Category: Manhattan

Officers from Transit District 4 busted Kemal Rideout, 28, on Tuesday morning just after 9 a.m. Photo by Dean Moses Top police brass applauded on Tuesday a group of heroic transit cops who apprehended two Manhattan subway stabbing suspects in as many days. Five officers from Transit District 4 collared Kemal Rideout, 28, on Tuesday…

The blaze that tore through a Chinatown e-bike store during the early hours Tuesday morning that left four people dead and two fighting for their lives was sparked by lithium ion-batteries, according to top FDNY brass. FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh and Chief Fire Marshal Daniel Flynn were outside HQ E-Bike Repair, located at 80 Madison…

Four people dead and several others were injured in a Chinatown fire on June 20. Photo by Dean Moses Four people are dead and two are fighting for their lives following a 3-alarm fire that tore through an e-bike repair service store and gutted a mix-use building in Chinatown during the early hours Tuesday morning,…

Claude White, 33, was cuffed for the alleged murder of 32-year-old Tavon Silver. Photo by Dean Moses Police cuffed a homeless man on June 19 who is believed to be responsible for the murder of an East Village subway rider over the weekend, police said. Claude White, 33, was marched out of the 13th Precinct…

Mourners call for change in the mental health system during the funeral for Jordan Neely. Photo by Dean Moses Those who witnessed the choking death of Jordan Neely saw a man in crisis — and his death symbolizes so much of what is wrong in our deeply inequitable city. The focus now should not just…

Two scooters collided in Harlem, sending one driver hurtling into a bus on June 19. Photo by Adrian Childress A scooter driver is in critical condition after colliding into another scooter rider and an MTA bus in Harlem on Monday, police said. According to police sources, the dramatic incident occurred at approximately 10:28 a.m. on…

FDNY EMTs on the job in Canarsie in July 2022. File photo by Lloyd Mitchell An off-duty FDNY EMT was arrested Sunday evening after fleeing the scene of a car crash in Harlem. Police identified the EMT as Jose Cerda-Matos, 33, and charged the emergency medical technician with leaving the scene of an accident with…

Left to right: Jim Creeggan (bass, vocals), Ed Robertson (guitar, vocals), Tyler Stewart (drums, vocals), and Kevin Hearn (keyboards, guitar and vocals), of Barenaked Ladies. Photo: Matt Barnes The popular Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies is bringing their tour to New York City next month. The tour, entitled the Last Summer on Earth 2023 American…

Police are looking to locate this man in connection to a hit-and-run inside an East Harlem park that left a 6-year-old boy fighting for his life (NYPD) A 6-year-old boy is in critical condition after being struck by a hit-and-run moped driver inside an East Harlem park Sunday evening. The boy was struck by a…

Cops are looking for the man they say slashed three female straphangers on Sunday afternoon. NYPD Cops are looking for the man they say slashed three female straphangers in two separate incidents within the city’s subway system on Sunday. Authorities say the suspect first struck inside the 86th Street-Lexington Avenue subway station, where a 19-year-old…