, and a man getting shoved in front of a moving train — Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing for changes to the law. But not everyone is onboard. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

Unexpected money might be on the way to you right now. Yes, you read that correctly. If you have unclaimed money from an uncashed check, and old bank account, or money that was considered abandoned in New York State, checks are being issued now. And you don’t have to do anything to claim it. If the amount owed is...

There are billions of dollars that belong to people in the Tri-State that go unclaimed every day. These are old bank accounts or checks that never got cashed, money that was considered abandoned and then turned over to the state. Now, some of that money could be headed to your mailbox. News 4 consumer reporter Lynda Baquero to explain why.

News 4’s Greg Cergol with the details. 

Here’s a review of some of the most impactful pieces of legislation taking effect in 2024, affecting everything from health and salary.

Under the congestion pricing plan, cars would pay a peak fee of $9 from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. Off-peak would be a 75% discount — $2.25. Rana Novini reports for News 4.