Left: Drena De Niro and son Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez. Right: Akira Stein ( Photos: Drena De Niro, Chris Stein Instagram) 5 Alleged Fentanyl Dealers Indicted for 3 Teen Deaths The fight against the scourge of fentanyl and the death merchants who sell it took one small step forward with the recent... News 10 Nov 2025 | 11:38
Wanted for Hate Crime Assault on East Houston Street, Sept. 8. ( Photos: NYPD) Hate Crime on Houston St.; Attempted Subway Rapist Sentenced Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals wanted in connection with a hate crime assault... News 06 Oct 2025 | 12:11
Manhattan Bridge Plaza crash memorial as of July 28. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Fatal Manhattan Bridge Crash Driver Indicted for Murder A week after a speeding car blasted off the Manhattan Bridge and killed two innocent bystanders, the wheels of justice have... News 29 Jul 2025 | 05:21
Armed robbers on a motorbike target man and his girlfriend in Fort Washington Park, July 19, 2025.. Inset: motorbike driver drops his wounded accomplice off at hospital in the Bronx. ( Photos: SDNY, Straus News yellow highlights) Two Dominican Migrants Charged in Federal Cop Park Shooting Two Dominican Republic nationals, in the US illegally, have been charged in connection with the near-deadly shooting of a... News 28 Jul 2025 | 12:49
African Burian Ground National Monument is behind both the Ted Weiss Federal Building and 26 Federal Plaza: That’s a lot of feds! ( Photo: National Park Service, Straus News markup) African Burial Ground Reopens After Unexplained Month-Long Closure Nearly four weeks after it was closed without explanation, the African National Monument Burial Ground memorial at Duane... News 14 Jul 2025 | 10:29
A sign on an apartment building downtown, address unknown. Note the Ukrainian flag displayed outside one window. ( Photo: Nextdoor app) Neighborhood Scrapbook Downtown 20 Apr 2025 | 06:56
Left: NYPD traffic agent puncher; Right: Swastika-painting graffiti vandals—note masks and gloves. ( Photo: NYPD) Parking Scofflaw Punches Traffic Agent; Vandals Hit Tesla; LES Ice-Pick Killer Indicted If getting parking and other tickets were a competition, the driver of New York State license plate 92862MM would likely... News 23 Mar 2025 | 06:40
Left: Wanted for sex abuse at West 4th Street subway station, Feb. 8; Right: wanted for carjacking, Feb. 23. ( NYPD) Sex Abuse in W. 4th St. Station, Daylight Carjacking near WTC From the confines of the 6th Precinct / Transit District 2 comes a report of sex abuse. A 31-year-old female victim was inside... News 17 Mar 2025 | 12:11
Members of CB1’s Waterfront, Parks & Cultural Committee met online to discuss a possible sequel to the “Million Trees” initiative. Photo: Abigail Gruskin The City May Be In For a Million More Trees It won’t happen overnight, but the city may be destined to grow more green. A sequel to the “Million Trees” initiative, this... News 18 Nov 2022 | 12:31
Dozens of protesters turned out at 250 Broadway, where City Council offices are located. Photo: Abigail Gruskin ‘The Yuck Mobile’ A mock dining shed on wheels stalled briefly in front of City Council members’ offices downtown, at 250 Broadway, in the... News 18 Nov 2022 | 10:52
Robert Alonso. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Building Service Workers Award Honoree Robert Alonso: A Lobby To Call Home Doorman Robert Alonso has found a second home in the lobby of the luxury downtown apartment building where he works, complete... People 17 Oct 2022 | 02:44
Pedro Saenz. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Building Service Workers Award Honoree Pedro Saenz: A Downtown Porter Dreams Of Travel For the past 34 years, Pedro Saenz has worked as a porter at 250 Vesey Street, formerly Four World Financial Center. It’s... People 17 Oct 2022 | 02:39
The Kardashians cookies. Photo courtesy of Funny Face Bakery The New York Cookies That Put Smiles on Everyone’s Faces Although the cookies at Funny Face Bakery make people smile, some are so touching that they cause customers to tear up in... News 26 Sep 2022 | 01:31
A line of parents waiting to drop off their children on the first day of school wrapped around the block at P.S. 87, on West 77th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Is This What Normal Feels Like? On paper, little about the upcoming school year felt settled in the weeks — and even days — leading up to September 8, the... Education Guide 21 Sep 2022 | 12:10
NYS Assembly District 73 candidate Russell Squire (left), Rep. Jerrold Nadler (second from left), Governor Kathy Hochul (center), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (second from right) and District 76 Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright (right) on the campaign trail on the morning of the primary at East 86th Street and Second Avenue. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Seawright’s campaign Where Were the Voters? New York’s first of two summer primary elections drew to a close on Tuesday night, after a long — but extremely low-turnout... News 30 Jun 2022 | 05:46
