Serial killer Richard Cottingham admits to 5 more murders on Long Island
MINEOLA, N.Y. (PIX11) – Richard Cottingham, the jailed serial killer who once claimed he’d killed about 100 women, admitted on Monday to five Long Island murders, four of them from 1972 and 1973. A…
Early Addition: Chris Christie's niece bit a deputy while being removed from a Spirit Airlines flight (allegedly)
Because she also reportedly asked a passenger she thought was Latino if they were smuggling cocaine, here are your early links: SNAP card-holders getting robbed via card scanners, Eric Adams hit the club in Qatar, the White Lotus season 2 theme song goes...
Beloved New York bar saved from closing, moving to a new location
WARWICK, N.Y. (PIX11) — A beloved New York bar is saying goodbye to the end of an era before embarking on a fresh start. Yesterdays, which opened in 1984 at 291 Main St. in Warwick, N.Y., is …
Oxford Dictionaries names 'goblin mode' its word of the year
First seen on Twitter in 2009, “goblin mode” gained popularity in 2022 as people around the world emerged uncertainly from pandemic lockdowns.
NYPD issues new video of suspects in Bronx teen's fatal shooting
FORDHAM, the Bronx (PIX11) — The NYPD released new video footage Sunday of two suspects sought in connection to the fatal ambush shooting of a 14-year-old boy in Fordham. The footage — which was re…
Staten Island man accused of fatally stabbing 72-year-old man
GRANITEVILLE, Staten Island (PIX11) — A man is accused of fatally stabbing a 72-year-old Staten Island man in his home last month, police said Monday. Seneca Morciglio, 44, was arrested and c…
Man slashes woman in the face with a razor blade in Brooklyn, police say
DOWNTOWN, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A woman was slashed in the face with a razor blade in Brooklyn Friday afternoon, police said. The 39-year-old victim was attacked by a man she knew in front of 45…
'Game changer': Queens BP talks marijuana legalization, more
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Queens Borough President Donovan Richards joined PIX11 Morning News on Monday to discuss a wide range of issues affecting the borough, including crime, marijuana legalization, de…
‘Voters should not be disregarded’: Alvin Bragg reflects on first year as Manhattan’s DA
Bragg touched on gun violence, Mayor Eric Adams’ mental health plan, the Trump Organization and Lee Zeldin.
NYC kills ‘Internet Master Plan’ for universal, public web access
The city had already tapped a number of women- and minority-owned businesses to support the Internet Master Plan, a project launched during the de Blasio administration.
Woman attacked in Brooklyn rape attempt walking from school: NYPD
BROOKLYN (PIX11) — A 19-year-old woman was accosted by a would-be rapist while walking home from school in Brooklyn, police said late Sunday in a public plea for information. The victim was walking…
Holiday Open Streets: Car-free Sundays start on parts of Fifth Avenue
MANHATTAN (PIX11) — It is perhaps the biggest block party New York City has ever thrown. Reynaldo Rivera of the Salvation Army led a huge holiday block party smack dab in the middle of Fifth …
NYPD officers arrest 11 alleged gang members during Brooklyn bust
EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (PIX11) — NYPD officers busted 11 alleged gang members while executing a search warrant in Brooklyn on Saturday evening, police said. Officers also recovered four guns…
Gillibrand urges DOJ to do more to track gun purchases
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is asking the Department of Justice and Treasury Department to help combat gun violence. She wants the federal government to establish regulations f…
Federal help requested for RSV surge in New York hospitals
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Amid what some have called a tripledemic, health officials say hospitals are dealing with an alarming surge in RSV cases on top of flu and COVID patients. Some N…