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The Massapequa School Board president has said it could cost more than $1 million to rebrand the school if the name and mascot are changed.

NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Yaritza Colon, a former female inmate, is suing the state of New York for $20 million, alleging state prison officials failed to protect her from Pedro Norde, a correction officer she says forced her to perform sexual favors behind bars. “Sometimes I couldn’t even come out of my cell until I flashed him my breasts,” Colon said, recalling her time…

From “The World of Balenciaga” in 1973 to “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” in 2024, here are some of the most iconic themes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual fundraiser.

Cornell University has canceled a performance by R&B star Kehlani after complaints to the Ivy League school’s president that she expressed antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiments. Kehlani was scheduled to perform next month as the headliner at an annual celebration at the upstate New York school called Slope Day. But President Michael Kotlikoff said Wednesday he was rescinding the invitation because it...

To some people in Massapequa, the Chiefs logo is part of the community’s identity. But to some Native American tribes, it’s an insulting use of their image, appropriated for something that has nothing to do with native history. New York state law requires school districts drop mascots inspired by Native American culture or risk losing state funding. But now President...

The Massapequa School Board president has said it could cost more than $1 million to rebrand the school if the name and mascot are changed.

With uncertainty in the markets and gold prices hitting a record high, it appears many people are looking to cash in with their old jewelry. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports. 

The New York DMV will be at the New York International Auto Show, which kicks off Friday, to process REAL IDs — ahead of the deadline next month. The DMV will bring its mobile office to the show, which will take place from April 18 to 27 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. The DMV mobile location will…

America’s oldest auto show is celebrating 125 years this weekend. But it’s a celebration marred by the looming threat of tariffs that could change the face of the auto industry. Take a look at the vehicles on display at the New York International Auto Show, and which ones are already seeing price increases. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero...

Ten corrections officers face criminal charges — including murder — in the beating death of a young man from Harlem named Messiah Nantwi at Mid-State Correctional Facility in March. It comes after ten other officers were accused in a separate deadly assault caught on video at nearby Marcy Correctional Facility in December. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

The New York International Auto Show is set to rev up this weekend at the Javits Center starting Friday. North America’s largest-attended auto show is also celebrating its 125th year. The first car show kicked off in 1900, when there was just enough interest in the emerging automotive world for the New York Automobile Club to sponsor the country’s...

Ten New York prison guards have been charged in connection with the fatal beating of a 22-year-old prison inmate, including two charged with murder. Wednesday’s charges are the second time this year that correctional officers in the state were indicted for a death behind bars. A grand jury indictment accuses several guards of severely beating Messiah Nantwi, a prisoner at...

Stefanik is exploring the bid after Trump pulled her nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

New Jersey Transit train engineers have rejected a labor agreement with management, raising the potential for a strike or a lockout next month. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on Tuesday rejected the March deal by a margin of 87%, the union said in a statement. The Railway Labor Act permits the workers to strike or NJ Transit’s management...

The NTSB released new information in their investigation into a deadly plane crash in Upstate New York. Six people were killed in the crash, including a former soccer player who was recently named the NCAA woman of the year. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

A federal prosecutor in New York said Monday that lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are looking for reasons to delay a sex trafficking trial slated to start in three weeks. The latest version of the indictment against Combs, 55, added two new charges this month but he still hadn’t entered a plea, prosecutors said. That, plus possible delays from the...

A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying a close-knit family of physicians and the recently named NCAA woman of the year

Officials say the plane crashed about 20 miles south of its intended destination as they headed to the Catskills region of upstate New York.

Graduation will be doubly sweet for 15 families from Plainview, Long Island this spring. Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School has 447 seniors in its 2025 graduating class, including 15 sets of twins. (Believe it or not, two sets of twins are named Josh and Rebecca!) “Most, if not all, have been in the district since kindergarten,” says Timothy…