Новости за 25.04.2024

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Water is a problem in the New York City transit system — even on a sunny day. But when heavy rainstorms and hurricanes strike, they can bring the commute to a halt. The MTA announced a new Climate Resilience Roadmap on Thursday at the Mott Haven Yard in the South Bronx. The [...]

You can read the English version of this story here. NUEVA YORK (PIX11) – La ciudad de Nueva York, ofrece clases para inmigrantes que quieran aprender inglés. We Speak NYC, es un programa para personas de 16 años en adelante que quieran aprender inglés conversacional. El programa tendrá clases presenciales o por internet.  Las clases [...]

Puedes leer la versión en español de esta historia aqui. NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York City is offering a free English conversation and learning program for people 16 and older. We Speak NYC is a city-run program with the NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. It provides access to online and in-person classes, videos, [...]

EAST HARLEM, N.Y. (PIX11) -- An arrest has been made in connection to the death of a woman who was found with multiple stab wounds on Tuesday, according to the NYPD. Candido Rodriguez, 51, of Manhattan, was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the first [...]

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) --- A Bronx mother is accused of killing her 6-year-old daughter in their NYCHA apartment last year, police said Thursday. Lynija Eason Kumar, 27, was arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter in connection to the May 26, 2023 incident, according to the NYPD. The child, Jalayah Eason, was found unconscious [...]

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) -- A fifth suspect has been arrested in connection with a violent home invasion on Staten Island last December that involved robbers allegedly pistol-whipping a woman and a 5-year-old girl, police said Friday. Tyzay Bennet, 19, of Staten Island, was arrested and charged with burglary in connection with the Dec. 18 [...]

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) – A woman is accused of driving into a man on the Upper East Side on April 2, according to the NYPD. The incident happened on 2nd Avenue around 5:20 p.m. A 49-year-old man was trying to break up a fight between two people when the suspect allegedly drove her [...]

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan (PIX11) – A large encampment at Columbia University is allowed to remain for now amid talks between school administrators and pro-Palestinian protesters. The school moved its deadline for the encampment to be cleared to 12:01 a.m. on Friday. The encampment and weeklong protest at the Ivy League school has gained international attention, [...]

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) -- Brooklyn Nets player Cam Johnson and Ticketmaster teamed up for a surprise that left 20 young Brooklynites beaming with excitement as they announced a basketball camp scholarship to help the athletes live out their hoop dreams. Eleven-year-old Angel Bryant is a rising star on the basketball court. She has been [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- New York City depends on truck deliveries, which adds to congestion and pollution. The city's Department of Transportation announced it will allocate $6 million to businesses that sign up for evening and overnight deliveries to combat it. Alex Ziyed has owned Soho Grocery for almost 20 years. Demand is always high, [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- From small Mom and Pop shops to high-end Midtown jewelers, business owners in New York City said TikTok translates to free advertising for them. "Smaller businesses like us, we don't have that marketing budget that a lot of places have," Jonathan Perez, who owns Ollin NYC in East Harlem, told PIX11 [...]

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – A school crossing guard in New York City allegedly tried to lure an undercover cop he believed was a 14-year-old girl to have sex, authorities said. Jared Jeridore, 24, was charged Wednesday with attempted use of a child in a sexual performance, attempted rape and more following an undercover police investigation, [...]

MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan (PIX11) -- A deadline for action regarding a tent encampment on the campus of Columbia University was postponed by 48 hours on Wednesday until 12:01 a.m. Friday. It was an act that seemed to lower tensions, albeit slightly, in and around campus over the war in Gaza. That tension rose again when [...]

MANORVILLE, Long Island (PIX11) -- A police search took place in a wooded area of Manorville, Long Island. A PIX11 source confirmed it is in connection with the Gilgo Beach murders. Multiple NYPD cadaver dogs were spotted on the scene, combing through two areas off the Long Island Expressway with K9 units. Suffolk police and [...]

PASSAIC, N.J. (PIX11) -- It's been two and a half years since Ida claimed the lives of Nidhi Rana and Ayush Rana. The high school prom king and queen were out driving during the storm when their car was lifted up by a flash flood and swept away. Their bodies were later found in the [...]

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Eric Farmer from the Bronx has been fighting the city for years to get his sidewalks fixed and now he has a powerful ally on his side, NYC Councilmember Rafael Salamanca. Farmer says it’s an obstacle course to just navigate the sidewalks on 165th St between Tinton Ave and Trinity [...]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a New Jersey Democrat and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who replaced his father in the seat, died Wednesday after a heart attack this month that left him hospitalized, officials said. He was 65. Gov. Phil Murphy called his fellow Democrat a “steadfast champion [...]

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Players for the New York Yankees are now larger than life as six of their biggest stars have been immortalized at a major league unveiling.  Their images are painted on the side of the Bronx Terminal Market.  Aaron Judge, CC Sabathia, Dave Winfield, Willie Randolph, and Edwin Jackson attended the unveiling Wednesday. [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Surgeons at NYU are changing the game of modern medicine. On Wednesday, they performed the first-ever combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant surgery. The life of one New Jersey woman suffering from heart and kidney failure forever changed. She's now looking forward to seeing her grandchildren grow up. [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Law enforcement officials in New York City on Wednesday called on YouTube to change its algorithm to prevent videos on how to build ghost guns from being seen by children. "We have a video then of a 3D-printed Glock," said Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Bonnie Seok. According to the NYPD and [...]

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- The Michelin Guide has announced the first selection of hotels to be awarded Michelin Keys in the United States, with 24 located in New York City. The Michelin Guide is known globally for restaurant ratings, with anonymous Michelin Inspectors awarding stars to restaurants based off of a set of criteria. The Guide [...]

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (PIX11) -- An NYPD helicopter can be seen on video attempting a water rescue operation near a pier in Coney Island on Wednesday, according to police. The video shot from the pier showed the helicopter lowering people into the water. Police said a man, possibly in his 20s, jumped from the pier [...]