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Offering a front row seat for one of the world’s most popular and longest-running parades, NBC 4 New York will carry exclusive, live coverage of the 263rd New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 16. Starting at 11 a.m. ET and continuing through 3 p.m. ET, Tri-State viewers can enjoy the over-the-air broadcast on WNBC, on...

The NYPD is looking for a man who allegedly followed a young woman off a train and tried to rape her in the subway station this past weekend, authorities say. According to police, the suspect, seen in the surveillance image above, followed the 20-year-old victim off a Queens-bound F train at 169th Street shortly after midnight on Saturday. Once in&...

The jury in the trial of Michelle Troconis has gone home without reaching a verdict following another day of deliberations on Thursday. Jurors sent out a note to the judge around 12:15 p.m. with questions about one of the counts of tampering with evidence. Judge Kevin Randolph read the questions in court. “In order to constitute tampering, do...

A woman was arrested in the caught-on-camera bottle attack on a Herald Square musician as he performed for the evening rush crowd earlier this month, the NYPD said — but she was then released without bail hours later. Amira Hunter, of Brooklyn, was charged Thursday with assault in the Feb. 13 attack at the midtown transit hub. It wasn’t clear...

A subway conductor was taken to a hospital after being slashed in the neck in an apparently random Brooklyn attack Thursday, the latest in a series of violent incidents plaguing the transit system in recent weeks, authorities say. Police swarmed the Rockaway Avenue subway station, on the C line, after getting a 911 call about the 3:40 a.m. attack. ...

Are you vehemently opposed to the MTA’s plan of charging vehicles at least $15 to enter Manhattan around midtown and below? Or perhaps you’re excited to what the new influx of funds could do to help your subway commute each day? Either way, now’s the time to let your voice be heard.

Since New York legalized marijuana in 2021, unlicensed pot shops have proliferated across NYC, with limited pushback from authorities. On Tuesday, Gov. Hochul called on sites such as Yelp and Google Maps to stop listing them, and also renewed calls for the state Legislature to beef up enforcement powers and penalties.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has approved a Democrat-drawn congressional map that gives the party a modest boost in a few battleground districts. The map approved Wednesday comes as the party’s candidates face a heavily contested election year in which House races in the state could determine control of Congress. Lawmakers in the Democrat-domin...

A New York man is facing charges after shooting another man to death at his suburban home, then putting the victim in his car and setting it on fire just off the Palisades Parkway, according to the district attorney.

Jurors had their first full day of deliberations in Stamford for the trial of Michelle Troconis. They were given the case late Monday, but only had the chance to deliberate for about 30 minutes. By the end of the day, according to the judge, they requested an easel for their work. Tuesday only yielded one question from the jury, which…...

A strong cold front will deliver big changes to the tri-state area’s weather for the finish of the workweek.  The unusually warm late-winter weather that the region had seen ahead of the front on Wednesday will be replaced by wintry feel Thursday morning. The strong southwest wind keeping temperatures in the 50s Wednesday evening will shift fr...

A New York man has pleaded guilty to charges he illegally trafficked birdwing butterflies and other rare insects. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that Charles Limmer’s plea deal calls for a $30,000 penalty, and he had to turn over a collection of 1,000 butterflies, moths and other insects. Some of the dried specimens include birdwing butte...

NYC is piloting the first public E-Bike charging station that’s open to delivery workers. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.