NYCHA squatters
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Residents at NYCHA's East River Houses say that squatters took over the apartment of a hospitalized tenant and are using it as a base for selling drugs and sex, putting everyone in danger. Reported by Lisa Evers

NYPD warns people not to feed coyotes after sighting in Central Park

Sightings of coyotes in New York City have been on the rise in recent years, and after a sighting in Central Park the NYPD is warning New Yorkers not to feed them.

Troubled pub, The Spotted Pig, closes

The Spotted Pig, the Manhattan pub at the center of a widely publicized sexual harassment scandal, has closed.

Bryant Park subway sign changed to read Kobe Bryant Park

The day after his untimely death, a subway sign in Midtown Manhattan was altered to honor basketball great Kobe Bryant.

Go high atop the George Washington Bridge as it's restored

FOX 5 was given rare access to the GWB, joined by the team at the Port Authority that oversees it, for a one-of-a-kind look at the “Restoring the George” project. It’s a roughly $2 billion, ten-year program consisting of eleven major projects. The goal is to rehabilitate essentially the entire structure.

Crowd lifts vehicle to free trapped woman

Video has gone viral of an SUV being lifted by people on the Lower East Side as they apparently free a woman trapped below.

Crowd lifts vehicle to free trapped woman
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A crowd of strangers helps tip an SUV onto two wheels on the Lower East Side as they apparently free a woman trapped under it. Credit: Colby Droscher via Storyful

Hundreds turn out for 11th annual 'Meet the Breeds' event

American Kennel Club is hosting its 11th annual Meet the Breeds this weekend at the Javits Center. The two-day event brings together 150 different dog breeds and 25 different cat breeds. 

Police search for suspects in $42,000 NYC coat heist

Police in New York City are searching for six men they say broke into into an upscale boutique and stole 52 coats valued at $42,000.

NYPD searching for coat heist suspects
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The NYPD is searching for six suspects who stole $40,000 worth of coats from a store in SoHo.

“Meet the Breeds” with the American Kennel Club

This weekend the American Kennel Club hosts its 11th annual Meet the Breeds at the Javits Center on Manhattan’s West Side.

Bald eagle sighting in Riverside Park delights bird watchers

For the last few days, a Twitter account for New York City bird enthusiasts has been keeping its followers glued to their screens with photos or a rare bald eagle perched high in the trees above Riverside Park.

Cleanup begins after 5-alarm fire rips through historic building in Chinatown
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On the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, a historic building in Chinatown that Mayor De Blasio called ?a pillar to the Chinatown community? was ripped apart by a 5-alarm fire. Now, city officials are saying the organizations that called the building their home will once again have space there after it is rebuilt and restored.

Fire rages in building in heart of Manhattan's Chinatown

One man has been seriously injured and eight firefighters have suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Man shot takes off from scene, crashes and dies in Hell's Kitchen

A man who was shot in the back and later died took off in a vehicle before crashing in Hell's Kitchen, according to the NYPD.

Chelsea bomber Ahmad Khan Rahimi gets life term for NJ shootout

Ahmad Khan Rahimi is already serving life in prison for a bombing in Manhattan. Now a judge in New Jersey has sentenced him to another life term for trying to kill police officers in Linden.