Joaquin Contreras
The Archive
More busloads of migrants arrive at NYC's historic Roosevelt Hotel
More busloads of migrants arrived at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown.
Hustlers illegally selling spots at NYC tennis courts on Craigslist in brazen racket
Brazen hustlers are gaming the sign-up sheets at the public Washington Market Park tennis court on Chambers Street in Tribeca – and then illegally selling the court time.
Former Staten Island school to house 300 migrants as locals fume
As the Big Apple dealt with swarms of arriving migrants on Saturday, the site of a former public school on Staten Island was prepping to welcome 300 of them.
Oregon couple 'squats' in million-dollar Central Park pad after tenant dies
A pair of squatters from Oregon have commandeered a two-bedroom, rent controlled co-op worth nearly $1 million on Manhattan's ritzy Upper West Side, according to a lawsuit.
No breakfast at Tiffany's: Socialist pol Tiffany Cabán's Queens office is routinely closed for 'construction work'
Democratic Socialist Councilwoman Tiffany Cabán's district office in Queens is closed far more than it's opened -- sometimes weeks at a time, according to some of her constituents and others...
Man clobbers disturbed woman in face at NYC Earth Day event — steps away from Eric Adams
The woman then dumped more debris out of one bag, yelling ‘F--k off my block! What the f--k is up?!” before the man had enough.
NYC store feeling 'lucky' after selling $476M Mega Millions ticket
“We’re feeling very happy. We’re excited, and hopefully we sell more winning tickets,” Deepak Parek, a 42-year-old clerk at Liberty Beer & Convenience in Ozone Park, said on Saturday.
NYC drug dealers hawk narcotics from van, driving up business for nearby injection sites
The Washington Heights dealers are driving up business for an OnPoint NYC "safe injection" site that opened up in late 2021.
Wounded NYC parking attendant holds no ill will toward gunman: friend
Moussa Diarra, a Manhattan parking-garage worker who was shot in the stomach by a would-be thief before wrestling the gun away and injuring the suspect, holds no ill-will towards his...
Muslim girls at Stuyvesant HS protest 'immodest' co-ed swim classes
The dropped single-gender option has outraged Muslim girls at NYC’s most sought-after specialized high school.
Firefighter who piloted FDNY boat in fatal crash 'reassigned' to desk
Thomas J. Waller who piloted an FDNY fireboat involved in a fatal accident was removed from his duties in a marine unit pending the results of a Coast Guard investigation, The...
Dozens protest outside Chinatown police station over alleged Chinese spying
More than 60 protestors gathered outside a noodle shop where security experts say operatives conduct surveillance against dissidents in the Chinese community.
Tyre Nichols protester who punched two NYPD cops released without bail
An attorney for the Nichole claimed her client was a victim of "unnecessary police force," during the Friday night protests.
No sex in the city: Public shagging going extinct in NYC
Cops citywide issued just two public lewdness summonses to people knocking boots in public parks in 2020 — according to the most recent NYPD stats.