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Imani Lucas is accused of running a red light and hitting seven people, including an Italian tennis coach, according to police and reports.
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Matthew Lloyd, 36, faces an attempted murder charge after his Saturday attack left a 79-year-old man with skull fractures, officials said.
The Flatbush Avenue property could house 2,000 asylum seekers after Gov. Kathy Hochul struck a tentative deal with the Biden Administration.
"Do not buy small turtles with shells less than 4 inches long," CDC experts warned after 26 people were sickened nationwide.
Julio Fernando Pina-Illescas, 39, is a sexual predator who abused three pre-teen girls, including a 4-year-old relative, officials said.
The New Jersey woman linked to Sunday night's hit-and-run may have been experiencing a mental episode, reports show.
Only in New York do pet owners pay $250 more in rent a month for their fur babies.
New Yorkers soon could slurp their last hopefully-not-tainted oyster in a ramshackle dining shed after this past week in food news.
Tatyana Koltunyuk, 65, will be permanently disabled after the attack, her family wrote in a $100,000 fundraiser as more surgeries loom.
The owner's sister believes the pup was tracking his momma's scent from their 86th Street pad onto the subway, she told Patch.
A man in pajamas jumped 750 feet from the roof of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, according to police and a report.
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A dog had its day in New York City's subways and everyone on the 4, 5 and 6 lines suffered.
Gina Mestre, 33, also warned the Shooting Boys gang led by her boyfriend about a federal probe and identified a witness to them, feds said.
Mayor Eric Adams wants to rewrite zoning rules to allow for the conversion of 163 million square feet of empty office space into housing.
Jerson Vasquez, 23, paid a woman $150 for sex before he beat her, raped her and stole the money back Aug. 13, prosecutors said.
Derelle Guy, 34, was arrested Wednesday during a car stop in which cops found he faced a complaint from his ex, police said.
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As a state letter publicly blasted Mayor Eric Adams' response to the migrant crisis, data shows families could bear the brunt of failures.
