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Masked thief holds man at gunpoint, chokes and robs him inside NYC elevator: video
The gunman approached the 21-year-old victim inside the residential building on First Avenue near East 124th Street, part of NYCHA’s Wagner Houses in East Harlem, around 11:20 p.m. May 28,...
Dominican Republic national accused of stabbing ex to death dragged out of NYC court as it's revealed he was deported in 2002
“I promise I didn’t do anything to her,” he yelled through tears at nine family members of Woods who were sitting in the courtroom.
Migrant stabbed to death outside NYC shelter converted from dorm space
A migrant was stabbed to death on Sunday morning after getting into an argument with another man outside the East Harlem migrant shelter where they both lived, police said.
Ex-NYC prosecutor teaching at Catholic school charged with raping 13-year-old girl
The alleged abuse took place “on multiple occasions” between April 18, 2022 and April 7, 2023, when the victim was in 7th and 8th grade, the complaint states.
Knife-wielding sicko shoves NYC Total by Verizon store worker to ground, tries to rape her before stealing thousands in phones: cop
The 19-year-old victim was working inside the store at Madison Avenue and East 108th Street around noon when the stranger threw her to the ground and clutched a knife as...
Ex-boyfriend charged after NYC woman's remains found ditched in apartment bathtub: cops
Melanie Woods, 33, of 2nd Avenue, was found by cops a little after 6 p.m. Tuesday night after her mom and her friend asked them to do a welfare check,...
NYC HS soccer game canceled after dozens of migrants refuse to leave the field -- even after cops showed up
A high school soccer game in East Harlem was canceled last weekend when a group of supposed migrants refused to get off the field for the permitted teams to play.
Off-duty NYPD cop arrested for drunk driving after being found surrounded by booze, with BAC level 3 times the legal limit: officials
"I pulled over," the slurring, boozed-up cop allegedly told a responding officer.
Victim of fatal NYC subway shove was 'honest and sincere person,' neighbor says
Jason Volz, the 54-year-old straphanger who was killed when a maniac pushed him in front of a subway train in East Harlem on Monday, was "an upstanding citizen," a neighbor...
Witness to fatal NYC subway shove says deranged career criminal ‘timed it perfectly’ and pushed ‘with all his might’
Carlton McPherson waited for the right moment to spring before he shoved an unsuspecting straphanger into the path of an East Harlem subway train, an eyewitness to the assault told...
Maniac accused of fatally shoving NYC subway rider has long history of mental illness: sources
Carlton McPherson, 24, of the Bronx, was charged with murder after he allegedly pushed a 54-year-old man onto the tracks as a northbound 4 train rolled into the East 125th...
Two dead in apparent murder-suicide, four injured in overnight NYC shootings
A man and woman were found dead in Queens, with gunshot wounds to the head in what the NYPD described as an apparent murder-suicide.
FDNY firehouse overrun by junkies shooting up, pooping between vehicles: 'A disgrace'
Strung-out junkies are turning the area near an East Harlem firehouse into their own playground using the space between firefighters' parked cars as private stalls for pooping and shooting up...
Subway fare beater maces 2 NYPD cops who caught him red-handed: police
The 57-year-old suspect used the emergency exit to sneak into the No. 6 subway station at East 116th Street and Lexington Avenue just after 3 a.m. – but was caught...
E-bike theft crew terrorizes NYC food delivery workers, stabs one man in stickup: cops
Several suspects — seen in images released by the NYPD Monday — flashed guns, knives and razor blades in the 11-day series of crimes, spanning both east and west Harlem,...
Still $600M in potential savings from Second Ave Subway designs, even after MTA trims: Post analysis
There is still at least $600 million in potential savings to be found in the MTA's oversized designs for the East Harlem extension of the Second Avenue Subway, a Post...
Boy, 7, miraculously left nearly unscathed after falling 3 floors from NYC building: cops
The youngster was playing on the 12th floor of the building on East 131st Street near the Harlem River Drive just before 11 a.m. when he suddenly plummeted, landing on...
Sicko busted in NYC rape of 10-year-old girl he met on Bumble: sources
Drequan Drayton-Howard, 23, of the Bronx, was picked up by US Marshals around 8:30 a.m. in connection to the heinous Jan. 6 sex attack on the youngster he met through...
Sicko rapes 10-year-old girl in Harlem after meeting her online: cops
The two met up at Third Avenue and East 122nd Street around 9 p.m. Jan. 6, where the deviant raped the young victim, authorities said.
Adams' war on rats 'smoke and mirrors' as rodent complaints spike nearly 8% across NYC
Rodent complaints have spiked nearly 8% across New York City since Mayor Eric Adams took office -- despite his ballyhooed multi-million dollar war on rats.