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Less than 72 hours after a video went viral showing a white woman phoning the NYPD and falsely accusing a black man of threatening her in Central Park, some city leaders are calling for her to be arrested

Several city officials are calling for a New York City woman to be arrested after a viral confrontation in Central Park.

Police are looking for a man who grabbed a 9-year-old girl’s buttocks as she walked in Central Park in the middle of the afternoon earlier this week, authorities say. The girl was in the park, near East Drive and East 75th Street, around 3 p.m. Monday when cops say the man walked up and groped her. He then ran...

A New York City woman at the center of a racially charged dispute in Central Park has been fired from her job. Myles Miller Reports

A white woman called the NYPD and accused a black man of threatening her and her dog after an exchange that started when the man asked the woman to leash her dog in Central Park.

A white woman called the NYPD and accused a black man of threatening her following an exchange that started when the man asked the woman to leash her dog in Central Park. She’s now issuing an apology after the video was seen millions of times. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Christian Cooper shared his video with NBC New York after he says a woman called police claiming he threatened her and her dog.

Five ducklings going through the worst days of their new lives were rescued Thursday from the treacherous Central Park waters in which a snapping turtle is believed to have killed their mother

NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Mount Sinai Hospital is closing down the field hospital in Central Park after treating 315 patients infected with COVID-19. Local officials, including City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, had called on Mount Sinai Hospital to close the field hospital over Samaritan’s Purse’s practice of requiring staff to sign a pledge against same-sex marriage. The field hospital still supported eight patients...

After treating over three hundred patients, the field hospital in Central Park will close.

The NYPD is seeking a second person for questioning in connection with a subway fire that killed a 36-year-old train operator and injured 16 other people late last month. Police on Thursday released a photo of the person who was seen exiting the West 110th Street and Lenox Avenue subway station shortly after the incident on March 27 that killed…

The NYPD is seeking a man for questioning in connection with a subway fire that killed a 36-year-old train operator and injured 16 other people early Friday. NYPD, FDNY fire marshals and ATF investigators responded to the 1, 2 and 3-train subway station at 110th Street and Lenox Avenue in Manhattan shortly before 3:30 a.m. Friday after large plumes of…

The NYC man sent a text to several people threatening to blow up the Central Park statue of Alice, the Mad Hatter and other guests at her famous tea party

Authorities say a New York City man has been arrested after he texted several friends that he was going to blow up a statue of Alice in Wonderland in Central Park with a pipe bomb.

The new treatment center in Central Park is designed to treat patients from Mount Sinai Hospital, but the group responsible for putting it all together is an evangelical Christian organization with strict anti-LGBTQ policies

A Central Park field hospital is now the center of controversy because of the group that runs it. Melissa Russo reports.

A person of interest is in custody in connection with a subway fire that killed a 36-year-old train operator and injured 16 other people last week, an NYPD spokesman told News 4 Monday. The individual, who has multiple prior arrests dating back to 1987, is in custody on an unrelated charge, the spokesman said. Cops are investigating the blaze as…

New York City has turned over Central Park in the fight against the coronavirus. Over the weekend, crews started the construction of long, white medical tents in the park’s East Meadow lawn. On Sunday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he expected the 68-bed emergency field hospital to open Tuesday. The field hospital, specially designed as a respiratory care unit,...

Temporary hospitals are to open in New York as positive COVID-19 cases continue to grow. Adam Harding reports.