Synagogue That Called Chelsea Home For Nearly 7 Decades May Be Evicted
After nearly 68 years New York City's 16th Street Synagogue could soon lose its home. The building's owner wants the Shul evicted.
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After nearly 68 years New York City's 16th Street Synagogue could soon lose its home. The building's owner wants the Shul evicted.
The State of New York has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to free up funds for 10 complete and two partial ZIP codes in four of the five boroughs.
As the clean-up effort continues in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, some concerns have surfaced over a lack of proper tools and protective gear for workers.
A New York City police sergeant has been charged with assault, reportedly after she punched someone in the face while off duty on the Lower East Side.
While most of Manhattan had its power restored about four days after Superstorm Sandy, persistent power problems in some places continued to make life miserable more than two weeks later.
People were cheering in the streets on blocks where residents had spent the past four nights in an eerie, urban darkness.
Lerio Guerrero was sentenced Tuesday, 14 years after he committed the crime in the Lower East Side. He pleaded guilty to the rape charges earlier this month, according to prosecutors.
A Brooklyn man has been charged with murder in the deadly shooting of another man earlier this month on the Lower East Side.
The Lower East Side has been booming for years with raucous nightlife, and some neighbors argued Monday night that one more bar is one too many.
Instead of ghosts and goblins, the attraction instead scares its visitors by putting them in the company of actors playing such great members of the human race as John Wayne Gacy, Jr. and Ted Bundy.
Raul Barrera turned himself in to police and admitted to stabbing 23-year-old Sarah Coit to death just hours after she was found dying in their Lower East Side apartment, but the last-minute guilty plea came as he was about to go on trial for second-degree murder, authorities said.
The city has been cracking down on the illegal conversions since a state law was passed last year. But the city council has plans to increase the fines on illegal hotel landlords to try to run the practice out of business.
The medical examiner said Brigham died form blunt force trauma to the head and neck which is consistent with a fall down the stairs.
Police are investigating the death of a woman who was found with her neck slashed inside a building on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
The suspect has mugged at least 16 people in the Lower East Side since May, spanning from Houston Street to East 23rd Street, police said.
A lot of kids give their brains a break during the summer, but others are using brain games to stay sharp.
There is an oasis for space-starved New York City apartment dwellers this summer. But it comes at a price, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported.
An exhibition on the history of lunch in New York City serves up some delicious tidbits. But you'll need more time than your lunch hour to see it.
The suspect is accused of shooting Officer Brian Groves as he and his partner were checking on suspected drug activity at the Seward Park Housing Development on Essex Street, police said.
Sal Medina couldn't believe what was unfolding before his eyes as a white livery cab came to a stop next to his newsstand on Delancey Street.
Jewish people eat matzo, and no leavened bread, during Passover because the their ancestors didn't have time to allow the bread to rise as they were in their exodus from Egypt.
Six people suffered minor injuries in the three-alarm fire at 89 Columbia Street just north of Delancey Street on Wednesday.
The blaze broke out on Columbia Street and Delancey at around 11:15 a.m. The fire started on the 16th floor of a 20 story high-rise.
About a foot of water has filled the entire intersection, reported CBS 2's Jessica Schneider. Crews with the Fire Department, DEP and Con Edison are all on the scene.
The holidays are a time of celebration - and what says "festive" better than a glass of champagne? Try one of our four favorite bubbly hot spots.
