8 NYC public pools open with COVID-19 safety measures

Eight public pools will open across New York City on Friday, with new cleaning and safety guidelines to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Crackdown focuses on bars and restaurants in New York City, Long Island

Cuomo's newly-appointed task force has already conducted nearly 1,100 compliance checks and documented violations at 84 establishments over the past couple of days.

Mob attacks man, daughter in Manhattan deli

A man was knocked unconscious and his daughter beaten with beer bottles in a Manhattan deli.

Judge orders Michael Cohen to be released from prison again

A judge has ordered that Michael Cohen be released from prison and said his return to jail was retaliation for a planned book on President Donald Trump.

NYPD clears out Occupy City Hall protesters

The group set up tents late last month demanding the city defund the NYPD by $1 billion, but once the cut was made, many protesters remained in the encampment they had created.

NYPD: Man without mask punches bus driver

The MTA requires customers to wear a mask when using the transit system. One violent guy apparently didn't like being told to follow the rules.

New York Planned Parenthood clinic to drop Margaret Sanger's name over eugenics

Margaret Sanger was a pioneering birth control advocate. But she also supported eugenics, a movement to promote selective breeding that often targeted people of color and the disabled. 

Woman who vandalized BLM mural in Midtown strikes murals in Harlem, Brooklyn

The woman accused of vandalizing the Black Lives Matter mural in Midtown Manhattan appears to have struck again, vandalizing murals in Harlem and Brooklyn Saturday night.

Woman vandalizes several BLM murals across NYC
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A woman was seen on video in social media vandalizing Black Lives Matter murals across New York City.

Empire State Building observatory to reopen Monday with reduced capacity

The famed Empire State Building’s observatory will finally reopen on Monday, with an 80 percent capacity reduction and visitors allowed in by appointment only.

Residents push to save hundreds of trees on Roosevelt Island

Plans to renovate the southern portion of Roosevelt Island are being resisted by local activists who say that the plan would mean tearing down hundreds of trees and destroying the home of a great deal of wildlife.

Residents, activists push to save trees on Roosevelt Island
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Plans to renovate the southern portion of Roosevelt Island are being resisted by local activists who say that the plan would mean tearing down hundreds of trees and destroying the home of a great deal of wildlife.

Black Lives Matter mural vandalized for third time
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The Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower has been vandalized for the third time in a week. Courtesy: Brian Chenensky

Tech CEO's personal assistant charged in gruesome killing

A person was taken into custody in the killing of a 33-year tech entrepreneur who was found dismembered inside his luxury Manhattan condo, a law enforcement official said Friday.

Cops search for baby taken by parents with no legal rights to child

The NYPD is looking for a week-old baby and his biological parents after he was taken by them despite not having legal rights to the child.

Fears of Hudson River flooding Lincoln Tunnel after water gushes in

No, that wasn’t the Hudson River leaking into the Lincoln Tunnel as anxious commuters sat in their cars fearing the worst.

Scaffolding collapses in Manhattan; 1 dead

Police urged people to avoid the scene, between Lexington and Third avenues.

NYPD Chief Monahan, other officers hurt in clash with marchers on Brooklyn Bridge

A group of Black Lives Matter protesters charged police on the Brooklyn Bridge as they lead the way for clergy and people taking part in a peace march across the Brooklyn Bridge Wednesday, according to cops.