A Manhattan firm has proposed a 106‑unit affordable tower at 1701 Boone Avenue, setting up a rezoning fight around Starlight Park.

Steven Daniel of Branford claimed $1,432,201 after choosing a lump-sum from a Millionaire for Life second‑prize; the ticket was purchased at a store in Orangeburg.

Gymgoers at Solidcore say they were diagnosed with ringworm after classes at New York studios; the chain says it has updated cleaning protocols while members push for clearer notice.

Rep. Mike Lawler told Nanuet seniors he pleaded to a DWAI after a 2012 arrest and said 'I let my dad down.' He said the episode followed news his father’s cancer had spread.

Smoky skies and an Air Quality Health Advisory blanket NYC today. Highs near 91°F with gusty west winds; wet weather likely Saturday.

Federal agents say nearly 10 pounds of suspected fentanyl were seized from a Fordham apartment and two daycares in the building were evacuated; one man faces felony charges.

A Bronx school employee and her husband were sentenced after prosecutors say they siphoned more than $170,000 from M.S. 302. Officials say no merchandise was ever delivered.

Speaker Julie Menin secured $1.5M in the FY27 budget to scale the Wave Makers program and bring tens of thousands of free swim lessons to NYC second‑graders.

A Harlem woman is pleading for the return of her senior Shih Tzu after the pup was taken from a stroller at the 125th Street subway station; police arrested a suspect but the dog remains missing.

A 39-year-old man was stabbed twice in the back on Allerton Avenue Tuesday night; police are searching for two suspects who fled on foot.

Police released an image of a man accused of pushing a rider into an oncoming train at Fordham Road–Grand Concourse. Detectives are asking witnesses and anyone with video to come forward.

Mayor Mamdani announced a citywide Summer Safety Plan that pairs youth programs, crisis-response protocols and intensified deployments as NYC hosts major events.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he will keep working with Morris Katz even as DSA members call for a boycott over the strategist’s role in the Graham Platner fallout.