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Federal officials want to seize two pricey apartments they say the former Mongolian leader purchased to hide stolen mining dough.
The CVS at Lexington Avenue and East 84th Street will close its doors for good before Memorial Day, the company tells Patch.
The 73-year-old gunman got the money, but couldn't quite run away before officers caught up, according to police.
Hours after a man was struck by a Harlem subway, police said they arrested the person who shoved him onto the tracks.
Operation Fare Play will be a five-day surge of 800 uniformed officers underground to fight farebeating, officials announced Monday.
Wetzler served as District Leader for nearly six years in the neighborhood. Now he looks to take over for term-limited Keith Powers.
Bronx Zoo veterinary pathologists found that Flaco had high levels of rodenticide in his system when he died, as well as a pigeon illness.
Mikado 800 Lexington opened their doors late last week, bringing sushi back to a location that has served up fish slices for years.
A Monday morning stabbing sent a man to the hospital, police told Patch.
The teenager died shortly after medics rushed her to the hospital, police said. A few hours later, the man succumbed to his wounds.
A 63-year-old man was charged with murder following a vicious fatal stabbing earlier this month that left a Harlem man dead, police said.
A pizza place on Amsterdam Avenue was shuttered after inspectors found mice, improperly stored pesticides and ... a missing required toilet.
Sushi by M is coming to Yorkville, bringing its down-to-earth prices to the neighborhood.
Nearly 10 restaurants were closed this week by the city's health inspectors — the most in months.
Cops who stopped to ticket a jaywalking man on Thursday found something surprising: a gun.
A pair of robbers teamed up to trick and shove a newsstand worker so they could pilfer thousands from the man's register, police said.
The man suffered injuries to his head and leg after being hit on Thursday just steps from the Queensboro Bridge, officials said.
The neighborhood's first legal cannabis shop is opening right by Central Park and aims to serve the canna-curious and the connoisseurs.
Jordan Wright is far ahead of the competition when it comes to raising money in the primary race to replace Inez Dickens.
The new seasonal Italian spot from a local restaurateur opens its doors Wednesday.
