Manhattan

What started as a home invasion in Washington Heights ended with the death of a 73-year-old grandfather — but there are some unanswered questions surrounding his death. At first, it appeared the man fell from a sixth-floor window while trying to escape the intruders, but police later said he fell after officers arrived. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

The federal prosecutor who has overseen the cases involving the conviction of Sen. Robert Menendez and Sam Bankman-Fried, and the ongoing prosecutions of Mayor Eric Adams and rap artist Sean Combs aka P. Diddy, along with many other cases, is announcing his intention to resign as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York effective 11:59 p.m. on...

A 73-year-old man fell out of the sixth-floor window of his Manhattan home after a trio of home invaders robbed his son, police said over the weekend. One of the suspects entered the apartment in Washington Heights around 3 a.m. by climbing through a window, according to investigators. He then let in the two other accomplices. Police believe they targeted…

The 73-year-old man was apparently trying to escape from the intruders when he fell, police say. News 4’s Ida Siegal reports. 

The last meatpackers in New York’s Meatpacking District have agreed to end their leases early and make way for development on their city-owned lot.

A gold-plated rose from a Manhattan church memorial honoring the victims of 9/11 remains missing.

He may be nicknamed the “Preppy Predator,” but police warn that an alleged robber in Manhattan should be considered extremely dangerous.

Don’t let the fact that he has been nicknamed “preppy predator” fool you — police are calling a criminal extremely dangerous after a pair of violent robberies targeting women. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

It was impossible for prosecutors, the courts and the city jail system to predict that that Ramon Rivera would be accused of killing three people a month after being released. But critics and criminologists say there were missteps — like a lenient offer by prosecutors and lack of focus on Rivera’s schizophrenia diagnosis — that in hindsight should have been...

The defense in the manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny called a forensic pathologist to the witness stand today. News 4 New York’s Erica Byfield reports. 

It was impossible for prosecutors, the courts and the city jail system to predict Ramon Rivera would be accused of killing three people a month after being released. But critics and criminologists say there were missteps, like a lenient offer by prosecutors and lack of focus on Rivera’s schizophrenia diagnosis, that in hindsight should have been handled differently. NBC New...

Police arrested the man who they say slashed a tourist on the Upper West Side on Wednesday for no apparent reason. Surveillance video showed the suspect running up behind a group of people on West 86th Street near Columbus Avenue, with what appeared to be a knife in his hand. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

A forensic pathologist disputes a New York City medical examiner’s determination that former Marine Daniel Penny killed another man by placing him in a chokehold on a subway train last year.

A New York City building superintendent who was praised as a devoted caregiver in a New York Times profile was charged with stealing more than $350,000 from a 100-year-old resident of the building where she worked, prosecutors announced.

New York City police are searching for a man accused of stealing a gold-plated rose from a Manhattan church memorial honoring the victims of 9/11.

A visitor to New York City is recovering after being slashed in the face on an Upper West Side sidewalk Wednesday morning, according a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the incident. The attack happened on West 86th Street between Columbus Ave. and Amsterdam Ave. just before 10:30 a.m., the FDNY said. Surveillance video showed a group of men…

Perhaps no one could have predicted Ramon Rivera would allegedly go on a stabbing spree in broad daylight one month after getting out of jail, killing three people at random. But in the past, he had expressed homicidal thoughts and been hospitalized for serious mental illness, according to sources familiar with his case. Rivera’s mental health may have been...

The NYPD is looking for the man suspected of attacking an 84-year-old man on the Upper East Side earlier in November. The victim was in front of 570 Park Avenue between East 62nd and East 63rd streets on Nov. 7 when he was assaulted by the suspect, according to police. Police said the alleged attacked approached the victim and hit…

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the U.S. government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with attempt to use an explosive device to damage or destroy…

A month after getting released from jail, a homeless man with eight prior arrests and a history of mental illness went on a stabbing spree in broad daylight. The man was received an early release from jail due to “good behavior,” raising questions about the circumstances leading to his release. NBC Melissa Russo reports.