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A stubborn fire at Grand Central Madison in Manhattan wreaked havoc on Long Island Rail Road train schedules Tuesday, forcing multiple branches to reroute or cancel service as the FDNY sought the source of the flames, officials say. Fire officials said at a news briefing that they were first called to the scene around 8:15 a.m. for a report of…

There is newly uncovered surveillance video at the core of an investigation involving NYPD officers accused of leaving the scene of a Bronx crash following a car chase.

Surveillance cameras captured the moment a vehicle, fleeing police, crashed and burst into flames. The footage showed 31-year-old Francisco Guzman lose control of the vehicle he was driving on an off-ramp in the Bronx, before it crashed and caught fire. Seconds later, one of the cruisers following him turned in the opposite direction, instead of stopping to help. NBC New...

Actor Pedro Pascal, the internet’s boyfriend” is narrating a new space show at the American Museum of Natural History which is set to open on Monday, according to the museum’s website. The new Hayden Planetarium Space Show, entitled “Encounters in the Milky Way,” will present a look at space events that shaped the universe. The audience will have a...

Two people died in two separate Manhattan shootings, one in Midtown, one in Chelsea, in less than two hours overnight, and no arrests have been made — a chilling pair of violent acts just days after city officials touted lower murder rates across the city. According to investigators, cops first responded to the Chelsea shooting, which happened on West 17th…

Two people died in two separate Manhattan shootings, one in Midtown, one in Chelsea, in less than two hours overnight, and no arrests have been made — a chilling pair of violent acts just days after city officials touted lower murder rates across the city. Tracie Strahan reports.

The NYPD is trying to find out whether any of its detectives were ever inside the Manhattan townhouse where an Italian businessman was allegedly held and tortured for weeks. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports. 

Internal investigators with the NYPD are said to be looking into whether two detectives hired to provide security at a Manhattan townhouse where inside when two crypto businessmen allegedly completed acts of torture against their partner in a hunt for his Bitcoin password, sources familiar with the case tell News 4. Two members of the NYPD, including a detective in…

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting a gala to celebrate the opening of its reimagined Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Its transformation into spacious and bright galleries has been years in the making. NBC New York’s Janice Huff reports.  

Two members of the NYPD, including a detective in Mayor Eric Adams’ security detail, have been placed on modified duty this week after links surfaced to two crypto businessmen charged with kidnapping an Italian tourist earlier this month, sources closes to the case tell News 4. Sources familiar with the case say NYPD brass learned the detective assigned to protect…

An Italian man escaped a New York City apartment where he says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks over a Bitcoin password.

A newlywed dropped his wedding ring down a sidewalk grate in Tribeca. But the couple’s ordeal ended with smiles after they got a little help. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

Tribeca resident Will Whelan helped change a flat tire for his friend just a few feet from a sidewalk grate — then saw his gold wedding band fall between the metal slots.

An Italian man escaped a New York City apartment where he says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks over a Bitcoin password.

Twice a year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers.

A second man is set to face a judge after his arrest in a shocking investigation involving cryptocurrency, kidnapping and torture. William Duplessie surrendered to the NYPD on Tuesday, accused of holding an Italian businessman hostage for weeks in an effort to gain access to his Bitcoin accunt. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

Supporters of congestion pricing won another extension Tuesday — and this time they got a federal judge to order the Trump administration to stop threatening New York.  Judge Lewis Liman, who was appointed by President Donald Trump in his first term, issued a temporary restraining order through June 9. He said for the next two weeks, Secretary of Transportation Sean…

A business partner of a suspect charged with kidnapping and torturing an Italian man in a posh New York City townhouse for weeks has surrendered to authorities and is expected to face charges, according to police.

An Italian man was kidnapped and tortured for weeks in a New York City townhouse, allegedly over a Bitcoin password.

Video obtained exclusively by NBC New York shows the man who had been held and tortured inside a New York City townhouse by two businessmen demanding his Bitcoin password. He was seen running down the street disheveled and shoeless, asking a traffic officer for help. Marc Santia reports.