Developers sue Mayor Adams over ‘lawless’ move to block Elizabeth St. Garden housing plan
The developers selected to build an affordable housing complex in Manhattan’s Elizabeth St. Garden sued Mayor Adams and his top deputy, Randy Mastro, on Wednesday over their attempt to block…
Catholic school deacon walks free after admitting to molesting 4 girls
A former South Florida Catholic school deacon and teacher pleaded guilty Wednesday to molesting four young students, including an 8-year-old girl, and was then released from custody after accepting a…
N.J. rep’s ex-aide faked brutal attack, wrote ‘TRUMP WHORE’ on her stomach: prosecutors
A New Jersey woman has been charged with conspiracy and making false statements after she faked being the victim of a brutal attack, by zip-tying herself, paying an artist to…
Man, 48, fatally stabbed at Langston Hughes Houses in Brooklyn
A man was fatally stabbed Wednesday afternoon at the NYCHA Langston Hughes Houses in Brooklyn, police said. Officers rushed to the scene where Kevin Coleman, 48, was stabbed multiple times…
NYC education panel approves three-year extension of school bus contracts
A New York City education panel late Wednesday night approved a polarizing three-year yellow bus contract extension, ensuring stability for 150,000 local students to get to and from school. Last…
West Philly affordable housing project could finally advance, almost 6 years after it was proposed
An affordable housing project slated for a junkyard in Cedar Park took a step forward Wednesday, when a Philadelphia judge rejected a neighbor’s challenge. The courtroom victory brings the 104-unit,…
DHS employee accused of soliciting sex from minor after Minnesota sting
A Homeland Security employee was among 16 men arrested last week for allegedly trying to solicit sex from a minor in Minnesota. Alexander Steven Back, 41, was arrested in a…
Woman who worked for N.J. Congressman Van Drew charged with false report of violent political attack
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who worked for U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew was charged with falsely reporting that she had been seriously lacerated across her upper body in a…
Suspect charged with terrorism after woman set on fire on Chicago train
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a man with committing a terrorist attack, alleging he poured gasoline on a woman and chased her through a Chicago train car before setting her…
President Trump and NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamani to meet at White House on Friday
After attacking and demonizing each other incessantly during the New York City mayoral campaign, President Trump and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani have agreed to meet at the White House on Friday.…