A wrenching scene played out in a Brooklyn courtroom courtroom on Tuesday, June 9, as a 30-year-old woman described her and her five-year-old daughter’s horrific experience of being held captive for five months in 2012, bound by duct tape and repeatedly assaulted. As the woman gave her testimony, recalling some of the most traumatic experiences […]
An ill-crafted joint in a plastic Con Edison gas line and an eight-year-old break in an old city sewer line have been pinpointed as the likely causes behind a blast that killed eight people in New York City last year, federal investigators recently announced. According to a June 9 report from the Associated Press, officials […]
There are about 583,500 electricians working in the United States, some of whom wind up doing work in prisons. It’s these electricians who are now being investigated in New York State, after two convicted killers used the sort of power tools electricians would have to escape a maximum security correctional facility. According to officials, prisoners […]
Squash courts, dog spas and lavish outdoor terraces: for those who can afford it in New York City, renting a luxury condominium is the way to go. Curbed.com released a list of some of the most lavish condo rentals in New York City, and they’re sure to receive competing offers from one-percenters. Filed under the […]
In Brewster, New York this week, a golden retriever named Bigo threw himself between his blind owner and an oncoming school bus, saving her life and earning himself a lifetime supply of ‘Good dog’s. Audrey Stone, 62, and her service dog Bigo were crossing an intersection on Monday, but the bus driver says he didn’t […]
Taking care of dogs can be a lot of work. You have to feed them, bathe them, pick up after them, and more. The vast majority of dog owners (70%) take their dog for at least one walk per day, with the average duration of that walk being about 17 minutes. Though it may be […]
In a city where window air conditioning units are as ubiquitous as its skyscrapers, it’s every New Yorker’s worst fear: strolling down the street, only to have an air conditioning unit fall on you from a window above. That nightmare came true for 10 people when a crane dropped a heating, ventilation and air conditioning […]
Nearly two and a half years ago, Superstorm Sandy took a devastating toll on much of the tri-state area, even damaging large portions of iconic Ellis Island itself. And while full recovery from that historic storm has been a long time in the making, Ellis Island — a landmark that is part National Park, part […]
New Yorkers have been safely keeping cool with the help of commercial-sized air conditioners ever since 1903, when the New York Stock Exchange building became one of the first buildings in the world to use air conditioning. But on Sunday morning, one of these massive air conditioning systems put New Yorkers in danger when a […]
A new bill proposed in New York State could let dining out go to the dogs. Where restaurants often used to ban pups from patios, today they’re embracing them — as dog owners may be good for business. Now legislators in Albany have introduced a new bill that would set requirements for restaurants to allow […]