NYC teachers ask Supreme Court to block vaccine mandate

In their request, the plaintiffs assert that the Executive Order requiring vaccination threatens the education of thousands of children.

Facebook faces questions over teen safety after whistleblower report says Instagram is harmful

For some of the Instagram-devoted teens, the peer pressure generated by the visually focused app led to mental-health and body-image problems, and in some cases, eating disorders and suicidal thoughts.

‘Toxic effects’: Senators grill Facebook rep at hearing on social media harm to children

Facebook's global head of Security Antigone Davis faced a grilling Thursday by the Senate Commerce Committee in a hearing on social media and its effects on the mental health of children.

Every NYC police precinct stationing a 'community guide' to address concerns

Every police precinct in New York City will have a non-uniformed person to greet and assist them starting in November, officials announced Thursday.

4 thugs target 62-year-old man in violent Chelsea robbery: NYPD

The NYPD is asking for the public's help finding four men who violently robbed and attacked a man walking along a street in Chelsea.

Mother who lamented infant's death on Facebook now charged in his murder

The mother of a one-month-old boy who died two days after he was rushed, unconscious, to a Brooklyn hospital, was arrested in connection with the infant's death

'It's Disney World': Florida family recalls selling land to Walt Disney

FOX 35 spoke to the Demetree family, who were the original owners of a piece of wetlands that Walt Disney purchased for his Florida project.

MTA's finances, congestion pricing under scrutiny from lawmakers

The Acting MTA Chairman testified before state lawmakers who were looking for answers as to just how dire the transit agency's financial picture really is.

Pair of teens stabbed outside of Bronx high school

A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck and the face. A 15-year-old girl was stabbed in the arm. A suspect in custody and an investigation is ongoing.

2 injured in shooting near Central Park

The NYPD was investigating the shooting of a man in the chest and a woman who was injured when a bullet fragment struck her hand near Central Park.

Astro: Amazon introduces new 'The Jetsons'-like robot

Amazon’s new robot can hear, see and follow you around the home, but it's no Rosey the Robot.

Teen found murdered in Brooklyn housing project

The NYPD says a 16-year-old Brooklyn boy was found murdered on Tuesday afternoon.

Violent robber targets Bronx elderly people: Cops

The NYPD was on the hunt for a violent robber who targeted mostly elderly people in a crime spree across the Bronx.

NYC school teachers want U.S. Supreme Court to take up COVID mandate battle

Lawyers for teachers who don't want New York City schools to impose a vaccine mandate for them and other workers say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.

Subway agency offers incentives for retirees to come back to plug staffing holes

Roughly 5,000 MTA workers left since the start of the pandemic and now officials are offering those retirees who left in the past three years up to $35,000 for three months of work.

NYC mayor wins court case requiring vaccines

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is relishing another court victory for requiring COVID-19 vaccines.

Appeals court rules in favor of COVID vaccine mandate for schools, health care

A three-judge panel ruled against a temporary injunction that blocked the COVID vaccine mandate from taking effect at New York City schools and in New York state healthcare settings.

5 shot including suspect in Inwood section of Manhattan: NYPD

A gunman shot 4 people outside a bar in the Inwood section of Manhattan early Monday morning, before officers shot him, the NYPD says.