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A 20-year-old man is clinging to life after nearly drowning in the Hudson River Thursday evening, police said. The man had jumped into the water near a pier at West 10th Street in Lower Manhattan at around 8:30 p.m., police said. He entered the river to chase down a frisbee he had been tossing around...

Young Jewish children took over the streets of South Williamsburg on Thursday night calling on the state to allow sleepaway camps to operate this summer. Footage of the protest, with many of the youngsters voicing their demand while riding bikes and scooters, was posted to Twitter by several Jewish media organizations. “We want camp, we...

A Queens artist who butchered his female roommate in their apartment in 2016 has been sentenced to between five and 15 years in prison, officials announced Thursday. A judge found Render Stetson-Shanahan, 30, guilty of manslaughter in February in the Sept. 28, 2016, death of 26-year-old Carolyn Bush. “[Stetson-Shanahan] showed no mercy when he repeatedly...

NYPD provided body-guard service to the marble statue of Christopher Columbus that stands in Manhattan Thursday — as other monuments across the nation were beheaded and destroyed by protesters. To stop vandals from targeting the landmark, two police officers were seen guarding the towering 75-foot structure in Columbus Circle Thursday morning, and cops later gated-off...

The governor said he hasn’t gone to see his mom “because I love my mother and I could get her sick,” and added, “When the health professional says, it’s safe for me to see my mother. I will see my mother.”

This cold case really heated up. A 46-year-old man who allegedly got away with a murderous arson more than a decade ago was busted Thursday after setting a series of rubbish fires in Queens, authorities said. Luis Ventura was arrested on June 3 after authorities linked the firebug to a number of trash blazes over...

An adorable young seal spotted on Rockaway Beach over the weekend was chased back into the water by two frisky dogs, according to a wild new video.

"There have been critics from the beginning," de Blasio said during his daily briefing Thursday when asked about concerns that he's crediting her with the decision to shift money from cops to youth services to boost her future political career.

Martin Gugino's "brain is injured and he is well aware of that now," attorney Kelly Zarcone said in a statement to multiple news outlets.

Officials in New York have openly fretted that the massive civil rights and anti-police protests following the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd could lead to a new coronavirus outbreak as tens of thousands packed together on city streets. Yet, testing data released by city and state officials in recent days shows little evidence of...