Times Square Ball Gets Test Run Before Big New Year's Eve Party
The star of New Year's Eve went through dress rehearsal in Times Square on Wednesday.
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The star of New Year's Eve went through dress rehearsal in Times Square on Wednesday.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said there will be around 6,000 officers stationed in Times Square on New Years Eve, with hundreds officers equipped with counterterrorism training.
Confetti fluttered to the ground in front of the marquee at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square on Tuesday morning, as part of preparations for NYC's New Years Eve celebrations.
Many folks are saying goodbye to bad memories from 2015 in an effort to get the new year off to a positive start.
The Waterford crystal ball in Times Square is being worked on in preparation for its glittering entrance into 2016 later this week.
Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera was sentenced on charges of seditious conspiracy in 1981.
Preparations are set to begin Sunday on the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square.
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Lt. William Moore and Officers Anthony Tufano and Richard Aponte had just finished doing bag checks when they saw a large crowd forming and heard a woman yelling that someone had fallen onto the tracks, police said.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton reiterated Thursday that the Islamic State video showing images of Times Square appears to have used old footage and there have been no new specific threats.
There was a close call for a baby in the Times Square subway station at around 7:45 p.m. Sunday evening.
Some city officials are now proposing to confine both the topless women and the costumed characters working alongside them to designated "activity zones.''
Bratton said the NYPD worked with Revlon, which now shuts the sign off at 8 p.m.
While the panel will not call for banning topless ladies or characters who ask for tips, sometimes aggressively when they pose for photos, it wants to restrict the ladies and characters to certain areas.
Hundreds of participants are riding stationary bikes in the "Crossroads of the World" to raise money for rare cancer research.
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A woman allegedly punched one of the topless, painted women in the middle of Times Square Sunday afternoon, 1010 WINS reported.
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said it's preposterous to compare the Times Square of today with the way it was 25 years ago.
There were two incidents that ended in arrests involving the topless, painted women known as "desnudas" in Times Square Wednesday night.
The NYPD has established a new task force to patrol Times Square, and that is just the beginning of the city's efforts to combat the spread of aggressive panhandling, costumed characters and other quality of life issues.
The mayor promised that the task force will examine the safety ramifications and crowed, "I think what we've done with Vision Zero is beyond what any previous administration has done."
Bratton made the suggestion in the wake of growing complaints about topless, body painted women and aggressive costumed characters seeking tips for photos.
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New York City's police commissioner has a solution for the harassment and nuisance problems plaguing Times Square.
A fire broke out Wednesday morning at a six-story building in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx.
U.S. and Iranian delegations met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, rekindling diplomacy amid Trump's threat to "annihilate" the regime.
Dozens in Keyport, New Jersey, packed a meeting Tuesday as the state unveiled long-awaited test results from a former landfill.
Former movie executive Harvey Weinstein was convicted in 2025 of sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in his Manhattan apartment in 2006.
The Mets beat the AL West-leading Rangers 6-3 on Tuesday night in their first game with Andy Green as their full-time manager.
A fire broke out Wednesday morning at a six-story building in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx.
Former movie executive Harvey Weinstein was convicted in 2025 of sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in his Manhattan apartment in 2006.
Maimonides Medical Center expanded its neonatal intensive care unit to 48 beds in 2024, the largest Level IV NICU in Brooklyn, as families navigate lengthy hospital stays with their most fragile newborns.
The Westchester County DA's office has released body camera footage showing what it says is the aftermath of a former Tuckahoe police chief's wife allegedly crashing into three cars.
New York City bodegas are now joining a push to change state law so that they can start selling wine and even hard liquor.
The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport announced it welcomed its first-ever red panda cub, marking an important achievement for the endangered species.
Rain totals on Sunday were much less substantial compared to last Sunday's prolific totals, generally averaging less than 1 inch in most locations.
Fire departments were hard at work in Paterson, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, due to flash flooding on Sunday morning.
Rainy weather makes a return to the New York City area this weekend.
After a week filled with periods of storminess and high humidity, a calmer and drier weather pattern is settling in for the holiday weekend.
Dozens in Keyport, New Jersey, packed a meeting Tuesday as the state unveiled long-awaited test results from a former landfill.
Amid speculation Jaxson Dart's knee injury is worse than first thought, Giants head coach John Harbaugh says "evaluations are ongoing."
A robbery at the Riverside Square Mall Tuesday prompted a concern about possible gunshots there, Hackensack police said.
Flights at Newark Liberty International, John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports were delayed due to an equipment outage, the FAA says.
Part of a Lavallette, New Jersey, liquor store was boarded up and a bouquet of flowers was left outside Sunday night, somber reminders of a horrific crash that killed a woman a day earlier.
The water quality is slowly improving in the Long Island Sound, according to a local nonprofit.
A 34-year-old man was conducting an experiment in his Mineola apartment when the mixture reacted violently, according to law enforcement officials.
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The ground beneath a Long Island woman opened up, swallowing her into the earth below.
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U.S. and Iranian delegations met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, rekindling diplomacy amid Trump's threat to "annihilate" the regime.
New York City bodegas are now joining a push to change state law so that they can start selling wine and even hard liquor.
The United Nations General Assembly continued Tuesday in Manhattan, with President Trump speaking to the assembled delegates. There were also protests in the area, as was expected.
The ongoing feud between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani erupted again Tuesday.
The settlement is to resolve an investigation alleging the company underpaid or delayed payment to its New York City workers.
NYU Langone has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to end gender-affirming care for minors.
A second person has died in the Legionnaires' disease cluster in the South Bronx.
Some people in Keyport, New Jersey, claim the site of a former aircraft manufacturing plant is to blame for a growing number of cancer diagnoses, but the state says otherwise.
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One person has died and a total of five people have been sickened by Legionnaires' disease in the Bronx.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
A truck driver who spent two decades building a massive scale model of his native New York City was delighted when it went viral on TikTok.
The Feast of San Gennaro is filling New York City's Little Italy with faith, music, games and many treats starting Thursday.
The Mets beat the AL West-leading Rangers 6-3 on Tuesday night in their first game with Andy Green as their full-time manager.
The Rays beat the Yankees 6-1 on Tuesday in the second game of a day-night doubleheader to clinch their fifth AL East title.
With their 2-0 win over the Rays on Tuesday afternoon, the Yankees (90-66) moved six games ahead of the Red Sox for the AL's top wild-card spot.
Amid speculation Jaxson Dart's knee injury is worse than first thought, Giants head coach John Harbaugh says "evaluations are ongoing."
As the Yankees get prepared for the playoffs, the news is not good on the Aaron Judge front.
Maimonides Medical Center expanded its neonatal intensive care unit to 48 beds in 2024, the largest Level IV NICU in Brooklyn, as families navigate lengthy hospital stays with their most fragile newborns.
Neighbors have been waiting since 2021 for the bridge over the Belt Parkway to be rebuilt and reconnect Bath Beach with the waterfront.
The People's Theatre now has its first permanent home in more than 15 years, thanks to help from theater legends from the neighborhood, like Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative's 1.8-acre native plant sanctuary marks 10 years at a site where historians believe hundreds of human remains still lie
At a Bay Ridge school, students who were born years after the attacks are learning about Sept. 11 through the stories of parents, teachers and first responders who lived through it.
People dressed in elaborate headgear and paraded up Fifth Avenue for New York City's Easter Sunday tradition.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The annual Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival was held in Manhattan on April 20, 2025.
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The artist named Eujue is replacing letter tiles in the city's subway system with her own creations.
The interactive map features some of the best spots in the park to check out foliage during the season.
Police are looking for the gunman who opened fire at a park in Brooklyn and killed a 24-year-old.
Harvey Weinstein will be in a New York City courtroom Wednesday for sentencing on a criminal sexual assault conviction from 2025. CBS News New York's Aziza Shuler reports.
Most of the new trees were planted in neighborhoods vulnerable to extreme heat, like Morrisania in the Bronx and Sunnyside in Queens.
