New York City news

For those who have been trashing New York City’s recent composting law, you’ve been given a brief window to get on board — or else the fines will start to roll in. New York City’s waste reduction efforts commenced earlier in April, as the city’s sanitation department said it would begin enforcing a law-mandated composting pr...

Harvey Weinstein won a legal victory in his rape and sexual assault retrial in Manhattan, as his pleas to get out of the “hell hole” he calls Rikers Island were granted by the judge. The former Hollywood power broker will be transferred from the infamous New York City lockup to Bellevue Hospital, a judge ruled Thursday. Weinstein will b...

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in December, was indicted in a New York court on four charges including a count eligible for the death penalty.

More than 200 people, convicted sex predators and drug lords among them, were rounded up in the New York City area over a six-day period earlier this month as part of President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown, federal authorities say. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and law enforcement partners engaged in a targeted enfo...

As nine jurors were picked on the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo rape retrial in New York, his lawyers looked to have him moved from jail to a NYC hospital during the trial, citing his health issues including cancer.

A former New York City councilman who once did time in federal prison in a bribery scheme has been indicted on child pornography charges in Miami.

New York City lawmakers are suing to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by the City Council, accuses Adams of agreeing to the plan to “pay off” the Trump administration in exchange for dropping criminal charges against him. It argues that...

Train service on the No. 4, 5 and 6 subway lines was “severely disrupted” during the Tuesday evening commute after a person was struck by a subway train at the Bowling Green stop in lower Manhattan, according to the MTA. No additional information about the victim or the circumstances of the incident was available immediately. Here were ...

Unionized beer delivery and distribution workers went on strike Tuesday morning after the union and Manhattan Beer & Beverage Distributors failed to reach a new contract covering 600 employees. The strike over alleged unfair labor practices, which impacts four of the company’s five facilities, could impact thousands of bars and restaurant...

A former cop and an apparent accomplice are facing charges in connection to an alleged scheme in which the cop made unauthorized searches on the NYPD database while assigned to Brooklyn Criminal court, according to the local prosecutor. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Monday that former NYPD cop Richard Arce, 54 and from Yonkers,...

Federal aviation regulators issued an emergency order Monday grounding the helicopter tour company involved in a deadly New York crash after learning it had fired its operations director minutes after he had agreed to suspend flights during the investigation. The Federal Aviation Administration said it suspected the firing was retaliation for a saf...

Multiple key pieces of evidence in the investigation into last week’s helicopter crash in the Hudson River were recovered Monday, including divers dredging up the aircraft’s main rotor. That main rotor is connected to the transmission. Rotors are critical for generating lift in helicopters and performing other essential functions, so an...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrived in the Dominican Republic on Monday to pay his respects to the 226 people who died last week when the roof of a legendary nightclub collapsed in Santo Domingo. The visit of the embattled mayor comes as many of the 700,000 Dominicans who live in New York City, representing 8% of its population, mourn....