Anthony Saccavino, 59, has plead guilty to federal bribery charges stemming from his time heading the FDNY’s Bureau of Fire Prevention. ( Photo: FDNY/Flickr ) Manhattan-Based FDNY Chief Pleads Guilty to Fed Bribery Charges A former high-ranking FDNY official that operated out of Manhattan, Anthony Saccavino, has plead guilty to federal bribery... News 06 Feb 2025 | 10:47
The miracle dog Bella was rushed straight to Emergency Veternary Hospital in Chelsea after he was rescure from the Feb. 2 in an East Village apartment building that killed her 75-year-old owner. A neighbor who brought her to the hosptial is footing the bill for her recovery. A GoFundMe has been started to help defray the costs. ( Photo: GoFundMe) Dog Miraculously Saved from Fatal Fire in E. Village Fights for Survival; Drive Underway to Help When firefighters pulled a dog named Bella from an East Village fire that killed her owner she was handed to a neighbor. News 05 Feb 2025 | 11:09
A worker fixing the Victoria’s Secret’s billboard on Fifth Avenue died after the boom lift he was working in was struck by an MTA bus. ( Photo: Map data: Google) Construction Worker Dies After Bus Crashes into Boom Lift Police are investigating a fatal collision between a boom lift and an MTA bus that resulted in the death of a construction... News 03 Feb 2025 | 05:12
Penn Station has made small improvements, such as redoing its Seventh Avenue. entrance, while it mulls the superhaul to modernize the entire station. Amtrak, the owner of the station, is starting a new public comment period for the many proposals that have been kicking around for years. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Amtrak Starts New Public Comment Era on Penn Station with Potential Trump Wild Card The furious debate over how to increase service into—and possibly through—Penn Station will enter a new and far more public... News 03 Feb 2025 | 01:29
Firefighters respond to a fire in the East Village on Feb. 2 in which a 75-year-old resident died in his second- floor apartment. ( Photo: Citizen) East Village Fire Claims Life of Air Force Vet; 2 Others Injured, Dog Saved A deadly fire on the second floor of a six-story building claimed the life of a 75-year-old man on Feb. 2. Two other residents... News 03 Feb 2025 | 04:44
Riders on a recent SBS M60 bus in Manhattan have the option of getting a ride ticket at stops or using their OMNY cards or phones to pay. The MTA estimates that 40 percent of bus riders don’t pay. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) MTA Fare Evasion Down Thanks to Crackdown but Losses Still Staggering While the numbers for bus and subway fare-beating are down somewhat, one out of 10 subway riders is not paying their legal... News 03 Feb 2025 | 02:37
Migrants from Venezuela in 2022 outside the facility that now houses the NYC Asylum Seeker Application Help Center. ( Photo: Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY) Venezuelans and City Bureaucrats Scramble for Next Steps After Trump Yanks Protected Status Action by the Trump administration to cancel protected immigration status for people from Venezuela has migrants—and the... News 31 Jan 2025 | 09:55
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch outlined some new initiatives during her State of the NYPD address at Cipriani’s on Jan. 30. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Commish Tisch Unveils New Quality of Life Patrols Admittedly the State of the NYPD 2025 address drew a very pro-police crowd to Cipriani’s on Jan. 30, but it was still noteworthy... News 01 Feb 2025 | 01:19
The lease for the space that houses Bryant Park Grill is about to be awarded to Jean-Georges, the fine-dining chain with a prominent outpost at the South Street Seaport. Ark Restaurants, which ran the grill for the past 29 years, is out. ( Photo: Bryant Park Grill) Bryant Park Grill Will Close for One Year as Jean-Georges Gets the Nod to Take Over Jean-Georges, the restaurant chain with a prominent outpost in the South Street Seaport, will officially be taking over the... Home 02 Feb 2025 | 03:18
The average American consumes over six pounds of potato chips in the course of a year. It’s a snack that is also a food, but one with some obvious caveats. ( Photo: Evan-Amos/Wikimedia Commons) Despite an FDA Recall of Lay’s, the Potato Chip Is a Real Food With Some Benefits Despite a recent FDA recall on Lay’s Classic Potato Chips for “undeclared milk” discovered in some packages that could pose... News 31 Jan 2025 | 10:13
Everybody say ka-boom! Firecracker ceremony in Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Jan. 29, 2025. ( Photo: NYC Parks X) Firecracker, Firecracker: Year of the Snake Slithers into SDR Park in Big Chinatown Ceremony Thousands of Lunar New Year celebrants, noise enthusiasts and Chinatown curiosity seekers in general convened upon a stretch... News 31 Jan 2025 | 08:47
A shopper named Ginny at Trader Joe’s on Jan. 29 was picking up two cartons of eggs. She said on earlier visits the shelves were devoid of the organic eggs she buys. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Eggs Selling Out and Prices Surging to Over $12/Dozen Shoppers are encountering either empty stores shelves, or eggs that have soared to $12 a dozen, or stores that are adding... News 03 Feb 2025 | 01:20
Renee Keitt, an insurgent tenant leader, survived an appeal from her rival to have her win as the new president of the Elliot-Chelsea Houses certified by NYCHA. She is battling a plan by the city to tear down the houses. ( Photo: Renee Keitt campaign) Rebel Tenant Leader at Elliott-Chelsea Houses Calls Her Upset Victory a ‘Turning Point’ Renee Keitt calls her election as president of the tenants association at Elliott-Chelsea Houses a “turning point” for the... News 29 Jan 2025 | 05:19
Barzini’s, an Upper West Side grocery store, on Jan. 29. It had defied a court order to close after state health agencies found disgusting conditions inside. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Rats: Barzini’s Now Closed After Failing Health Inspection, Initially Defying Court Order After severely failing a health inspection, a 24-hour Upper West Side grocery store may finally be obeying a judge’s Jan.... News 03 Feb 2025 | 01:02
NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who is facing off against East Side Council member Keith Powers in the Manhattan borough president’s race, has picked up some key endorsements from West Side political leaders. ( Photo: Brad Hoylman-Sigal campaign) BP Race: Hoylman-Sigal Racks Up Endorsements, Powers Rakes in Fundraising $$s With only two declared candidates in the race for Manhattan borough president, it appears to be shaping up as a classic East... News 01 Feb 2025 | 01:10