Safety protocols for Times Square New Year's Eve celebration
TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (PIX11) — Final preparations are underway for the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square. Confetti has been tested, and the Waterford crystal is in place, an…
Man stabbed multiple times near Times Square: NYPD
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN (PIX11) – Police are searching for the person who stabbed a man near Times Square Saturday morning. The stabbing happened around 11 a.m., before the major police presence arrived …
Brian Laundrie's mother offered shovel to help bury body, claims attorney for Gabby Petito's parents
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The attorney for Gabby Petito’s parents claims Brian Laundrie’s mother offered her son a shovel to bury Petito’s body, according to a new court filing in the …
New York OKs human composting, becomes 6th state in US to do so
Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Saturday to legalize natural organic reduction, making New York the sixth state in the nation to allow that method of burial.
New Year’s Eve 2022 kicks into high gear in Times Square
Hundreds of staffers and thousands of spectators are filtering into Times Square at full scale for the first time in three years, and a small army of workers has spent long days and nights in preparation.
New York City police have stopped and questioned more people this year than last, as Mayor Adams cracks down on crime.
We went to a class in Red Hook teaching young people their rights if they are stopped.
The stories that captivated Gothamist readers in 2022
In New York City, the beginning of 2022 brought a new mayor and many old crises.
Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years…
Watch the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square
TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (PIX11) – New York City’s iconic New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square will usher in 2023 on Saturday night. The annual New Year’s Eve celebration is returning to pre-pan…
A view into Black life in NYC in the ‘60s and ‘70s, from a civil rights and journalism pioneer
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a public media stalwart who also reported for The New Yorker and The New York Times, has released an anthology of her life’s work covering communities of color.
Bar starts fundraiser for heroes stabbed protecting bartender being attacked in East Harlem
EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — It was a violent and random stabbing spree that left two men dead, three others injured, and a city on edge. An East Harlem bar spearheaded a fundraiser to he…
Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV journalist, dies at 93
Late Friday evening, ABC News confirmed the death of one of its longtime pillars, broadcasting trailblazer Barbara Walters. The television icon was 93.
The National Day of Remembrance for gun-related homicide victims observed in NYC
BROOKLYN (PIX11) — Songs were sung, and the names of gun violence victims were read aloud in Brooklyn Friday afternoon outside the Barclays Center. Pastor Edward Hinds with the GOD Squad said…
Who is the suspect in the Idaho killings?
Police on Friday arrested 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger in connection with the November deaths of four University of Idaho students who were stabbed to death in a rental house near campu…
Police release pictures of suspect in shooting death outside Bronx bar
WAKEFIELD, the Bronx (PIX11) — Police have released images of their suspect in the murder outside Last Stop Bar & Grill in the Bronx on Dec. 22, hoping the public can help identify them. …