AG Halts Foreclosure to Protect Burial Ground | New York City News
The Attorney General is stepping in to halt a foreclosure on a Queens property believed to hold the remains of over 300 formerly enslaved Black New Yorkers, demanding any new owner be legally bound to...
19 Sep 1min
Genetic Genealogy Solves Cold Case | New York City News
A man convicted of two sexual assaults from two decades ago is now facing 25 years in prison — thanks to a groundbreaking forensic technique: investigative genetic genealogy. Law enforcement used DNA ...
19 Sep 2min
Belmont Park Reborn as Entertainment Hub | New York City News
Belmont Park is back—and bigger than ever, after a $550 million transformation that’s turned it into a full-blown entertainment destination. Shut down for over three years, the historic racetrack now ...
19 Sep 1min
Jewish Students Protest Mayor's Remarks | New York City News
Hundreds of Jewish students, from seventh to twelfth grade, rallied outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Upper East Side home to protest rising antisemitism, citing his public comments about Israel as fueli...
18 Sep 1min
First Red Panda Cub Born at Beardsley Zoo | New York City News
A tiny red panda cub has made its debut at the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport, Connecticut — a huge win for conservation. Born June 24th to first-time parents Ponya and Pilot, the cub was hand-raised by ...
18 Sep 1min
Tesla’s Secret Self-Driving Test in NYC | New York City News
Tesla’s sand-colored self-driving cars are quietly testing on New York streets—still supervised, not fully autonomous—sparking regulatory confusion and comparisons to Uber’s early playbook. The city c...
18 Sep 1min
Cold Case Solved by Genetic Genealogy | New York City News
A 31-year-old Brooklyn cold case just got solved thanks to cutting-edge genetic genealogy. In 1995, a woman was raped on a rooftop in Bedford-Stuyvesant—DNA was collected but couldn’t be matched at th...
18 Sep 1min
