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Man slashed on Midtown subway platform
A man is recovering Monday morning after being slashed overnight on a subway platform in midtown Manhattan, according to police. The 48-year-old victim was slashed in his neck with a knife on the northbound C train platform at the 50th Street C/E subway station around 1:45 a.m., police said. The NYPD said it was able to arrest a suspect...
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Times Square ball drop: Street closures to know
Planning to be anywhere near Times Square this New Year’s Eve? The NYPD has released its street closures to ring in the new year. On-street parking will be extremely limited in midtown Manhattan throughout the day on Tuesday, and people are advised to take mass transit. Here’s what drivers need to know — and we’ve got all your top...
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Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in CEO death, poll finds
Most Americans believe health insurance profits and coverage denials share responsibility for the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO — although not as much as the person who pulled the trigger.
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Man found burned at Penn Station in critical condition
Police sources said that investigators do not know if the man was lit on fire or if he set himself on fire.
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Man in critical condition after catching fire at Penn Station: police
Police overnight were investigating how a man caught fire at Manhattan’s bustling Penn Station. According to the NYPD, a 67-year-old man was on fire around 8 p.m. Friday near New Jersey Transit tracks 11 and 12. The man had burns to his legs and upper parts of his body. He was hospitalized with severe injuries and last listed in critical…
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Bryant Park holiday market reopens after cooking oil fire
An outdoor holiday market in New York City’s Bryant Park briefly caught fire, sending flames and plumes of smoke above the popular midtown Manhattan tourist draw. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.
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Taxi driver was having medical episode when he jumped Herald Square curb and hit 6
The driver was hospitalized after the yellow taxi drove onto the sidewalk across the street from Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square, along with a 9-year-old boy with a laceration to his right thigh, a 49-year-old woman with a leg injury and a 41-year-old woman.
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Final crystal triangles installed on Times Square ball ahead of New Year's Eve
The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year’s Times Square New Year’s Eve ball have been installed, marking the first time in 10 years that all 2,688 were replaced at once. Rapper Pitbull and inventor Joy Mangano were on hand on Friday to help the co-organizers of the 2025 New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square atop...
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Police investigate after six people struck by cab in Herald Square
An investigation continued into a Christmas day crash involving a taxicab that injured several people in herald square. The driver hit six people, seriously injuring two, after he may have suffered a medical while behind the wheel. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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Yellow cab veers onto sidewalk at Herald Square, striking pedestrians
Three people were hospitalized as a result of the van cab veering onto the sidewalk at Herald Square, including a 9-year-old boy and his mother who had been visiting New York City from Australia, according to sources. NBC New York’s Charles Watson reports.
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Young boy and mother among 6 hit by taxi that veered onto sidewalk at Herald Square
A taxi plowed into multiple people after it hopped a curb at Herald Square in Manhattan, sending three pedestrians to the hospital, according to police and fire officials.
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2 people slashed in unprovoked attack at Grand Central, police and sources say
Two people were hurt in what is believed to be an unprovoked slashing attack at the Grand Central subway station on Christmas Eve, according to police and law enforcement sources.
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Service restored after water pipe breaks on the Upper West Side
News 4’s Andrew Siff with an update.
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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to NY murder charges
Luigi Mangione spoke inside a New York court room for the first time Monday, pleading not guilty to charges in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione swapped an orange jumpsuit for a sweater and slacks to face a judge on charges that include murder and terrorism, on top of the federal charges against him. NBC New York’s Sarah...
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Federal judge in NY denies bid to stop congestion pricing plan from going into effect
Some legal roadblocks aimed at derailing congestion pricing have been removed by a pair of New York judges, as the plan is just days away from going into effect. There is one remaining hurdle, which sits in the hands of a judge in New Jersey. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.
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Congestion pricing clears key obstacle, as judge paves way for tolling plan to begin
The ruling means that barring another legal ruling from across the Hudson River, where the state of New Jersey has sued to block the new fee on environmental grounds, New York’s congestion pricing law is set to begin seconds past midnight on Jan. 5th.
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Key hearing on congestion pricing
Andrew Siff with the latest.
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I-Team: Money for nothing? Developer seeks affordability tax break for apartments that were previously Rent Stabilized
Douglaston Development has declined to provide its own accounting of how many apartments in the building enjoyed Rent Stabilization protections before and after its purchase of the property.
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New York City holiday market reopens following ‘devastating' fire
A holiday market in New York City has reopened following a fire that destroyed a number of booths earlier in the week. The Herald Holiday Market by Urbanspace reopened, but 18 vendors most impacted by the fire will not return for this holiday season, according to a spokesperson. The fire broke out at the holiday market in Herald Square, off…
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Former top aide to New York City's mayor charged in bribery conspiracy
The New York City mayor’s former chief adviser, her son and two real estate investors were indicted on Thursday in a bribery conspiracy, charges that come as the mayor himself faces a separate corruption case and a series of criminal investigations roils City Hall. Ingrid Lewis-Martin, her son Glenn D. Martin II and real estate investors Raizada Vaid and Mayank Dwivedi...