The do not cut list

Roll Call reporter Paul Singer explains why the expense accounts of Members of Congress are safe from federal budget cuts.

Man found fatally shot outside Harlem club

Police are piecing together clues and trying to figure out the identity of a man fatally shot outside a Jazz club in Harlem. Read More »

Parole officer shot in Brooklyn

An ex-convict is accused of shooting his parole officer in the shoulder at a downtown Brooklyn office.

The shooting happened just before 7:00 p.m at 333 Schermerhorn Street inside the State Division of Parole office in downtown Brooklyn, a place where parolees check in with their parole officers. The lobby is without metal detectors. Read More »

NYC Shelter Starting To Charge Rent

New York City will soon start charging rent to shelter residents who have jobs, according to officials. Read More »

Designer found dead in latex suit, with hands bound in NYC apartment

Alejandro Bulaevsky, 26, who graduated from Parsons the New School for Design and worked on several glitzy New York and Las Vegas projects, was Read More »

Mystery hit and run driver in Brooklyn still on run after fatal strike

hit and run mystery in Brooklyn after a 37-year-old woman died while crossing the street. The victim was just yards away from her home when she was hit crossing Ft. Hamilton Parkway in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Now her family and friends are making an emotional plea to find the driver who killed this beloved woman. “The ability to love. Her high Read More »

Man falls to death after railing gives on terrace in New York City apartment building

A warning for residents of a high rise in Manhattan, after a balcony railing broke, and sent a resident plunging to his death. Read More »

NYPD received 65,000 911 calls.

The NYPD received the second-highest volume of 911 calls ever in a 24-hour period during the weekend’s storm.

The department says it got 65,000 911 calls between 11 p.m. Friday and 11 p.m. Saturday.

Police say most of the calls were related to the weather.

Call volume returned to normal after midnight Saturday.

The highest volume of calls ever was on the first day of the 2003 blackout, when 96,000 calls were made to 911.

Normally, the NYPD receives about 38,000 calls in 24 hours on a Saturday.

Family misinformed about grandmother’s death

A local family got quite a surprise after they were told their grandmother had died at a hospital in Brooklyn. They began making funeral arrangements and notifying relatives. Read More »

Tree kills man in Central Park

Under the weight of heavy snow, a tree branch came crashing down and killed a man in Central Park.

The incident happened near East 67th Street.

He was found at about 3:30 p.m. by a passer-by, who called police. Read More »

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