An FDNY color guard streams pass the fountain in the vest pocket memorial park on W. 48th St. where friends and family members left red roses in memory of the 15 firefighters who died on 9-11 at Battalion 9, Engine 54, Truck 4 firehouse. It was the house that suffered the most casualties on 9-11. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) West Side House That Lost 15 Firefighters on 9-11 Marks Another Solemn Day Fifteen times the bell tolled as it has every year since 9-11, 2001 when 15 firefighters from Battalion 9, Engine 54 and... News 12 Sep 2024 | 11:37
Though he captured each one of the 15 firefighters in the mid-town firehouse before they died on 9/11, he said he rarely if ever returns to the house where he was invited to live as a photographer in the year before the attack on the World Trade Center 23 years ago. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Photographer Remembers the Firefighters at West Side House That Suffered Greatest Number of Casualties on 9/11 On 9/11, shortly after 8:46 a.m., fifteen firefighters from Engine Company 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9–every man in the house... News 11 Sep 2024 | 11:08
NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban at a press conference earlier this year. His cell phone was seized during a raid on his home on Sept. 5. Other top aides to Eric Adams also had homes raided that day. ( Photo: flickr.com) Feds Raid Homes of NYPD Commissioner and Several Top Mayoral Aides The FBI reportedly conducted raids on the home of police commissioner Edward Caban and three top aides to Mayor Eric Adams... News 06 Sep 2024 | 03:31
Parks Dept workers painting the lines around a new track that has appeared for the first time inside what was long known as the skateboard park that also housed a baseball diamond and basketball courts in the northern end of Tompkins Sq. Park. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Skateboarders Fear They Will be Sidelined as Iconic Tompkins Sq. Park Space Gets Makeover At one point, the NYC Parks Dept said they wanted to turn the run down asphalt playground in the northern end of Tompkins... News 04 Sep 2024 | 06:34
Eric Adams at his Aug. 20 media availability at City Hall said he is letting the grand jury investigation “run its course.” Lisa HChief legal counsel to City Hall said the mayor has not be told he is a target of the probe. ( Photo) Adams Brushes Off Questions on FBI Subpoenas, Counsel Says Not Been Told He’s a Target Mayor Eric Adams did not spend much time dwelling on the implications of the latest round of subpoenas that recent reports... News 21 Aug 2024 | 04:52
Police said they caught the suspect entering the public storage facilty on E. 92nd St. some eight hours after the violent sexual assault wearing the same clothes he wore during the early morning attack on Aug. 10 of a 19 year old woman walking along E. 90th St. near East End Ave. He exited after changing his clothes in the storage locker raising speculation that the storage locker was where he lived. ( Photo: Google Street View) East Side Attempted Rapist Caught; Held On Rikers Island A 30 year-old homeless man was arrested on Aug. 12 for the attempted rape two days earlier of a 19 year-old woman on the... Home 16 Aug 2024 | 04:08
John F. Kennedy Jr. perished when a small plane he was piloting crashed in the waters off of Martha’s Vineyard 25 years ago, killing himself, his wife Carolyn Bessette and her sister Lauren Bessette. ( John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com/Wikimedia Commons) Remembering JFK Jr. 25 Years After His Tragic Death Has it really been 25 years? It was a hot and hazy morning in July when I received a call from the business editor of the... Voices 19 Jul 2024 | 12:17
Police investigate a double shooting that occurred inside Tompkins Sq. Park on July 12 that left a 74 year-old man dead and a 44 year-old man wounded. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Chess Table Murder: One Dead, One Wounded in Latest Spasm of Violence in the East Village Dried blood could be seen on a chess table next to a coffee cup inside Tompkins Sq. Park where two people were shot on the... News 12 Jul 2024 | 03:49
Three generations of McCourts were captured at the mic on May 30 at the memorial for actor, author and raconteur Malachy McCourt. HIs daughter Siobhan McCourt (left of mic) is holding Liam Tiernan McCourt, Malachy’s only great grandchild with Fiona Tiernan, who is Siobhan’s daughter, and granddaughter of Malachy. Behind them is Ellen McCourt, widow of Pulitzer Prize winning Frank McCourt, and to her right, Maggie McCout, the only child of Frank. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Over 600 People Turn Out For Memorial to Malachy McCourt at Symphony Space There were jokes and songs and uproarious tales and a few choked back tears as 600 people filled Symphony Space on the UWS... News 04 Jun 2024 | 04:48
Sheriff Anthony Miranda leaves the New City Smoke Shop on May 7. The store was padlocked on day one of the city wide crackdown. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Sheriff Miranda Says 75 Illegal Weed Stores Were Padlocked in First 4 Days of Crackdown In the first four days of a citywide crackdown, 75 retail outlets selling illegal cannabis products were padlocked. “We visited... Home 19 May 2024 | 06:16
Sheriff Anthony Miranda steps out of the New City Smoke Shop, an illegal cannabis store in downtown Manhattan which was padlocked on May 7 after a raid by a joint task that included the sheriff’s office, the NYPD and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Adams Says There Are Now 2,900 Illegal Weed Stores in NYC As Sheriff Begins Big Crackdown The city began a five-borough wide crackdown on illegal cannabis shops on May 7, with one underway at 110 Church St. only... News 13 May 2024 | 01:51
Mayor Eric Adams at his weekly press conference on April 30 dropped some strong hints that library budget cuts that resulted in all branches across the city closing on Sundays, could be restored. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Adams Hints $58M Funding Cut That Forced Libraries to Close on Sundays Could Be Restored One of the more controversial cuts outlined by Mayor Eric Adams last November as he was trying to close what he projected... News 06 May 2024 | 12:47
The exterior of R. G. Ortiz funeral home on W. 72nd St., one of three Manhattan branches of the funeral home chain that has been hit with a lawsuit claiming “predatory practices” after an undercover operation by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Photo: Google Street Views Uptown Funeral Chain Hit With Lawsuit by City Agency; Draws Ire of Eric Adams, Julie Menin A chain of funeral homes with branches in Manhattan has been hit with a law suit by the city’s watchdog agency claiming predatory... News 02 May 2024 | 06:37
Police roped off the area on the corner of Seventh Ave. and 24th St., following a violent struggle with a suspect who was shot dead by a three member law enforcement task force who attempted to apprehend him. Photo: Citizen app. Armed Suspect Shot Dead by Cops in Chelsea An armed man being sought by a violent gang task force involving the NYPD and a Homeland Security was shot dead inside a... News 30 Apr 2024 | 07:36
Chelsea resident Marni Halas, who once ran for city council, said she likes to use humor to convey a message. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Protest at St. Patrick’s on Easter Eve Doesn’t Derail Traditional Parade Next Day On 5th Ave. Pro-Palestinian protesters barged onto the altar at the Easter vigil Mass inside St. Patrick’s cathedral on Saturday and... News 01 Apr 2024 | 03:58
