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Ken Kurson, an associate and ally to Jared Kushner and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, was taken into custody Friday on charges of cyberstalking activities that date back to 2015. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn allege the former editor-in-chief of The New York Observer used several aliases to file false complaints, post negative reviews and make unsolicited contact with…

Andrew Siff reports on the latest in the fight against COVID-19 in New York City.

A man was killed and at leave five other people were injured in the latest incident of gun violence in New York City late Wednesday. The NYPD says a white sedan pulled up close to the group of victims who were outside at 285 Hawthorne Street, just a few blocks from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, before 10:30 p.m. and someone inside…

A man has died after an armed suspect chased him into a Brooklyn deli and shot him several times, police said. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

A crew of LIRR workers completed a harrowing rescue Wednesday when a man standing on a platform at the East New York station in Brooklyn suddenly fell onto the tracks and got wedged between the rails, unable to move, MTA officials said Thursday. The track workers just happened to be in the area after a morning briefing when the man…

It was one of six shootings in NYC on Wednesday and one of 1,250 so far this year.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has realigned cluster zone maps in Brooklyn and Queens, intensifying restrictions in one red zone area while easing them in others. He did not alter the maps for Rockland, Orange or Broome counties Wednesday, citing the need for more progress even while acknowledging some has been made. The governor also added two new micro-clusters — in Steuben…

A 15-year-old in Brooklyn is in the hospital after being viciously stabbed Tuesday morning. Phil Lipof reports.

New York may have to consider changes to its quarantine rules for out-of-state travelers now that two of its closest neighbors, Connecticut and New Jersey, are on the brink of getting added to the list of places subject to the restrictions. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday he expects to announce a realignment of New York’s cluster zones later this week, touting the effectiveness thus far of his acutely targeted approach that stamps out hotspots on a “block-by-block” level. Any shift in mapping would likely affect restrictions in certain areas, the highest risk of which have seen schools move all-remote and...

A property dispute in Brooklyn left commuters high and dry, looking for another ferry route all weekend and most of the day Monday. Rana Novini reports.

The woman was pushed onto the tracks in Clinton Hill after a dispute broke out between her adult grandson and a man who was smoking on the platform, police sources said. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Law enforcement sources said a man was smoking as he was on the downtown platform, and got into an argument with the victim’s 30-year-old grandson

In 2016, Anthony Weiner found himself at the center of yet another scandal: his computer was seized after explicit texts sent to a minor were made public and emails tied to Hillary Clinton were discovered, leading to the FBI’s opening of an investigation into the former presidential candidate days before the election. Now a convicted sex offender and failed New…

A property dispute in Brooklyn left commuters high and dry, looking for another ferry route all weekend most of the day Monday. The first ferry of the morning was supposed to depart Greenpoint Landing at 7 a.m. but city ferries skipped the Brooklyn stop until Monday evening. It was just after 4 p.m. wen the first ferry in three days…

Anthony Weiner is turning a new leaf and jumping back into professional life. Andrew Siff shares an exclusive interview with the former congressman.

Three teenage boys are wanted for a string of 12 robberies in Queens, where police say they’ve been swiping cell phones and watches from Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile stores.

The NYPD says three teenaged boys are behind a months-long string of robberies that span across three separate boroughs in New York City. From the mid-September through mid-October, police say three teens stole from at least 12 different Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile stores. The first reported robbery occurred on Sept. 11 with the most recent incident on Oct. 13, police…

The state also moved over the weekend to shut down a planned Brooklyn wedding that up to 10,000 people were expected to attend Monday. The nuptials are still permitted to proceed, though just close friends and family can attend. Meanwhile, Gov. Cuomo and New York state health officials have begun drafting plans to disperse coronavirus vaccines in anticipation of the...

NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.