Manhattan

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…

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

News 4’s Andrew Siff with an update. 

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.

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.

Andrew Siff with the latest. 

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.

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…

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...

Mayor Eric Adams former chief adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, is expected to face bribery-related charges Thursday by the Manhattan District Attorney, sources familiar with the matter said. Lewis-Martin’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, said that although he is not familiar with the specific charges, investigators have raised questions about whether Martin in her capacity as senior advisor to Adams asked the NYC Department...

A Manhattan resident has pleaded guilty to helping establish a secret police station in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government.

The well-known neon lights that have adorned the landmark midtown building since 1935 could soon be swapped out.

The MTA is all set to go ahead with congestion pricing starting at 30 seconds past midnight on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 — and officials want to remind people about the toll. The reduced peak toll will be $9, it was originally supposed to be $15, but, drivers who don’t use EZPass to pay it will face a higher toll…

A day after a holiday market in the heart of Manhattan went up in flames, fire officials have determined what sparked the blaze that torched booths and sent merchandise up in smoke.