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Suffolk County police are about to release the identity of a Giglo Beach victim whose remains were first unearthed 20 years ago and linked to the mysterious Long Island serial killings. The remains of Jane Doe #6, were found in woods within the hamlet of Manorville in 2000; additional remains belonging to the same woman...

“A despondent male has scaled the Brooklyn Bridge and is threatening to jump. #ESU is actively gearing up to rescue the male. #Aviation & #Harbor are providing aerial surveillance and waterside security,” the NYPD Special Ops account Tweeted Friday. 

A Hollywood honcho involved in such flicks as “A Private War” and “Serenity” was busted Friday for allegedly bilking investors out of millions of dollars to splurge on his Beverly Hills manse — and swiping coronavirus-relief funds to pay off his car and credit debt. William Sadleir, who helped found the film production and distribution...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that the state will continue to include only confirmed coronavirus fatalities and not “probable” ones in its contagion death toll — unlike New York City — because “they’re two different things.” Cuomo — commenting on the topic of confirmed versus probable COVID-19 deaths at a press briefing in Murray Hill...

A Manhattan woman says a free t-shirt she was given at a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden was so flammable that it contributed to the horrific burns she got in a gas-stove accident, court papers show. Nathalie Solorzano filed a pre-lawsuit petition in Manhattan Supreme Court asking MSG to tell her who manufactured the...

"He kept breathing, so I had to keep stabbing him,” Scully-Powers told police, a prosecutor said at his arraignment Friday, according to Newsday.

The Big Apple is meeting two of the three required thresholds to reopen, the mayor said Friday, adding that the city could start emerging from its coronavirus-induced coma as soon as early June 1. In order to get to phase one — which involves resuming construction, manufacturing and wholesale supply chains, as well as retail...

A 24-year-old man drowned in the waters off Rockaway Beach on Friday afternoon — setting an ominous tone for what could be a dangerous Memorial Day weekend on the city’s lifeguard-less beaches. The unidentified man was pulled from the waters off of Beach 91st Street just hours after Mayor Bill de Blasio detailed plans to...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday compared the importance of donning a mask during the coronavirus pandemic to wearing a condom during the AIDS crisis that began in the 1980s. “You know this reminds me in some ways, on the education campaign we went through after we learned about the HIV virus and transmission...

"You go out for the amount of time you need, then you get back home."