New York City

New York City

New Yorkers placed 15,000 reservations for package deliveries and drop off through the public LockerNYC system since April 2024, prompting the city to expand the free service into parts of the Big Apple, transportation officials announced on Wednesday. The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) said on Sept. 17 that 36 more locker kiosks will open this fall on public sidewalks and inside local businesses across the five boroughs. Specific locations have not yet been announced.

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Police said Wednesday they were looking for a man who struck and critically injured a 76-year-old woman while driving a box truck in Brooklyn last week. According to NYPD officials, the woman was walking across the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Avenue U in Sheepshead Bay around 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 9 when the driver hit her. Police said the man was driving a white box truck and wearing an orange reflective construction shirt.

Staten Island, NY - Two men are being sought after allegedly distracting and robbing a 43-year-old man inside a Staten Island business earlier this week, police said. The incident occurred Monday around 7:30 p.m. inside a commercial establishment at 341 Port Richmond Avenue. According to police, one man approached the victim and asked him a question while a second man reached into the victim's front pocket and removed cash without permission. The pair then fled on foot toward an unknown location. No injuries were reported.

It has four wheels and a tall trailer, which make it look like a truck. But it also looks like a bike because the driver pedals it, usually in the bike lane. It's an ingenious contraption, built for last-mile deliveries in crowded city streets, but it's arguably too big for existing bike lanes and too slow for the street, so everyone in the city seems to get mad about its presence wherever it is.

Brooklyn, NY - A 78-year-old woman was attacked aboard an MTA bus in Gravesend Friday afternoon, leaving her hospitalized with facial injuries, police said. The assault happened around 2:40 p.m. on a northbound B1 bus stopped in front of 2837 86th Street. Investigators said the victim got into a verbal dispute with an unidentified woman, who then struck her in the face.

And, the NYC DOT said in an e-mailed statement Tuesday, drivers can expect congestion-packed commuting days into and across midtown continuing through the coming holiday season, warning of "slowest of the year" traffic speeds. In fact, the NYC DOT has identified 20 such "Gridlock Alert" days beginning next week and into the Christmas holiday season - days when traffic is expected to be at its slowest and most-congested. U.N. General Assembly Week tops the list.

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Hochul, in endorsing 33-year-old assemblyman from Queens and Democratic mayoral nominee, said the two don't see eye to eye on everything, and I don't expect us to in a statement that at times focused on differences. She said she had frank conversations with Mamdani and they have had disagreements, but called him a leader who is focused on making New York City affordable.

The study concludes that NYC security guards earn a median income of $40,311, less than 40% of the city's Area Median Income, even though 84.7% of the guards work full-time and 88.7% work the full year. On average, the guards earn a median hourly wage of $20.29, but the report finds that about half earn even less.

Two people are in custody after a man was found beaten to death at a Brooklyn deli on Monday night. Police say that at 7:05 p.m. on Sept. 15, officers from the 83rd Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding an assault at Royal Deli & Grill, located at 193 Knickerbocker Ave. Upon their arrival, police found 59-year-old Gerry Hill unconscious and unresponsive with blunt force trauma to his head.

The program, called Section 610, allowed landlords to collect the full value of a federal rent voucher when it was more than the rent. But money came from the federal Section 8 program. In March, when Section 8 funding appeared in jeopardy, the city paused authorizations. In July, New York State's housing department seemed to put the final nail in the coffin, ending authorizations for landlords who receive certain city subsidies.

Starting Monday, drivers along four more MTA bus routes in Queens and the Bronx will begin receiving warning letters if they block bus lanes or bus stops, officials said. After a 60-day grace period, fines will kick in along the Q6 line in Queens and the Bx20, Bx3 and Bx7 in the Bronx, according to the MTA. Tickets start at $50 and can rise to $250 for repeat offenders.

set up camp at three classic New York City haunts: a park, a subway platform and a sidewalk. Using thermal cameras and specialized microphones, they recorded the rodents moving like glowing phantoms across the pavement while squeaking away at frequencies far above human hearing. The real kicker? When an ambulance screamed by, the rats screamed louder. As Mackevicius put it: "They're just kind of screaming to each other, but we just don't hear it."

Take Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where the industrial-meets-artsy vibe used to come with a modest price tag. Since 2020, asking rents there have jumped a jaw-dropping 60-percent. Across the river in Chelsea, it's a similar story. A 54-percent surge has left even six-figure earners sweating their monthly Venmo transfers. Soho, never exactly a bargain, notched a 60-percent rise too, while Tribeca climbed 58-percent. Dumbo's picture-perfect waterfront? Up 49-percent. And Long Island City, where gleaming towers sprouted almost overnight, saw a 47-percent spike.

On paper, it doesn't sound too dramatic; 1999 remains the record holder, clocking in at a parched 3.9 inches, but compared to the usual 14 inches that Gotham expects, this summer was bone-dry. If you were convinced otherwise by September's freak flash floods, you're not alone. Those torrents actually gave us the second-wettest in city history, but when you zoom out, short, intense storms don't add up to a replenished summer.