9+ hour, 36+ min ago   (410+ words) Many local memorials were built while the national ones — at Ground Zero, the Pentagon, and Shanksville — were still snagged in protracted disputes over design and funding. Far-flung communities commemorated the attacks because they had experienced them through television. Memorials are…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago   (304+ words) Two Soho street vendors were taken into custody Saturday after a customer accused them of stealing his jewelry and cell phone, police said. The 56-year-old victim got into a dispute with multiple street vendors over a purchase of an item…...

17+ hour, 16+ min ago   (183+ words) A 67-year-old man died from his injuries three weeks after battling with a rival in Manhattan’s George Washington Carver Houses, cops said. Edwin Jimenez got into a fight with Jose Santiago, 52, outside the NYCHA complex on Aug. 24 around 9:45 p.m. at…...

15+ hour, 40+ min ago   (474+ words) A man has been arrested in the vicious beating death of a Washington Heights mom in her home, whose 7-year-old daughter was present at the time of the killing, police said. Tiliek Thompson, 41, surrendered to police custody Saturday, his lawyer…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (192+ words) Several streets throughout Lower Manhattan will be closed Friday morning as the city prepares for the commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, police officials said. Beginning at 6 a.m., no vehicular traffic will be allowed south of Canal Street to Battery…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (293+ words) A 48-year-old man died while in NYPD custody roughly three weeks after suffering a “medical episode” in Brooklyn Criminal Court, and the police department’s Force Investigation Division is probing his death. The man, who police sources say has a lengthy…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (344+ words) Mayor Mamdani’s controversial nominee to lead a city zoning board was approved by the City Council on Thursday, after the body had previously indicated it might not approve his pick. “I think we had a great hearing where members who…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (149+ words) Two teens on a motorcycle crashed in Brooklyn, with one then stabbed by a driver who had been chasing them, police said Thursday. The 17-year-old boy stabbed in the back was taken to Brookdale University Hospital in stable condition. The…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (87+ words) A teenager was shot to death around the corner from his Brooklyn home, police said Thursday. Jayden Velasquez, 18, was shot in his face and upper body on Havemeyer St. near S. 2nd St. in Williamsburg about 9:55 p.m. Wednesday, cops said. Medics rushed him…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (507+ words) Today, hundreds of thousands of New York children head back to school — and for many parents, there’s a milestone worth celebrating: more kids than ever will start the year in free, publicly-funded child care. That’s because this year, New York…...