Olivia Bensimon
The Archive
AOC: $1,200 payments 'not enough' for New Yorkers
"I'm telling you right now, and as you probably already know, $1,200 in New York City is not enough," the congresswoman said during an Instagram Live Q/A session Thursday night.
Cuomo appeals to Trump as Javits Center hospital opens
The newly opened makeshift hospital inside the Javits Center will begin treating coronavirus patients after Governor Andrew Cuomo appealed to President Donald Trump for more space.
US tightens guidelines for issuing passports
The US will only be issuing passports in "life-or-death emergencies," in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, according to a report.
Hate crimes against perceived coronavirus carriers spike in NYC
The data shows there have been 23 hate crimes against victim's whose protected category is classified as "other" so far this year -- a 475-percent increase from the 4 reported...
Cops arrest suspect accused of punching elderly woman over social distancing
The woman accused of fatally punching an 86-year-old woman awaiting treatment at a Brooklyn hospital for not "social distancing" amid the coronavirus was arrested, police and sources said Thursday. Cassandra...
Man swipes $30K in cash from Bronx recycling center
A man broke into a Bronx recycling facility and made off with $30,000 in cash, cops said Thursday. The crook broke a window to sneak into the Alpha Recycling Company...
Ex-NYPD top cop James O'Neill to be coronavirus supplies point person
The city’s new coronavirus senior adviser hit the ground running Thursday, saying his first mission from the mayor is getting critical supplies to the hospitals that need them the most....
NYPD charges Bronx man who called 911 in suicide-by-cop attempt
A coronavirus-stricken Bronx man who tried to commit suicide-by-cop after calling 911 on himself has been arrested and charged, police said Thursday.
1 dead, 2 injured in multiple-vehicle crash in Queens
One person was killed and two more injured Thursday in a wild crash in Queens when a driver slammed into two cars — and propelled a minivan into a check-cashing...
Hero MTA worker killed in Harlem subway fire was dedicated dad
The hero MTA worker who was killed while trying to get off a train with a dozen straphangers after smoke and flames erupted on a No. 2 train was a...
Indian migrant workers flee New Delhi in crowded buses amid coronavirus lockdown
The exodus from New Delhi started Wednesday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a three-week full lockdown, according to the Associated Press.
86 UN staffers have tested positive for COVID-19 worldwide
Most of the cases are in Europe, but others also are popping up in the United States, Asia and Africa, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
Onlookers flock to dead body in Queens park despite coronavirus fears
Police removed the body from the waters at Little Bay Park at around 1 p.m. and put it in a body bag on the grass near a bike path at...
Cancer-stricken man kills self in hospital room after learning he had coronavirus
He had been admitted to the hospital the day before with pneumonia and later tested positive for COVID-19, police said.
Woman stabbed to death in NYC hotel lobby
A man stabbed a woman to death in an Upper Manhattan hotel lobby, cops said Friday. Authorities responded to calls of a woman being stabbed in the lobby of the...
Three dead inside Queens nursing home
Three elderly people have been found dead in a Queens nursing home, police and sources said Friday. EMS workers responded on three occasions to the Highland Care Center on 175th...
Video shows man pepper-spray, shove stranger in Brooklyn
The 33-year-old victim was standing in front of a butcher shop on 16th Avenue near 51st Street in Borough Park at around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, when the attacker suddenly...
Off-duty NYPD officer stabs himself in the neck
An off-duty NYPD transit officer stabbed himself in the neck in Brooklyn on Friday, police sources said. EMS responded to the officer's home on Kimball Street in Marine Park at...
NYPD officer busted on child porn charges
An NYPD highway officer was busted Thursday in Queens for allegedly texting videos of children -- some as young as 6 years old -- getting sexually abused by adults, authorities...
2 dead in suspected murder-suicide in Queens: cops
A 50-year-old Queens man stabbed his 96-year-old grandmother to death -- decapitating her before killing himself on Thursday in a grisly murder-suicide, cops said. George Catsicas knifed his grandmother, identified...