Yee! is the word when the association of that surname blasts the crowd with confetti. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Chinatown Splendiferous: Lion Dancers Wiggle, Drums Pound & Confetti Flies in Lunar New Year Parade Thousands of spectators swarmed the streets of greater Chinatown on February 8 to enjoy the sights and sounds of the annual... News 09 Feb 2025 | 07:14
Robert Bartholomey, an Air Force veteran who was killed in an apartment fire in the East Village on Feb. 2, holds his beloved dog Bella, who on Feb. 7, five days after she was rescued succumbed to her own injuries. ( Photo: GoFundMe) Heartbreak: Dog Saved from Fire That Killed Owner Succumbs to Her Own Injuries 5 Days Later Despite valiant efforts to save her, Bella, the tragic pooch who was rescued from a fire that killed her owner in an East... News 09 Feb 2025 | 03:35
A close up view of oldest stegosaurus fossil ever found. ( Photo: Nicholas Liu) Paleontologists at Museum of Nat. History Study Largest Stegosaurus Fossil Ever Found There are no apparent predators in sight, but the 150-million-year-old Stegosaurus fossil now on display in the American... News 08 Feb 2025 | 11:23
Aerial photo of the FDR Drive crash near East 75th Street, where 19-year-old Johency Nunez was killed when the Tesla she was driving, reportedly over 100 mph, crashed into a guardrail. Police said Nunez was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 26-year-old male passenger survived the crash. ( Photo: Citizen) Highway of Death: Two Killed in Two Incidents on FDR Drive Only Three Days Apart For the second time in three days, there was a fatality in the early- morning hours on the FDR Drive. The most recent incident... News 07 Feb 2025 | 06:46
Firetrucks extend ladders as they battle a blaze in a high-rise building on East 45th Street on Feb. 7. ( Photo: Citizen) Apt. Fire Squelched on UES Fires in high-rise apartment buildings always conjure up fearful images, especially as firefighters make their way up ladders... News 07 Feb 2025 | 05:02
The state mandate is shutting down all fresh poultry markets, such as N&S Poultry in northern Manhattan, as a precaution. A total of seven bird flu cases was detected in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens, prompting the state to take action. ( Photo: Map data: Google) avian flu Live Poultry Markets Across NYC Face Temporary Shutdown Due to 7 Bird Flu Cases New York poultry markets are officially feeling the effects of the Avian flu, or bird flu. On Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced... News 07 Feb 2025 | 11:14
Get them while you can: Scientists worry that a fungus that wiped out an earlier line of bananas in the 1950s is once again threatening the survival of existing lines. But they think they have a cure this time. ( Photo: Dainis Graveris/Wikimedia Commons) What to Know About the Banana in Case It Goes Extinct The original banana, known as Gros Michel, AKA Big Mike, went extinct in the 1950s. And now scientists warn that some of... Home 07 Feb 2025 | 04:18
315 Park Avenue S. in Midtown South Manhattan. ( Photo: Alan Schindler/Business Wire) W Magazine Owner Sued for $2.7M in Unpaid Rent After Allegedly Abandoning Office Bustle, the media conglomerate behind W Magazine and the now-defunct Gawker, is facing a lawsuit for nearly $3 million in... News 07 Feb 2025 | 01:33
The Spence School, a private K-12 women’s school on the Upper East Side, has bought a mixed-use building at 1307-1309 Madison Ave. (pictured above) for $10 million. ( Photo: Google Maps ) Spence School Buys Mixed-Use Bldg. Next Door for $10 Million The Spence School, a private K-12 girl’s institution located between E. 90th & E. 93rd Sts., has bought a nearby mixed-use... News 07 Feb 2025 | 07:01
Bella is a Miniature Pinscher who was beloved as she roamed the East Village neighborhood with her owner, 75-year-old Robert Bartolomey, who died in an apartment fire on Feb. 2. Neighbors, hoping the pooch can recover, are raising money on a GoFundMe. page ( Photo: GoFundMe) Victim of East Village Fire ID’d; Neighborhood Rallying Around His Injured Dog, Bella The 75-year-old man and longtime neighborhood resident who died in a fire in an East Village apartment fire on Feb. 2 has... 07 Feb 2025 | 03:47
Five suspects are being sought by the NYPD in connection with three robbery incidents that targeted women with purses on the Upper East Side last month. ( Photo: NYPD) Cops Seek Crew That Went On UES Purse-Snatching Spree The NYPD is seeking five unidentified individuals in connection with a string of purse thefts that occurred on the Upper... News 06 Feb 2025 | 06:08
Anthony Saccavino, 59, seen at an address he gave at the FDNY Academy on Rikers Island before he retired, has pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges stemming from his time heading the 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
Aerial photo of the scene near E. 75th St. on the FDR Drive where a Tesla being driven by an unidentified woman slammed into a wall and ejected her and her 25 year old male passenger. She was pronounced dead at the scene while the passenger was transported to Weill Cornell Hospital. ( Photo: Citizen) Woman Driver Dies in Fiery FDR Crash When Tesla Hits Wall An unidentified woman and her 25-year-old male passenger were both ejected from the vehicle when the Tesla she was driving... News 05 Feb 2025 | 11:43
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 | 09:44
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