Elizabeth

The owner of hundreds of rental units scattered across 18 residential properties in Elizabeth has been arrested and charged with coercing at least 13 of his tenants into sexual acts in exchange for financial relief, according to the Union County Prosecutor’s Office. Joseph Centanni, 73, of Mountainside is charged with eight counts of second-degree sexual assault, one count of second-degree…

A major New Jersey landlord allegedly forced at least 13 tenants into sex for rent relief and there may be more victims, prosecutors say. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

The landlord allegedly targeted male and female tenants who were about to be evicted or otherwise struggling financially, prosecutors said, with one woman alleging he assaulted her after she lost her job and was struggling to pay her rent amid the pandemic

Authorities are investigating the death of a 22-year-old woman who was found with serious injuries at an apartment in Elizabeth, New Jersey, apartment earlier this week, prosecutors and police said Wednesday. Around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, members of the Elizabeth Police Department responded to a request for a welfare check of a resident at an apartment on Jacques Street and…

Police in New Jersey are trying to identify a woman who was found dead in Elizabeth earlier this year. State police released sketches of the woman Friday, along with images of a car that may be connected to the investigation. Detectives say her body was found in June along the railroad tracks on Port Avenue. They say she had closely…

Police in New Jersey are trying to identify a woman who was found dead in Elizabeth earlier this year.

A fifth victim has succumbed to her injuries from a fire that tore through a New Jersey furniture store last week, taking the lives of three children, two of them sisters, and another adult, officials said Tuesday. The Elizabeth mayor’s office said that Merlyn Vasquez, who had been hospitalized in critical condition since the Oct. 5 fire at the store…

Three children were among the dead after a fire in Elizabeth New Jersey. Brian Thompson reports.

Two sisters, an 11-year-old friend and one adult died in a massive New Jersey fire that may have started inside a soda machine in a store where they were shopping and spread, the mayor of Elizabeth said Tuesday. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Two sisters, an 11-year-old friend and one adult died in a massive New Jersey fire that may have started inside a soda machine in a store where they were shopping and spread, the mayor of Elizabeth said Tuesday.

A massive fire in Elizabeth, New Jersey, left two children dead and two adults in critical condition at the hospital, the city’s mayor said. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Federal authorities have filed a lawsuit accusing a northern New Jersey landlord who rented to low-income residents of demanding sex from residents on multiple occasions in exchange for assistance

The loved ones of those who died of COVID-19 at an Elizabeth nursing home will rally to demand answers from the staff and state on Thursday. The gathering comes as staggering number of deaths have been reported at nearly all New Jersey nursing facilities. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.

Officials say cashless tolling and wider lanes have made the Goethals Bridge a safer place for motorists

Congregants who attend a New Jersey church that was destroyed in a fire on Sunday have vowed to rebuild the historic house of worship.  A four-alarm fire tore through Shiloh Baptist Church in Elizabeth around 3:15 a.m. on Sunday, leaving it “pretty much destroyed,” Elizabeth Fire Department Chief Thomas McNamara said.  On Sunday evening, a GoFundMe was set up...

A four-alarm fire destroyed a church in Elizabeth, New Jersey overnight, officials said.  Fire officials received a call reporting the blaze blaze at Shiloh Baptist Church in Elizabeth around 3:15 a.m. Sunday. At one point, the church was fully engulfed in flames, video from the scene shows. A building next door was evacuated as a precaution, officials said.  Church...

A four-alarm fire destroyed a historic church in Elizabeth, New Jersey overnight Sunday. Ken Buffa reports.

A historic church in Elizabeth, New Jersey was reduced to rubble after a massive fire. Ken Buffa reports.

A fire at a northern New Jersey rooming house that displaced more than two dozen residents on Wednesday apparently was sparked by fireworks being shot off outside the building. The fire at the three-story house on Westfield Avenue in Elizabeth broke out around 4 a.m. and quickly spread through the building, sending heavy flames and thick smoke spewing from the…