A Manhattan jury acquitted Daniel Penny Monday of criminal charges in the choking death of homeless subway performer Jordan Neely back in May 2023. The jury rendered its not-guilty verdict on a criminally negligent homicide charge on Dec. 9 after nearly a week of deliberation in the case. The panel had deadlocked on the manslaughter...

Dream Center NYC held its fourth annual Christmas shopping event, “His Toy Store,” for low-income families at the Manhattan Community Center on Dec. 7. Dream Center, a nonprofit that supports underserved New Yorkers with weekly mobile food pantries throughout Manhattan and Long Island City, partnered with Hope For New York and Grace Place NYC Church...

Police are searching for a group of mask-wearing vandals who defaced an F train in Brooklyn.

City lawmakers and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are taking Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to court over Hizzoner’s emergency executive orders suspending parts of a law banning solitary confinement in the city’s jails. The move marks the latest escalation in tensions between the mayor and the City Council. The suit, which the City Council and Williams...