Six people were arraigned in Brooklyn after prosecutors said they used fake PPP and EIDL applications and forged records to siphon nearly $11 million in pandemic relief funds.

Three AmTrust-owned insurers filed a federal RICO complaint in EDNY, accusing a New York law firm and medical providers of a scheme to inflate claim values through unnecessary surgeries.

Andrew Amer, who led the state's civil case against Donald Trump, was named to the Court of Claims in a 28‑judge round of appointments.

Renderings show a 17‑story mixed‑use building at 289 Kent Ave with roughly 280 apartments and about 70 income‑restricted units; the project needs rezoning and faces a foreclosure action.

A 98-year-old man was assaulted inside a Prospect Lefferts Gardens building; investigators released video and are asking the public to help identify a woman seen in the footage.

A Pine Bush social worker was arrested June 1 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child after authorities say she kissed a 14‑year‑old and provided marijuana.

A new comptroller analysis finds roughly 15,700 vacant storefronts in New York City, with the highest vacancy rates clustered in Lower Manhattan, North Brooklyn and parts of Queens.

A Brooklyn caver says he was pinned for six hours inside Merlin's Cave in Canaan before forest rangers drilled away rock and he slipped free.

NYC DOT is advancing a redesign to finish the one‑block bike‑lane gap on Ashland Place, reconfiguring traffic and adding a two‑way protected lane to connect Downtown Brooklyn.

Albany lawmakers approved a bill requiring day care centers to stock epinephrine and train staff; the measure now moves toward Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk.

A suspicious device resembling a bomb was left on the steps of Culture House in Greenpoint; NYPD ESU removed it and found it safe. Investigators have vouchered the item and the probe is ongoing.

Whole Foods has signed a lease for the former Rite Aid at 182 Smith St on Smith Street. The site is vacant now and there’s no official opening date yet.

TF Cornerstone filed to use New York’s 485‑x program for three large projects in Greenpoint and Chelsea, a direct challenge to the city’s 99‑unit workaround. The sites will test whether higher wage and affordability rules actually yield big builds.