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Christian Torres, 45, left an elderly man with six broken ribs and a liver hematoma after he shoved him to the ground, prosecutors said.
Timothy Pearson, a controversial mayoral aide, is the subject of City Hall's second sexual harassment scandal this week.
The boys, ages 1 and 2, remained hospitalized after the late Wednesday fire that also left two 8-year-old girls and a woman, 28, injured.
A swarm of muggers repeatedly assaulted a 19-year-old man inside Columbus Circle station before stealing his coat and sneakers, police said.
Donald Trump says it's impossible to pay a $454 million bond by Monday to appeal his civil fraud judgment. Prosecutors don't believe him.
"Pay your bill. If not, we would shut off your water," said Mayor Eric Adams to holders of 2,400 delinquent accounts.
A burglar pilfered nearly $32,000 worth of cash and goods in a spate of break-ins stretching back to August, police said.
The deal struck between Mount Sinai and UnitedHealthcare comes just days before patients' doctors would be out-of-network.
A 79-year-old man died Monday after his son, 47, pummeled him inside their shared Corona home, according to police and reports.
Two new lists show what active NYPD officers have amassed the highest lawsuit payouts and were defendants in the most civil rights lawsuits.
Mayor Eric Adams said he doesn't remember ever meeting a woman who said he demanded oral sex in exchange for career help in 1993.
A 20-year-old man who ran after and fired a gun at a couple Monday is dead after NYPD officers shot him in East Flatbush, officials said.
Sean Brown, 21, pleaded guilty Monday to charges in the mistaken-identity slaying of 14-year-old Aamir Griffin on a Queens playground.
A former transit cop says Mayor Eric Adams exposed himself and sexually assaulted her during a 1993 run-in, according to an updated filing.
Samyia Spain, 19 — whom a man reportedly stabbed because she wouldn't follow him on Instagram— is one of five murder victims this weekend.
New Yorkers this week also learned they don't have to roost at Chick-fil-A.
Eliminating intersection parking helped end traffic deaths in Hoboken, advocates say — and 10 community boards want the same for the city.
Here's everything that New Yorkers need to know for the parade Saturday.
A man acted in self-defense when he wrestled a gun from and shot a belligerent straphanger in a viral subway fight, prosecutors said.
The rent has never been higher for a February across three boroughs, according to a new study.
