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A New York City mom is “pissed” after city officials issued her a $50 summons for her son’s bathroom emergency.

We’ll leave the quipping to the NYC Department of Buildings on this one: “Well, this wasn’t in the blueprint.” A concrete pump collapsed as it poured concrete at a new 23-story building in Gowanus, landing precariously between the top of two buildings with the street in full view below, DOB said Wednesday. No one was hurt. D...

Police continue to search for the two gunmen who shot four people Tuesday evening in the Bronx while riding on the back of scooters, the NYPD said. The two gunmen were passengers on the back of scooters moving down Mt. Eden Ave. just after 6 p.m. when they open fire on four men standing on the corner at Townsend Ave,…

A new annual festival starts in Manhattan this weekend — and it sounds delicious. The inaugural Thai Fest is set for Saturday, April 20 on Sixth Avenue, between 29th and 30th streets, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Score free tickets here. Organizers of Thai Fest, a sister brand of the renowned Dragon Fest, pledge the yearly event will bring…...

While excavating six 55-gallon barrels filled with chemicals at a Long Island park, environmental workers made a discovery: Even more barrels, between four and five of them, encased in concrete that were discarded decades ago.

The Olympics are returning to Paris in 2024. Here’s a preview at NBC and Peacock’s coverage, as well as the athletes and sports that will take center stage.

To kick off the 100-day countdown to the Summer Games in Paris, athletes from Team USA were asked to guess which sport a mime was performing.

Salvatore Rubino, also known as “Sal the Shoemaker,” admitted in federal court in Brooklyn to running card games and operating illegal gambling machines inside his former shoe repair business and to kicking profits to the Genovese crime family.

A Bronx bouncer was arrested in connection with a deadly stabbing outside a Brooklyn bar that stemmed from a dispute over a bill, according to the NYPD.

The Long Term Care Workforce Support Act calls for increasing salaries to attract people to the profession. Proposed by New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the bill also calls for $100 billion in federal grants and to improve labor protections.

The New York state Legislature’s bill drafting office has been hit with an apparent cyberattack. The scope of the attack early Wednesday morning was not immediately clear but officials said the bill drafting system was down. The office is responsible for printing legislation for lawmakers at the state Capitol in Albany. The apparent cyberattack cam...

Alaska Airlines flights will face delays throughout Wednesday after the company earlier requested a ground stop nationwide due to technical issues, the airline said. “This morning we experienced an issue while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and balance,” the airline told NBC News. The FAA said the airline...

An on-duty police officer was involved in a crash near the Jersey Shore that left a scooter operator dead, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.