A clubgoer left in critical condition after he was set on fire as he left a nightspot near Times Square is a well-liked party promoter who organizes celebrity shindigs, a friend said on Monday. Mark Whyte, 45, is in critical but stable condition and a lot of pain a day after a man doused him … Read more
Police released photos Saturday of a masked suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a 33-year-old man last month. The unidentified gunman allegedly shot in the back both Kemahni Smalls, who had just been released from prison a year ago, and a 32-year-old man in front of a Shaking Crab restaurant near Pelham Parkway South … Read more
A man was fatally stabbed after he was jumped in downtown Brooklyn, officials said Saturday. Michael Hernandez, 27, was walking near the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush Aves. — a few steps from the Barclays Center — about 9 p.m. Friday when a group of people raced over and attacked him in the street, witnesses … Read more
Two cats in different households in New York City were infected with bird flu, the city’s Health Department announced. Officials did not disclose the cats’ conditions and are still investigating how they contracted the virus, but urged pet owners not to let their felines roam outdoors or feed them raw food or raw milk — … Read more
Newly released bodycam footage captures the harrowing moment a Connecticut man was pulled from his burning home — a blaze he later admitted to setting in a desperate effort to escape 20 years of captivity allegedly imposed on him by his stepmother. The clip, obtained by WFSB, begins with first responders approaching a fiery residence … Read more
Two men were busted for operating a deadly counterfeit pill factory out of a Harlem apartment, where authorities seized over 30,000 fentanyl-laced pills and loaded guns, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Shamel Robinson, 31, of Manhattan, and Brandon Morris, 30, from Rock Hill, S.C., face multiple charges of criminal possession of controlled substances and criminal possession of … Read more
Political bigwigs and common community folks filled a Harlem church on Wednesday to bid a rousing farewell to civil rights icon Hazel Dukes, 92, the longtime NAACP leader who died earlier this month without ever taking a break from the struggle. Right up until the end, speaker after speaker said, Dukes was on the front … Read more
The decomposing bodies of a 33-year-old woman and 7-year-old boy were discovered in a Brooklyn apartment Wednesday, police said. Cops were called to the apartment on Dumont Ave. near Hinsdale St. in East New York just after 2:05 p.m. in response to reports of a foul odor, police said. When they arrived, officers made the … Read more
A Bronx man who spent 23 years in prison and has been free for two years after his attempted murder conviction was overturned, has filed an emergency clemency petition with Gov. Hochul following a decision by an appeals panel to reinstate the judgment, records show. Andre Brown, 48, now faces the unusual situation of upending a life he has … Read more
A union representing nearly 29,000 electrical workers announced their endorsement of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday, the latest group to flip to Cuomo after endorsing Mayor Adams in the 2021 campaign. Cuomo made the announcement at the Local 3 IBEW biennial luncheon in Midtown. In his address to the group, Christopher Erikson, business manager of Local … Read more