Jan. 6 committee unveils criminal referrals against Trump
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol unveiled criminal referrals on Monday targeting former President Trump, recommending that the Department of Jus…
Brooklyn 'bling bishop' Lamor Whitehead arrested on federal fraud and extortion charges
The close friend of Mayor Eric Adams is accused of bilking a parishioner and promising a Bronx businessman government favors in exchange for a $500,000 stake in real estate transactions.
R. Kelly manager gets a year in prison for theater threat
NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s onetime manager was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison for calling in a shooting threat that halted a screening of a damning documentary about t…
New year, new laws: Look out for these 4 changes affecting New Yorkers
The new year is just a few weeks away.
NJ's $270 million in COVID housing relief is barely reaching homeowners
A news investigation found the state had distributed just 4% of the funds over the course of a year.
Brooklyn bishop arrested: 'His campaign of fraud and deceit stops now'
NEW YORK (PIX11) — A Brooklyn bishop who was robbed mid-sermon was arrested Monday morning for allegedly defrauding a parishioner out of retirement savings, officials said. Lamor Whitehead, 4…
LA overtakes NYC as city with largest homeless population
NEW YORK (AP, PIX11) — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Monday that it is ramping up efforts to help house people now sleeping on sidewalks and in tents and cars as a new …
NJ dad gets 30 years in baby's asphyxiation death
WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ (PIX11) — A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for smothering his 6-week-old baby girl to death to get her to stop crying, officials said Monday. She died of asphyxiati…
Long Island detective thrown from Volkswagen hood after woman allegedly intentionally hits him, Nassau PD says
EAST GARDEN CITY, NY (PIX11) — A woman in a Volkswagen allegedly intentionally struck a detective in East Garden City and kept driving with the officer on the hood on Sunday, police in Nassau…
Burglar caught stealing presents in Robert De Niro's NYC home: police sources
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – Police caught a serial burglar stealing Christmas presents from inside Robert De Niro’s townhome in Manhattan early Monday morning, multiple police sources told PIX11 News…
Central Park gate named in honor of Exonerated Five
NEW YORK (PIX11) — The Gate of the Exonerated in Central Park was named in honor of the five men who were wrongfully convicted when they were teenagers of a brutal rape in the park in 1989. T…
Early Addition: Congrats to all the New Jersey bears who survived the purge
Because the Garden State's bear hunt only killed off 7% of the intended targets, here are your early links: A sweet mansion in Queens, nepo babies, and more.
New York Uber drivers strike over pay raise lawsuit
NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York Uber drivers went on strike Monday morning to protest a lawsuit filed by the company that halted an impending pay raise. New York Uber and Lyft drivers with the Independ…
Two people shot in the chest inside a car in Sheepshead Bay, police say
SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A man and a woman were shot in the chest while sitting in a car in Brooklyn early Monday morning, police said. The suspect opened fire while the victims, bo…
Mayor Adams wants New Yorkers to judge him on crime. A year in office, the results are mixed.
As Adams wraps up his first year, the city’s crime data shows a mixed picture amid an uneven recovery from the pandemic.