A crazed homeless man attacked a dog that was taking a walk in Prospect Park and left the pooch with such serious injuries it later died, the animal’s owner said Wednesday. The assailant shouted angry comments about immigrants and sprayed a bottle of urine on the 2-and-a-half-year-old golden retriever mix, Moose, and its owner, Jessica, … Read more
An elderly New Jersey man who admitted to sexually abusing a girl for more than a decade won’t serve any prison time after striking a plea deal with prosecutors, authorities said Wednesday. Hal Sitt, 86, who copped to third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact, was instead sentenced to five years of probation and mandated to register … Read more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tapped into his inner “Dirty Harry” on Wednesday and publicly dared Mayor Eric Adams to “make my day” by carrying through on his threat to send New Yorkers to campaign against his re-election bid. Abbott also vowed to keep sending busloads of asylum-seekers to New York City, saying Adams was merely … Read more
Three buses packed with migrants from Texas arrived in New York City early Wednesday — welcomed by supporters who thrust $20 bills in their hands. The buses arrived at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown, days after Mayor Eric Adams blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as “anti-American” for relocating the asylum-seekers, which Abbott says he is … Read more
A shoplifter bludgeoned a Brooklyn laundromat worker with a hammer when the employee caught him red-handed last week, new video shows. The suspect entered the Aqua Wash laundromat on East 98th Street near Livonia Avenue in Brownsville just before 5 a.m. Thursday, cops said. Footage released late Tuesday shows him going to the back of … Read more
Former President Donald Trump arrived in lower Manhattan Wednesday morning to be questioned by New York prosecutors as part of State Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into his resort and real estate business. The ex-commander-in-chief showed up at a parking garage in the building where one of James’ offices is located just before 9 a.m., rolling up … Read more
Gunshots rang out outside Apple’s flagship store in Manhattan’s ritzy Midtown shopping district early Wednesday — and just one block from Trump Tower, where the former president is currently staying, cops said. The gunfire erupted on Fifth Avenue near East 59th Street, in front of Apple’s sleek retail location, around 4 a.m., authorities said. No one … Read more
Drivers could face $9 to $23 in fees to drive into parts of Manhattan as soon as late 2023, according to the MTA’s congestion pricing plan that’ll be unveiled Wednesday. The amounts and timeline were detailed in a 34-page summary of the project’s much-delayed environmental review, which was provided to reporters by the cash-strapped agency … Read more
Donald Trump is expected to be grilled by New York prosecutors Wednesday as part of Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into the Trump Organization, a report said. The pending deposition will take place behind closed doors at an undisclosed location, according to Fox News. James says her office has evidence that Trump’s company used “fraudulent … Read more
The homeless man who blindsided “Ghostbusters” actor Rick Moranis in Manhattan nearly two years ago pleaded guilty to a slew of charges that will land him in prison for two years. Marquis Ventura, 37, admitted on Tuesday to sucker-punching Moranis, now 69, on Central Park West in October of 2020, according to the Manhattan District … Read more