Jon Skolnik

‘She never put anybody before her kids’: Hardworking mom killed on the job by illegally installed elevator at Manhattan supermarket

December 16, 2020 at 10:23 p.m.

A malfunctioning elevator that killed a Manhattan supermarket employee was illegally installed, the Buildings Department said Wednesday — leaving the woman's grieving family furious over the hazardous working conditions. Maria...

‘I didn’t like the look of him’: Woman left with fractured neck after stranger jumps her, sends her flying into metal pole on Greenwich Village subway platform

December 16, 2020 at 12:28 a.m.

A Queens woman waiting for a Manhattan train wound up with a fractured neck Monday night after a stranger pounced on top of her, then hurled her straight into a...

NYC restaurants break down outdoor dining structures before snowstorm; city prepares to plow around them

December 16, 2020 at 1:37 a.m.

Restaurant owners across New York on Tuesday prepared for a snowstorm that's expected to present the biggest challenge to the dining spaces they've set up in parking spaces in sidewalks....

Young man is shot to death outside Red Hook West Houses in Brooklyn

December 15, 2020 at 3:23 p.m.

A man was fatally shot in the head outside a Brooklyn housing development Monday. Conrad Waterton, 22, was standing outside a building in the Red Hook West Houses on Columbia...

Employee shot and wounded in NYC barber shop robbery

December 9, 2020 at 4:14 a.m.

A Brooklyn barber shop worker was shot in the shoulder during an armed robbery inside the salon, police said. The 24-year-old victim was painting inside the new High Profile Barber...

Boy, 12, runs away from Queens home in family’s SUV, drives all the way to Delaware border with 7-year-old cousin; hauled home by dinnertime

December 8, 2020 at 1:41 a.m.

A 12-year-old Queens boy drove off in his family's SUV with his 7-year-old cousin in tow Monday morning, sparking a panicked search that only ended when the preteen pulled over...

Sen. Schumer’s debt relief plan would erase $50,000 from each N.Y. student loan

December 7, 2020 at 11:26 p.m.

All they want for Christmas is their debt paid off. Students and elected officials huddled in the cold Monday to urge President-elect Joe Biden to show some holiday spirit and...

‘The people have rights! Open the door, I’m thirsty!’ Hundreds rally for defiant Staten Island bar shut down after violating coronavirus rules

December 3, 2020 at 3:02 p.m.

Hundreds of protesters Wednesday night jammed shoulder-to-shoulder — with nearly half ignoring face mask guidelines — outside a popular Staten Island bar that got shut down for defying the state's...

Cuomo details hospital-focused COVID strategy as cases rise, warns of potential ‘pause’

November 30, 2020 at 10:07 p.m.

Gov. Cuomo unveiled a revamped strategy to deal with New York's surging coronavirus cases on Monday with a focus on avoiding an overwhelmed health care system. More than 3,500 people...

In wake of Eric Adams fundraisers during COVID, Cuomo urges ‘higher standard’ for NYC mayoral candidates

November 23, 2020 at 10:54 p.m.

After a weekend of in-person fundraisers by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Gov. Cuomo called on mayoral candidates to set a "higher standard" than the letter of the law as...

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