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This Penthouse Could Hold the Answer to NYC's Subway Woes

New York considers a pied-à-terre tax

(Newser) - Billionaire Ken Griffin made headlines in January when the Chicagoan purchased the penthouse at 220 Central Park South in New York City for $238 million, making it the priciest home ever sold in the US—by about $100 million. A rep for the Citadel hedge fund founder said he...

Grisly Cold-Case Killing Comes Back to Life

A jury convicts Howard Pilmar's wife and brother-in-law in horrific stabbing

(Newser) - Manhattan businessman Howard Pilmar was found stabbed to death in 1996, but the crime went unpunished—until now. On Friday, a New York jury found Pilmar's wife and brother-in-law guilty of luring him to his office to stab him dozens of times. "They planned it as a trap,...

Government Shutdown May Have Killed a Mob Boss

Lawyers says treatment of Colombo family's Carmine 'The Snake' Persico was interrupted

(Newser) - "Carmine Persico was born in August 1933 and killed his first human being in 1951, before his 18th birthday," prosecutors once said. That violent life story ended Thursday when Persico, who was serving a 139-year prison sentence, died in hospice care, the New York Post reports. He was...

Cuomo Has Been Pleading for Bezos to Change His Mind

He wants company to reconsider NYC decision

(Newser) - Amazon has scrapped plans to build part of its second headquarters in New York City—but New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo would really, really like them to think again. Sources tell the New York Times that the Democrat has spoken to numerous Amazon execs, including founder and CEO Jeff Bezos,...

NYC Subway Train Drags Man to His Death

39-year-old got caught on moving train at Grand Central

(Newser) - Commuters packed onto a subway platform at New York City's Grand Central Terminal witnessed a horrifying scene Tuesday as a man was snagged by a moving train and dragged into a tunnel. The unidentified 39-year-old was walking on the yellow caution line on the edge of the platform around...

Sailor in Iconic Times Square Kiss Photo Dead at 95

George Mendonsa kissed Greta Zimmer Friedman on V-J Day

(Newser) - The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died, the AP reports. George Mendonsa died two days before his 96th birthday. Mendonsa's daughter, Sharon Molleur, told the Providence Journal Mendonsa fell and had a seizure Sunday at the assisted...

Progressive Dems 'Killed Amazon, the Biggest Beast Around'

In the battle of the centrists vs. progressives, the progressives emerged victorious

(Newser) - In the battle of the centrists versus the progressives, the progressives emerged victorious. At least that's the contention of left-of-center Democrats in New York, who are flashing the "V" sign after Amazon announced it was nixing its plans to build a second headquarters in Queens. The Wall Street ...

New York Is Out: Amazon Ditches Plans to Build There

Critics said the city was giving away too many concessions

(Newser) - Big news from Amazon Thursday: The company is scrapping plans to build part of its second headquarters in New York City, reports the New York Times . The decision comes after critics accused New York of giving away too many concessions to lure the retailing behemoth. Amazon announced last year that...

NYPD Detective Killed by Friendly Fire

'This appears to be an absolutely tragic case'

(Newser) - A New York City police detective was shot and killed by friendly fire Tuesday night as officers confronted a robbery suspect who turned out to be armed with a replica handgun, Commissioner James O'Neill says. "This appears to be an absolutely tragic case of friendly fire," O'...

Amazon's New HQ in NYC? Uh, About That.

Mega-retailer reconsiders amid political power-shift

(Newser) - The world's most valuable public company may not bring 25,000 new jobs to New York City after all, the Washington Post reports. Amazon.com—which chose to split its upcoming second headquarters between New York and Arlington, Virginia, after a highly publicized yearlong search—is said to be...

No Beef Patties? That Is It!
No Beef Patties? That Is It!
Feb 9, 2019 4:30 PM CST

No Beef Patties? That Is It!

Customer returns to Bronx restaurant in a rage

(Newser) - A woman who couldn't get a beef patty at a favorite New York eatery used a baseball bat in protest, the AP reports. On Saturday, police released surveillance video of the woman in action in the Bronx—smashing a restaurant's windows after learning the eatery had run out...

'Sweetheart' Mom-to-Be Dies After Brutal NYC Stabbing

Police are searching for killer of 35-year-old Jennifer Irigoyen, attacked in apartment lobby

(Newser) - A 911 call early Sunday morning led police to a horrific find in a Queens apartment building lobby: a pregnant 35-year-old real estate agent who'd been stabbed in the torso and neck, per NBC News . Jennifer Irigoyen was rushed from the Ridgewood complex to a local hospital, but it...

A Woman Took Her &#39;Brother&#39; Off Life Support. It Wasn&#39;t Him
A Woman Took
Her 'Brother' Off
Life Support.
It Wasn't Him
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Feb 2, 2019 2:06 PM CST

A Woman Took Her 'Brother' Off Life Support. It Wasn't Him

Shirell Powell is suing Bronx hospital after case of mistaken identity

(Newser) - It's hard enough making the painful decision to take a loved one off of life support, but Shirell Powell is facing the unimaginable reality of having taken a stranger off of it. The case of mistaken identity led to her thinking it was her brother, who she didn't...

Coroner: Fall May Not Have Killed Woman in NYC Subway

'This fatality appears to be related to a pre-existing medical condition'

(Newser) - The tragic death of a young mother in a New York City subway station may have been the result of a medical condition, not her fall down the stairs at the 7th Avenue subway station, the coroner says. Dr. Barbara Sampson, the city's chief medical examiner, tells NBC that...

Mother Dies in 'Heartbreaking' NYC Subway Fall

She was carrying baby, stroller down stairs

(Newser) - A young mother from Connecticut who went to New York City for a shopping trip died in what the Metropolitan Transportation Authority calls an "absolutely heartbreaking incident." Malaysia Goodson, 22, fell down the stairs of the 7th Avenue subway station while carrying her 1-year-old daughter, a stroller, and...

This Just Became America&#39;s Most Expensive Home
This Just Became
America's Most
Expensive Home
in case you missed it
Jan 27, 2019 10:33 AM CST

This Just Became America's Most Expensive Home

Hedge fund boss Ken Griffin nabs NYC condo, London mansion in same month

(Newser) - Billionaire Ken Griffin, who has several very nice homes, has just added a crown jewel—one that cost roughly $9,917 per square foot. The Citadel hedge fund founder has purchased the penthouse at 220 Central Park South in New York City for $238 million, making it the priciest home...

Alec Baldwin Pleads Guilty in Parking Spot Case

Actor pleads guilty to violation charge, will do anger management class

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin has pleaded guilty to harassing a man during a dispute over a parking spot last fall, the AP reports. The 60-year-old actor appeared in a New York City courtroom Wednesday. He agreed to complete a one-day anger management class to resolve the criminal case. The charge is a...

Chef Killed in Horrific Hammer Attack on NYC Buffet

Hammer-wielding attacker was 'screaming crazy words'

(Newser) - A chef was killed by a hammer-wielding attacker in a horrific, and apparently random, attack on a Chinese buffet restaurant in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening. Police say the suspect burst into the Seaport Buffet restaurant and attacked the 60-year-old owner, a 50-year-old manager, and the 34-year-old chef, who was fatally...

NYC Mayor on New MTV Show: 'Shameless Ratings Grab'

Staten Island residents aren't happy about 'Made in Staten Island' for its Italian-American 'stereotypes'

(Newser) - If a neighborhood was featured on a new reality show, one would think locals would be pretty excited. But for Staten Island residents, MTV's new series debuting Monday is nothing but a "shameless ratings grab" full of "stereotypes." That's per a recent tweet from NYC...

Rapper Missy Elliott Makes History
Rapper
Missy Elliott
Makes History
Jan 12, 2019 6:00 PM CST

Rapper Missy Elliott Makes History

The female rapper is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

(Newser) - Missy Elliott is making history as the first female rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, whose 2019 class also includes legendary British singer Cat Stevens and country-folk icon John Prine, the AP reports. The organization announced the new group of inductees Saturday. Other inductees include Tom T. Hall,...

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