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The revelation comes after Mangione’s lawyers requested that he be allowed to have a laptop to review legal material in his cell

The Elizabeth Street Garden is still open, but facing an active eviction notice. It hasn’t been shut down by New York City yet, but time seems to be ticking for the beloved picturesque sanctuary in Manhattan.

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 Cunnington...

Federal prosecutors quietly filed more charges against Mahmoud Khalil, in an attempt to seemingly circumvent the first amendment debate.

Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil appeared briefly Friday in immigration court at a remote Louisiana detention center as his lawyers fight in multiple venues to try to free him.

A man pretending to be in mourning violently robbed a funeral home director at machete-point in Harlem, authorities say. According to investigators, the suspect showed up at Daniels Wilhelmina Funeral home on West 131st Street in the middle of the afternoon one February day. He had made an appointment to meet with the director, purportedly to discuss funeral arrangements, police…

Police are looking for a suspect in a violent robbery at a funeral home in Harlem. 

The deportation case against Mahmoud Khalil is being moved to New Jersey. Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident with a green card, has been held in a detention facility in Louisiana for almost two weeks, and has not been charged with any crime. The Trump administration has claimed, without evidence, Khalil led activities aligned with Hamas and spread propaganda during pro-Palestinian...

Some subway station benches in NYC are being replaced by a new contraption: leaning bars. The new features have popping up on some subway platforms. The MTA says it will save money, but is it also an effort to keep homeless people from sleeping on benches? NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

There are new additions at the West 4th Street-Washington Square subway station — and not all riders are leaning into the pilot program. For those waiting for an A, C or E train, you can stand or you can lean at the Greenwich Village stop. But you won’t be sitting. The MTA has removed the old benches, except for a…

A second Columbia University student involved with last year’s protests has been arrested by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with Homeland Security Investigations, while another had her student visa revoked and self-deported, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday. Columbia University couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. The night before, DHS agents searched the dorm rooms of two...

The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other campus policies. In a letter sent Thursday night, federal officials said the university must immediately place its Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department…

A government lawyer has asked a federal judge to move the legal fight over the detention of Mahmoud Khalil to either New Jersey or Louisiana. The request was made Wednesday during a hearing in New York City. Khalil is a Columbia University graduate student whom the Trump Administration is trying to deport over his role in pro-Palestinian protests at the...

Tracie Strahan reports.

A Manhattan man was indicted for murder after allegedly killing his step-grandfather and dismembering his body before putting the remains in bags that he dumped in the East River, according to prosecutors.

A high-rise fire on Manhattan’s Upper West Side killed a 41-year-old woman and left a 77-year-old woman in critical condition, authorities said Thursday. Fire officials say a report of fire on the 14th floor of the 15-story building on West 73rd Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues, came in around 3:15 a.m. More than 75 fire and EMS personnel responded….

A woman is dead, another fighting for life, after a fire erupted at a high-rise building on the Upper West Side. Romney Smith reports.

A New York judge is deciding what’s next for Mahmoud Khalil, who helped organize pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University in 2024. Protesters gathered outside federal court demanding his release. Khalil was taken to a detention center in Louisiana and will stay there for now, though his attorneys want him returned to New York. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

A government lawyer has asked a federal judge to move the legal fight over the detention of Mahmoud Khalil to either New Jersey or Louisiana. The request was made Wednesday during a hearing in New York City. Khalil is a Columbia University graduate student whom the Trump Administration is trying to deport over his role in pro-Palestinian protests at the...

Every dog has its day, and on the Upper East Side, it was a different kind of dog having its day. On Tuesday, a coyote walked into a parking garage (no, that’s not the setup to a joke), then parked itself between a Porsche and Mercedes Benz. The wild canine strolled right by Charles Toogood, who works at the...