New York City

Twenty-two alleged gang members are facing a litany of charges in connection to a number of shooting in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx as well as a beatdown in Rikers Island, according to prosecutors. Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell jointly announced on Tuesday that 21 men and one teen—alleged members of the River Park…

With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching many are ready to welcome the unofficial start of summer by heading to the beach. New York City runs 14 miles of sand across more than a half-dozen public beaches: Coney Island and Manhattan beaches in Brooklyn; Midland, Cedar Grove, Wolfe’s Pond and South beaches on Staten Island; Orchard Beach in the Bronx; and…

New York City said goodbye to its last public street payphone on Monday after dominating city streets for years.

Police have identified a person of interest following a subway shooting in which a man was shot at close range in an unprovoked attack. Marc Santia reports.

Say goodbye to this relic of the past! New York City has removed its last public payphone and it will make a new home in a museum.

In a “stand against censorship,” New York City’s libraries have started a reading challenge featuring books banned at other institutions across the country. The Banned Books Challenge features 10 books selected by librarians with the hope of combatting the growing trend to ban books by highlighting the stories of identities and perspectives most threatened by this form censorship. The...

Price gouging baby formula won’t be allowed in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday after signing a new executive order declaring a state of emergency for the city. A nationwide shortage of formula has parents and families scrambling to track down supplies as store shelves sit empty and communities turn to collection drives to redistribute available supplies....

Grant Williams spent 23 years behind bars. At his trial, prosecutors tried to draw a connection between a hat left at the scene bearing the logo of Wu-Tang Clan though it was never tested for DNA.

New York City issued a state of emergency as a nationwide baby formula shortage continues. NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.

A manhunt was underway for the gunman wanted in a fatal subway shooting in what police called an unprovoked attack. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

A man died Sunday after he was struck in the chest by a fellow straphanger who pulled a gun and fired at close range in a shooting authorities called unprovoked. The shooting occurred on a northbound Q train traveling across the Manhattan Bridge around 11:45 a.m., police said at a news conference. Witnesses told police the suspect paced back and…

A late-night arson suspect is on the run after lighting a book and piece of cloth and throwing them through the front gate of a Manhattan synagogue, police said. The incident is now under investigation as a hate crime, authorities said Friday. It happened around 1:30 a.m. a day earlier at the Brotherhood Synagogue on Gramercy Park South. Video of…

People testifying in the trial of a man who drove a car that killed one and injured over 20 others in New York’s Times Square say the day still haunts them. The memories of screaming people, car tires screeching and an engine revving are recollections that are central to victims’ testimony at the ongoing trial of Richard Rojas. The 31-year-old...

Video of one man’s bizarre and violent assault on a food vendor operating in Times Square has been released by police hoping to track down the assailant. Police said the man threw large orange traffic cones at the 57-year-old vendor operating at 7th Avenue and West 40th Street last weekend. Part of the May 14 assault was caught on camera,…

Police are searching for a man who they said assaulted a vendor near Times Square.

Two women who said they have been to more than 50 in-person “SNL” shows each said they have a 100 percent success rate in getting a ticket to the show — and explained their method

The journey to get score SNL standby tickets is not an easy one. Adam Harding reports.

Two possible cases of monkeypox have been investigated by the New York City Health Department, as the officials look to identify what could be the city’s first potential case of the contagious disease.

The New York City Health Department announced on Friday that it was investigating a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in the Highbridge section of the Bronx, with at least four cases found so far

Health officials urge people to be aware of symptoms of diseases but not be worried because there’s still a lot to learn about the spread of monkeypox, which is not novel, as well as an outbreak of hepatitis in children.