Milan-based Bending Spoons priced 58M shares at $29 on Nasdaq, raising about $1.7B as the stock jumped and investors priced its plan to revive AOL, Vimeo and Eventbrite.

An Oceanside music teacher was arrested and charged after prosecutors say his sister-in-law was found dead inside a North Massapequa apartment. The victim was identified as a Stony Brook Ph.D. student.

Neighborhood restaurants, bars and halls from Queens to Houston turned into home stadiums as immigrant communities packed screens to watch the 2026 World Cup.

HHS has suspended federal certification and funding for New York’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, putting the unit’s work and budget under immediate strain.

Federal prosecutors say eight people were indicted in a multimillion-dollar cargo-theft operation that allegedly diverted and fenced roughly $10 million in shipments.

Nassau County detectives raided six spas in Hicksville and Plainview on June 30, arresting eight women; three face unauthorized‑practice charges and others face prostitution counts.

A NYCHA paperwork mix‑up cut Section 8 subsidies at PACT buildings, leaving hundreds with large arrears and eviction filings. Tenant groups say the error was avoidable.

A teenage passenger died after a moped crashed on a jetty at Bush Terminal Park in Sunset Park. Police say the driver was unhurt and the investigation is active.

A judge allowed Queens hotelier Yan Po Zhu to travel to the July 19 World Cup final under strict conditions as he contests a 13‑count federal indictment tied to a migrant shelter contract.

The New York attorney general sued a Bensonhurst pet shop, alleging it sold puppies from puppy mills and left buyers with expensive vet bills.

A driver tied to a reported carjacking drove the wrong way onto a Mosholu Parkway exit ramp and struck a Yonkers police cruiser; the suspect fled and remains at large.

Two people climbed to the Empire State Building's spire in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday and held a black banner with a peace message while police watched.

Mister Softee opened its fourth Long Island storefront at 4538 Sunrise Highway in Oakdale. The move extends the chain's brick‑and‑mortar push after East Islip and Center Moriches.