Bronx

Teen sucker-punches 88-year-old man in random assault on 196th St /Briggs

Police are searching for a teen who punched an 88-year-old man in the face in an unprovoked attack in the Bronx, cops said Friday. The…

Comedian Puts Jennifer Lopez’s Bronx Savvy to the Test on ‘The Daily Show’

You can take J.Lo out of the Bronx, but you can’t take the Bronx out of J.Lo. With season 2 of NBC’s cop drama Shades…

Apply for 50 affordable units on Webster Ave, in Norwood from $734/month

The Bedford is a $22 million, 10-story, 60-unit affordable housing building in the Norwood section of the Bronx. Located at 3160 Webster Avenue, right alongside…

Man held in elevator robbery of Mt.Eden granny

A tipster led police to a parolee who robbed an 81-year-old woman in the elevator of her Bronx apartment building, cop sources said Monday. Homer…

Woman, 78, robbed by man pretending to help her in Bronx building elevator: police

A man is wanted for pretending to help a woman in a Bronx building’s elevator, then threatening and robbing her Friday. “I’m scared as hell,” the…

Police searching for woman suspected of subway attack on Fordham Road

The NYPD is trying to find the woman whom they say attacked another woman at a subway station n the Bronx. It happened Jan. 28th at…

Diaz delivers his eighth annual ’State of the Borough’

On Thursday, February 23, Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. delivered the annual State of the Borough address at John F. Kennedy High School, his eighth…

Bronx woman may have been fleeing robbery as she fell to death

A woman who fell to her death from a Bronx apartment, may have been trying to escape a robbery, police sources and witnesses said Saturday.Maria…

Castle Hill creep masturbates next to woman in elevator

Cops are searching for a man who pleasured himself in front of a 22-year-old woman in an elevator in the Bronx, police said Friday. The…

52nd pct cop indicted for drunkenly harassing residents in Norwood

A Bronx cop was indicted Thursday on charges that he drove a police cruiser drunk while he was on duty and responding to a call,…

Museum of the Dog returns to New York after 30 years away with classic canine art and cool interactives
Midtown Manhattan has gone to the dogs. Packs of poodles, Labradors, fox terriers and countless other breeds have invaded a two-story space in the nabe that’s now the new home of the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog. The museum, which boasts one of the world’s largest collections of canine...
NYC's subway is a mess: pukey trains, unwitting passengers, crews in the thick of it
Please stand clear of the pool of vomit. There’s more than litter in New York City’s transit system — riders frequently find themselves doing a subway samba to avoid feces, urine, blood and vomit on staircases, platforms and trains. But they’re not the only ones. Train crews have plenty of stories...
Just let me die in peace: A terminal cancer patient's plea to New York state's Legislature and governor
Endometrioid ovarian cancer. That was the diagnosis I received in 2006. It forever changed my world — as it does with anyone who hears the words “you have cancer” from their doctor. I’ve lived with this insidious disease as best as I can for the last 12 years. I’ve had surgeries, radiation, immunotherapy...
Cuomo stomps on the grassroots: A lobbying provision in his budget would stifle many of the small groups that delivered a Democratic majority to the state Legislature
These are thrilling times for New York progressives. Democrats control the state Senate for the first time in a decade and have already passed a raft of bills Republicans bottled up for years. More ambitious proposals, like a state Green New Deal and robust tenant laws that protect working-class...
Incentivizing dishonesty: The Amazon deal was sunk by politicians who blatantly misrepresented the way economic incentives work; reform is welcome, but it must be deliberate
Oh hi there, fellow New Yorker picking through the rubble after the collapse of a deal that would’ve brought up to 40,000 good jobs and solidified the city’s tech-industry leadership for a generation: Can we now talk rationally about incentives designed to attract businesses to our city and state?...