'Crackhead Barney' Ambushes Alec Baldwin: NYC Top 5 Stories

Good evening, New York City Patch readers! We've assembled some of the most share-worthy stories from the city for today, just for you.

Here are the top five stories around New York City:

1. State legislators have approved a slew of new rules that will give some New York City tenants more rights to stay in their apartments, and limit how much landlords can raise the rent in eligible apartments. Read more.

2. Two Ecuadorian migrants working in a Queens factory packaging loose “grabba” tobacco sold by a popular New York-based street brand have filed wage theft complaints to the state labor department, alleging thousands of dollars of unpaid labor and overtime. Read more.

3. Dozens of NYU students and faculty were arrested as NYPD officers broke up a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the campus, officials said. Read more.

4. Two pimps killed a rival after he tried to take a sex worker away from them and get her to work for him on the “Penn Track” — a stretch of East New York known for open-air prostitution, according to a seven-count indictment unsealed last week. Read more.

5. The "Crackhead Barney" performance artist activist recently ambushed the "30 Rock" actor inside a New York City coffee shop and demanded he say "Free Palestine," according to a video viewed nearly 10 million times on X. Read more.