Frank Rosario
The Archive
10-year-old boy robbed at gunpoint for only $3
Tommy Mendez went out with $3 to buy cookies at the corner store — but even in leafy Carroll Gardens, that proved to be perilous. The 10-year-old was held up...
Why your Christmas tree costs so much this year
Manhattan’s skyrocketing rents aren’t just hammering apartment dwellers — they’re also jacking up the cost of Christmas. Tree vendors who lease space from the city in some of the trendiest...
City subways are a pervert's paradise
Sex crimes on the city’s subways have soared by nearly 20 percent this year, due to a surge in the number of gropers, flashers and voyeurs, NYPD officials said on...
Aunt struck after saving niece from speeding car's path
A young woman saved her 5-year-old niece’s life by pushing the child out of the path of a car in Queens on Sunday — but was struck by the vehicle herself...
Art curator killed after SUV jumps curb in Brooklyn
A young art curator was killed and four other pedestrians injured when an unlicensed driver’s SUV jumped a curb in Brooklyn and plowed into them after he swerved around a...
Cops crack code of 'Riddler' behind string of fires
A serial arsonist behind a string of blazes in Forest Hills, Queens, taunted police like a Riddler wannabe — leaving behind a coded message at one fire scene that dared...
You're already late for Black Friday shopping
New Yorkers fortified by hefty Thanksgiving feasts are ready to burst through the doors of department stores, boutiques and toy and electronic shops to gobble up merchandise on Black Friday,...
Models give hungry bums bags of toiletries for Thanksgiving
A group of young models trying to spread some Thanksgiving cheer handed out toiletries to the homeless on Thursday — but some bums were in no rush to grab them....
Cuomo to de Blasio: Don't worry, I'll fix the homeless crisis
Gov. Cuomo took his biggest shot yet at Mayor de Blasio by declaring that Hizzoner “can’t manage the homeless crisis” in the city — and saying that he plans to...
Newborn baby found in nativity scene at Queens church
A newborn baby who still had his umbilical cord attached was found wrapped in swaddling clothes -- and lying in a manger -- at a Queens church on Monday. The...
Dozens arrested at CUNY wage protest
Some 50 CUNY professors and their supporters were arrested during a wage protest outside the college’s East 42nd Street administrative offices Wednesday night, police and college officials reported. Cops snapped plastic zip...
Juror dismissed for sharing trial details on Facebook
The forewoman of a Queens jury was so addicted to Facebook that she couldn’t help herself from posting musings about the case she was on — and it caused a...
This NYPD recruiting mural has been covered with graffiti for months
An NYPD recruitment mural has been in full view of drivers on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway for nearly two decades. But last summer, the hand-painted sign became a canvas for a...
Man jumps to death from historic Apthorp building
A man jumped to his death from a historic Upper West Side apartment building early Monday night, authorities said. The victim, in his 50s, plunged from the top floor of...
Argument leaves one dead, one wounded in Harlem
One man was shot dead and another wounded amid an argument in Harlem Wednesday night, police said. Muhammad Abdal-Aziz, 23, suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the head and torso and...
Sea of blue at funeral for slain cop lauded as hero
Murdered NYPD Officer Randolph Holder finally got his gold detective’s shield — complete with his father’s former badge number — at a funeral that drew thousands of stricken Finest to...
Gunfire erupts at Airbnb rental during wild party
Two people were shot early Sunday when gunfire erupted during an out-of-control party in a posh Queens house that was being rented out through Airbnb, cops said. The bullets started...
Slain cop's cousin: I'll pay to execute 'killer'
Accused cop-killer Tyrone Howard was back before a familiar face Thursday — the very Manhattan judge who blew a chance to take the career criminal off the streets. In a...
I'm not afraid: Slain cop reassured family before fatal shooting
Slain Officer Randolph Holder came from a long line of cops — and recently told a relative he wasn’t afraid of the risks of the job despite the danger he...
NYPD cop gunned down in Harlem shootout
A cop was fatally shot in the head while chasing a gunman amid a shootout in East Harlem on Tuesday night. Randolph Holder, 33, a five-year veteran of the force...