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Never-before-seen cellphone video showed the moment Daniel Penny put Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold on a subway train in May 2023. It came out during day 2 of the manslaughter trial against the Marine veteran. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

Jurors have seen video of Daniel Penny gripping a man around the neck on a New York City subway train as another passenger beseeched the Marine veteran to let go.

New York voters who don’t have “sufficient time to vote” can get time off to exercise their right to vote on Tuesday’s general election, according to a section of the New York State Election Law. Section 3-110 establishes that New York employees are eligible for up to two hours of paid time off when they have less than four...

With the battle between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump heating up, NYC hits a landmark with over 1 million ballots cast ahead of Election Day. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino reports.

Experts say election results likely won’t be known on Election Day.

The Norway spruce that will travel to New York City hails from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It was scheduled to be cut down Thursday and make the roughly 140-mile journey south, arriving Nov. 9 in midtown Manhattan.

New Yorkers are being asked to “help conserve every drop possible” as city leaders issued a drought watch amid an historic dry spell across the region. Mayor Eric Adams and the city’s Department of Environmental Protection issued a drought watch on Saturday as part of an effort to conserve New York’s water resources. October was among the driest months...

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The trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, began Friday, with jurors seeing police bodycam video from the moments when officers arrived at the scene. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

An eclectic group of stars — including reality TV’s Ariana Madix, Broadway belter Idina Menzel, hip-hop’s T-Pain, members of the WNBA champions New York Liberty and country duo Dan + Shay — will feature in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Well, that’s a little depressing. Friday night will mark New York City’s last 6 p.m. sunset until next year, a harbinger of the rapidly approaching daylight saving time, with shorter days and longer nights. It’s been a slow trickle down all month to this point. At the same time, sunrise keeps happening later, too. On Sunday, Nov. 3, we will...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams returned to court Friday, sitting stoically as his lawyers fought to eliminate a key charge in the federal corruption indictment that threatens his political future. The Democrat’s lawyers are fighting to throw out a bribery charge, one of five counts in a case that U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho said will go...

Prosecutors and defense lawyers agree on one thing about Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s encounter last year with a distressed, angry and threatening man on a New York subway: Penny didn’t mean to kill him. But a prosecutor told jurors Friday that Penny “went way too far” in trying to neutralize someone he saw as a threat and not as...

City leaders are trying to tackle the growing problem of teens riding on top of subway cars. Since January, at least six people have died while subway surfing, including the son of one woman who has said the death-defying stunts are getting out of control. Now Mayor Eric Adams says he’s going to start using drones to stop it. NBC...

In the wake of three young New Yorkers dying from subway surfing in a six-week span, the city is expanding its plan aimed at ending the dangerous stunt — with more help of drones in the air, and more student-driven public service announcements.

Trick-or-treaters get ready to be scared and amazed by Manhattan’s over-the-top decorated townhomes scattered across the Upper East Side. Here are a few of the extravagant residences not to miss. 70th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues 74th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues 74th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues 70th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues 61st...

Creepy clowns, crawling skeletons and haunting ghouls, Halloween is full of frights. Stroll the Upper East Side for over-the-top decorations, if you dare. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino takes you on the tour.

The annual Village Halloween Parade is set to celebrate its 51st anniversary on Thursday. With the parade comes some street closures to know about ahead of the event. The parade starts at Canal Street and Sixth Avenue, going up Sixth Avenue to 15th Street. The festivities kick off at 7 p.m. This year’s theme is “meow.” Sixth Avenue between...

Gus Rosendale reporting on jaywalking being legalized across New York City. 

Jaywalking is now legal in New York City. Legislation passed by the City Council officially became law over the weekend after Mayor Eric Adams declined to sign or veto it after 30 days. The new law permits pedestrians to cross a roadway at any point, including outside of a crosswalk and against traffic signals. Council Member Mercedes Narcisse, who sponsored...