Elizabeth Hagen
The Archive
Cops turn blind eye to pot smokers at legalization rally
The city’s annual Cannabis Parade wafted pungently down Broadway on Saturday — with cops helpfully ignoring the billowing clouds of acrid pot smoke. Some 400 marijuana fans, many openly smoking...
Cabby guilty in 2011 rape of passenger
A taxi driver was convicted yesterday of the knifepoint rape of a woman who had flagged him down to take her from Williamsburg to her East Village apartment and fell...
Teen accused of killing bystander: 'It's war out here'
He said he needed to pack heat just to survive in New York City. A Brooklyn teen who fatally shot a hardworking father while aiming for a rival gang member...
NBA drops hammer on Sterling: Banned for life, fined $2.5 million
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life from the NBA and fined the maximum $2.5 million for his infamous racist rant, league Commissioner Adam Silver announced...
Schumer calls for more Port Authority reforms
The Port Authority needs major reforms to make it transparent and boost its finances, Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday. He called on the bi-state agency to have more open meetings,...
Woman jumps to death on train platform
A woman jumped to her death in front of a subway train in Midtown on Sunday afternoon, officials said. The unidentified victim, believed to be in her 60s, threw herself...
Teen boy shot in eye released from hospital
The 13-year-old boy who was shot through the eye when a gunman opened fire in Brooklyn has been released from the hospital Tuesday, and says he’s grateful to be alive....
13-year-old Brooklyn boy shot in the head
A teenager enjoying his first day of spring recess got shot in the back of the head while fleeing a gunman who opened fire along a busy Brooklyn street on...
Pope poses for selfies after Mass
Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday by speaking off-the-cuff to worshippers — and then posing for selfies with his adoring flock. Francis disregarded prepared remarks and winged his homily before 100,000...
Ferry riders shocked over boats’ alleged unseaworthiness
Staten Island Ferry riders said Sunday they were stunned to learn that they were traveling on boats described as floating deathtraps by their own crews. “I already found where the...
Ultra-Orthodox Jews rally against proposed Israeli draft
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews rallied in Downtown Manhattan on Sunday afternoon to protest proposed new legislation in Israel that would allow them to be drafted into the army there. The...
Man loses everything after trash remover empties wrong home: suit
2B or not 2B — what's the difference? An Upper East Side resident came home to find his apartment cleaned out of everything but a TV and a PS3 video game...
Bernie Goetz turns down deal on pot charge
Subway vigilante Bernie Goetz, who turned down a wrist-slap deal for a day in court on a pot-peddling charge, ranted after his appearance Thursday about the benefits of legalizing drugs....
Friends raise over $20G for comedian hit by subway train
“Scrubs” actor Zach Braff has kicked in nearly $10,000 to help pay medical bills for the Brooklyn comedian who slipped on a subway platform while texting and was hit by...
NYC can expect rush on new municipal ID cards
Undocumented immigrants lined up by the hundreds when San Francisco launched municipal ID cards in 2009 — providing a preview of what’s in store for New York City’s proposed program....
WTC PATH entrance closed due to dangerous falling ice
The main entrance to the World Trade Center PATH train station was closed again Tuesday morning due to falling ice from One World Trade Center, angering commuters who were late...
Brooklyn Heights residents: packages are vanishing from doorsteps
Brooklyn Heights residents are fed up with a plague of disappearing mail as postal thieves swipe packages from doorsteps. One angry Brooklynite fired off an “open letter” on Monday to...
Hoffman’s grieving girlfriend steps out as funeral plans begin
Philip Seymour’s Hoffman’s estranged girlfriend emerged from her West Village home Tuesday to make funeral arrangements for the actor following his tragic death Sunday from an apparent heroin overdose. Mimi...
Bronco’s pregnant wife chooses frigid end zone over box seats
She’ll stand by her man — even outside in the cold, fighting off the flu at eight months pregnant. Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker’s tough and sexy country singer wife,...
Next-door Seahawks, Broncos bars face off in Super Bowl
There are Seahawks bars and there are Broncos bars — but on one Midtown street, they’re right next door to each other, and the rivalry is ramping up. “There’s been...