NY dumps mask mandate on subway trains and buses

New York is dropping its little-enforced mask requirement on subways, commuter trains, and buses. Masks will be "encouraged" but not required when riding the transit system.

Dramatic crime videos become common in NYC

The NYPD is releasing disturbing surveillance videos almost every day. Are they helping catch or deter criminals?

NYC first day of school: What you need to know for 2022–2023

New York City public schools welcomed back students on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, for the 2022–2023 academic year. Here are some major things to know about COVID protocols, school meals, and the school calendar.

NYC congestion toll effect on Long Island?

Taxi, bus and for-hire drivers on Long Island are pushing to be exempt from Manhattan's congestion tolls. They say they've already taken a hit from higher gas prices.

Bed Bath & Beyond CFO Gustavo Arnal faced $1.2B lawsuit before suicide

Gustavo Arnal, the chief financial officer and executive vice president of Bed, Bath & Beyond, was named in a huge lawsuit before he jumped to his death from a Manhattan building on Friday.

Suspect in series of Manhattan sex assaults arrested

Damian Baeza Rendon, 20, has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse and forcible touching in connection to three incidents in Manhattan.

NYC sues Starbucks

New York City is suing Starbucks for allegedly wrongfully terminating a barista who helped organize a union at a Queens location.

Bullet hits woman in neck on Williamsburg Bridge

The woman was hit in the neck by a bullet as the car crossed the Williamsburg Bridge.

Man struck by Times Square hit-and-run driver

Police say a man crossing West 42nd Street was struck by a white SUV early Sunday morning.

Police arrest man in Manhattan fatal shooting

Police arrested 44-year-old Clarkson Wilson on Saturday morning and charged him with murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.

Video: Robbers steal over $25,000 in Queens gunpoint home invasion

Police say the suspects held a 32-year-old woman at gunpoint before tying her up and stealing $19,000 in ash and $12,000 worth of jewelry from her home.

1 dead after LIRR train hits car

An LIRR train hit a car on the tracks west of Huntington Station on Saturday, killing the driver.

NYC has nation's most stressful commute, study finds

Over one million commuters come in and out of the city each day for work, with more than half considered "super-commuters," or people who spend 90 minutes or more each day traveling to work.

4 men shot, injured in Brooklyn

Four men were reportedly hospitalized after being shot in Brooklyn.

Woman indicted on murder charges in Queens sidewalk hit-and-run

Kiani Phoenix, 26, is facing 25 years to life in prison for allegedly running over 59-year-old Milton Storch last week.

Woman shot in face in Queens drive-by shooting

A woman who was a passenger in a car was shot in the face in a drive-by shooting in Queens.