Hip-hop celebrating 50th birthday with Yankee Stadium concert
It's a big birthday bash in the borough where hip-hop was born at a rec room on Sedgewick Avenue back in 1973.
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It's a big birthday bash in the borough where hip-hop was born at a rec room on Sedgewick Avenue back in 1973.
Hundreds of Plainfield residents said Wednesday they became homeless overnight.
The 65-year-old victim remains in serious condition. The NYPD and the Parks Department are surveilling the water.
Overnight, buses pulled up to the hotel and some asylum seekers were able to spend the night on board.
The beach was packed with people relaxing Friday night when the chaos erupted.
Officials plan to house asylum seekers outside the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center and at a former school in College Point.
Borough President Vito Fossella says the borough has been overlooked by the MTA.
While authorities are calling it a building collapse, video shows an explosion at the apartment building.
Neighbors say the first floor of the building was vacant, but there was a tenant on the second floor.
It happened outside of Mount Sinai West in Manhattan on Wednesday night. The patient was arrested.
It's not clear how much, but sources said it could be as much as half the original price during the day.
Crowds continued to make their way to Massapequa Park as police removed evidence from Heuermann's home.
SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America are fighting for more base pay, as well as assurances around AI.
Neighbors tell CBS New York they heard an explosion then walked outside to see the home engulfed in flames.
Police said the wounded victims were two men, ages 25 and 23, and two brothers, ages 6 and 3.