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Families yearning to visit their elderly, high-risk loved ones who are trapped inside adult care facilities might have a sleek, new solution thanks to a Brooklyn-based interior designer. Avigail Eisenstadt, the CEO and principal designer of AE Design Group, has developed a pandemic-friendly visitation room complete with a flexible hug wall, UV lighting and lots...

A man fatally shot by his girlfriend’s ex identified the killer to cops on his deathbed, police sources said Wednesday. The 34-year-old victim was shot in the chest around 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Gowanus Houses after his girlfriend’s former flame, Rudolph Riley, 28, caught him at her apartment, the sources said. Riley had brought...

A pair of burglars took advantage of the coronavirus lockdown to target shuttered businesses in Queens — and made off with more than $30,000 in goods, police said Wednesday. Police believe the unknown pair is connected to seven separate break-ins in Queens Village from April and May, according to the NYPD. In the first series...

New York City is now $9 billion in the red thanks to the coronavirus shutdown, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday as he once again begged for a federal bailout or help from the state. “There is literally no way we can solve this problem without federal help or without having to make very, very...

TRENTON, NJ — A judge who suggested that a woman seeking a restraining order could “close your legs” to prevent a sexual assault was removed from the bench Tuesday by the New Jersey Supreme Court and permanently barred from presiding over a courtroom. The unanimous decision cited “repeated and serious acts of misconduct” by state...

The defiant New Jersey gym that was repeatedly shuttered for violating the state’s coronavirus lockdown is suing the state in federal court. The owners of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr charged that Gov. Phil Murphy, state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, and other Jersey officials violated their constitutional rights by forcing them to close up shop for...

An Uber Eats delivery worker was shot dead on his way home from a shift in East Harlem last week — and his grieving sister said he would still be alive if it weren’t for the overnight subway shutdown. Mamadou Diallo, 32, of the Bronx, was fatally shot around 2:30 a.m. May 20 at East...

“Quality King’s profiteering during this time of crisis is appalling,” said Attorney General Letitia James. “Instead of ensuring New Yorkers could protect themselves from this virus and stop the spread, Quality King chose to prey on a global pandemic to line its own pockets."

The rookie NYPD cop accused of murdering his best friend in Nassau County earlier this month will be released on bond after his lawyer told a judge that he was attacked before opening fire, a report said Wednesday. The defense attorney for officer Errick Allen, 27, said investigators collected evidence that purportedly shows victim Christopher Curro,...

The show might go on sooner than we think, but the reopening of the Great White Way comes with a few guidelines that The Actors Equity Association (AEA) will be following when the lights go back on. The guidelines, which were released Tuesday, will be implemented to ensure the safety of the actors and stage...