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Buying in Lindenhurst: Downtown renaissance aimed at drawing millennials
3+ week, 4+ day ago (576+ words) "We want to keep millennials like my daughter and [her] husband here," he said. "We don't want them to move to Texas." Once a place of "pizza shops and nail salons," Lindenhurst now has a more diversified'downtown, with live music…...
Man charged with attempted murder for setting homeless person on fire at Penn Station, Manhattan DA says
4+ week, 1+ day ago (365+ words) The victim is a 37-year-old homeless man, prosecutors said. Credit: Getty Images/Ajax9 A 47-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder'for allegedly setting fire to a homeless man sleeping at Penn Station on Monday. The office of Manhattan District Attorney…...
Police seek 2 suspects after a sleeping man is set on fire near New York's Penn Station
4+ week, 2+ day ago (189+ words) NEW YORK " Police were searching Tuesday for two suspects believed to have been involved in an attack near Manhattan's Penn Station when a 37-year-old man was set on fire as he slept. New York City Police said three men approached…...
Sleeping homeless man set on fire by 3 men at Penn Station, NYPD says
1+ mon, 11+ hour ago (152+ words) The NYPD responded to the incident on Monday night. Credit: AP / Julia Demaree Nikhinson NYPD detectives are looking'for three men who set a sleeping homeless man on fire at Penn Station on Monday night. Police were called'around'8:40 p.m. after, they said,…...
3 new tenants headed to Samanea New York
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (771+ words) Patrons take lessons at I.FLY Trapeze, an indoor trapeze school, at Samanea New York'in Westbury. Credit: Jeff Bachner Three new tenants are set to open by this spring at Samanea New York, as the Westbury mall's owner continues pushing to…...
Man who lived rent-free in New Yorker Hotel, then claimed to own it, pleads guilty to fraud charge
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (396+ words) The New Yorker Hotel, center, is seen in New York, Nov. 8, 2013. A man who succeeded in using a New York City housing law to live rent-free in the iconic hotel has been charged with fraud after he claimed to own…...
New York City Council clears way for new housing in wide swath of Midtown South
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (640+ words) The New York City Council on Thursday unanimously approved rezonings in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan to'convert'office space into apartments, clearing the way for more than'9,500 new homes along 42 blocks in the heart'of the island. The rezoning, called the'Midtown…...
New York City closes arrival center for migrants in once grand Manhattan hotel
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (502+ words) Members of the Goya family wait for a ride, with their belongings, in front of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. Credit: AP NEW YORK " New York City on Tuesday closed the arrival center for migrants it had…...
'It's a mystery,' attorney in case of Long Island missing couple last seen in Old Brookville on March 30
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (908+ words) The Nassau County Police Department's Missing Persons Squad is investigating the couple's disappearance, which has shocked neighbors in the affluent community and left the children of the couple without their parents. Old Brookville couple'Peishuan Fan, left, and' wife, JuanJuan Zang,…...
34th Street-Penn Station gets 2 new elevators for riders who need reliable access to trains
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (256+ words) The accessibility upgrades at the Manhattan station'will benefit subway riders using the A, C and E lines, the MTA said. A new'elevator is in service at'34 St-Penn Station on the A/C/E lines on Tuesday. Credit: Metropolitan Transportation Authority…...