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The purple holiday pail is “illustrated with a sweet Halloween motif” of round-shaped, costumed creatures.

Two people were injured Wednesday morning when a car crashed into the back of a New Jersey home, police said.

Romney Smith reports.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you. The weather is a shock to the system for many across the tri-state area Wednesday morning, with temperatures feeling more like winter. And the fall chill isn’t going away anytime soon. A freeze warning was issued for several counties in New Jersey and the Hudson Valley, while much of the latter and pa...

Massive flames could be seen shooting through multiple homes on Montgomery Avenue in Irvington, near the Newark line. Four homes were impacted by the homes, two of which were substantially damaged. No injuries were reported. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

On the final day of Hispanic Heritage Month, NBC New York spotlights an organization whose mission is to keep Hispanic culture alive. “Ballet Hispanico” has molded the next generation of dancers since it was founded in 1970. Gilma Avalos sat down with the company’s artistic director to chat about the importance of representation o...

The family of the train operator killed Monday when an NJ Transit train slammed into a fallen tree has filed a lawsuit, claiming the agency didn’t do enough to protect passengers and its workers by failing to keep the tracks clear. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

It’s not yet Halloween, but some famous dancers are already hard at work getting ready for Christmas. The world-famous Radio City Rockettes are putting in the time now to make sure their annual Christmas Spectacular is, well, spectacular. NBC New York’s Adam Kuperstein reports.

At least one home has been destroyed and two others damaged by a large fire near the Newark-Irvington line in New Jersey. Chopper 4 was overhead.

Police said teens — and even some children as young as 11 years old — are being recruited by suspected migrant gang members at a city-funded Manhattan shelter to commit crimes in Times Square with near impunity, all for a gang that originated in a Venezuelan prison. The young recruits are allegedly pulling off armed robberies and coordinating their...

A Long Island police officer and a public school teacher were accused of managing sex workers and multiple brothels on Long Island.

The city’s Department of Buildings is trying to figure out how the glass pane fell seven stories, covering a dad and his daughter in glass. Both were OK, but the family and their neighbors are fearful it could happen again. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

It’s taken almost two decades, but New Yorkers now have a new west side public space at Pier 97. What was once a wasteland of dilapidated warehouses and parking lots is now a glorious green space on the Hudson River. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.