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NYPD ESU officers speak with NBC New York’s Marc Santia after a heroic rescue on the Brooklyn Bridge. 

Friday marks the deadline for New York City restaurants to take down their outdoor dining sheds — a common sight that has become ubiquitous along sidewalks post-pandemic. For some restaurants these pandemic era dining sheds were massive investments – complete with elaborate lighting, heating, and air conditioning.  But as the COVID...

Rain is headed our way on Thanksgiving. And it is sorely needed, but the timing is less than ideal. Whether you plan on flying, driving, or staying at home for the holiday, it could be raining on your parade in more ways than one. Rain arrives early Thursday morning. Anyone participating in a Turkey Trot race can expect a soggy…

The ongoing crisis at Rikers Island continues. A federal judge gets closer to appointing someone to oversee the notorious jail. Melissa Colorado reports. 

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was drenched in rain and briefly disrupted by Pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Twenty-one people were arrested.

A Long Island City woman is facing a murder charge for stabbing her 84-year-old mother to death on Long Island Thanksgiving Eve, police said. Suffolk County Police responded to a call Wednesday, shortly after 9 p.m. following a report of a stabbing victim on Carmen Court in Dix Hills, police said. When officers arrived to the scene they allegedly f...

Have you ever wondered how the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade began? Join NBC New York’s Jennifer Vázquez on a historical dive of the beloved event and how immigrant communities helped create this tradition.

Traveling this Thanksgiving Day? Here’s where to check the status of flights for every major airline at Newark, JFK Airport and LaGuardia airports.

The New York Red Bulls will face Orlando City in the MLS Eastern Conference Final. Here’s how to watch and more.

A number of roads will close starting early Thursday morning and going through the conclusion and clean up of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Officials are encouraging parade spectators to use public transportation to get to the event, which will go on rain or shine. Here is a preliminary list from the NYPD: Formation: Ro...

A stowaway bypassed screening measures before being discovered on a flight from New York to Paris amid the Thanksgiving travel rush, authorities said Wednesday.

Police are searching for the suspects who shot the driver of a Maserati multiple times in an attempted carjacking Wednesday morning in East Harlem, the NYPD said. Police received a 911 call just before 8:30 a.m. about a shooting at a BP gas station near East 129th Street and Park Avenue. When officers arrived, they found a man with multiple…...

The judge said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” by failing to comply with 18 separate provisions of court orders pertaining to security, staffing, supervision, use of force and the safety of young detainees.

The iconic Old Homestead Steakhouse in the Meatpacking District is offering a “dollop” of cranberry sauce as part of its Thanksgiving offerings. The cost for that small serving? A cool $195.