Richmond Hill Street Co-Named 'Punjab Avenue' To Honor Neighborhood's South Asian Culture

The stretch of 101st Avenue between 111th and 123rd streets is filled with Punjabi culture, earning the nickname "Little Punjab."

• Oct 23, 2020

Food Banks In Growing Need Of Donations As New Families Experience Food Insecurity During Pandemic

A growing number of families in the Tri-State Area are relying on food banks because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some are experiencing food insecurity for the first time.

• Oct 23, 2020

Teenage Brooklyn Chess Champion Hoping To Become First Black Female Chess Master

Jessica won the Daniel Feinberg Success in Chess Award, which comes with a $40,000 college scholarship.

• Oct 23, 2020

NYPD: 2 Female Suspects Kidnap Woman At Knifepoint, Force Her To Get Cash

Police said the suspects used her PIN to check her balance, and then ordered her to withdraw $900.

• Oct 23, 2020

Westchester Man In Need Of Kidney Holding Out Hope To Find A Living Donor

With a second wave of the coronavirus potentially looming in New York, doctors say there are now more families in need.

• Oct 23, 2020

Opening Day For Movie Theaters In New York - Except For The Big Apple

After a seven month sour patch, it's a sweet day for New York moviegoers happy to have things popping once more at the multiplex. 

• Oct 23, 2020

Andrew Krivak Released As He Awaits Retrial For 1994 Sexual Assault, Murder Of 12-Year-Old Josette Wright: 'I'm Still Wrongfully Convicted'

Andrew Krivak walked out of the Putnam County Correctional Center and was embraced by family and friends. 

• Oct 23, 2020

NYPD: 3 Suspected Burglars Flee Staten Island Home When Confronted By 76-Year-Old Resident

The suspects left empty-handed, but broke a second floor window, which police said they used to get inside.

• Oct 23, 2020

Good Samaritans Help Catch Robbery, Carjacking Suspect In Queens

According to police, the suspect used pepper spray to assault a cab driver before pulling him from his vehicle and driving away.

• Oct 23, 2020

Volunteers Keeping NYC Parks Clean To Make Up For Budget Cuts

Volunteers were out Friday morning to help keep Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem clean.

• Oct 23, 2020

Sen. Booker, Rep. Gottheimer Announce Proposal To Protect Nursing Homes From Second Wave Of COVID-19

The Nursing Home Pandemic Protection Act would require facilities to report potential outbreaks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in real time and have a crisis plan in place.

• Oct 23, 2020

Report: Manhattan Rent Drops Below $3,000 For 1st Time Since 2011

StreetEasy says renters are no longer willing to pay the so-called "commute premium" of living in Manhattan, because so many people are working from home. 

• Oct 23, 2020

Japanese Jazz Pianist Tadataka Unno Speaks Out About Subway Attack That Left Him Badly Injured

"I thought this was how I was going to die," Tadataka Unno said in an interview with the New York Times.

• Oct 23, 2020

Police Open Fire Responding To 2 Shooting Incidents Overnight In The Bronx

The NYPD said officers witnessed a gun battle stemming from an apparent road rage incident around 10:30 p.m. on Hewitt Place in Longwood. 

• Oct 23, 2020

Caught On Camera: Queens Bodega Held Up At Gunpoint

Surveillance video shows the suspect point a gun at the clerk and demand money. 

• Oct 23, 2020

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