More than five dozen bars, pubs, karaoke spots and raves, from the East Village to midtown, are participating in the seasonally scorned, Yuletide bacchanal. It began Saturday morning outside Penn Station with Christmas carols, discounted booze, and hundreds of Santas and his helpers, and radiated across Manhattan.


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The FDNY honored added the names of 32 firefighters who have died of 9/11-related illnesses to its memorial wall in a ceremony Wednesday. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

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NYPD Sgt. Christopher Leap is back home in Babylon after he was shot and wounded along with his partner after pursuing a suspect in Manhattan.

'I'm doing fine'

Wounded NYPD officer Christopher Leap arrived home in Suffolk late Thursday evening accompanied by family and members of the NYPD. 

Wounded NYPD officer Christopher Leap arrives home 

Plaza33, a pedestrian plaza outside of Penn Station, was unveiled on Monday.

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Inflation, expanded services and increased participation have driven up costs in a program that runs to 2090.

New York delegation aims to close $2.7B shortfall in WTC health funding

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The bill was introduced in March 2023 and remains waiting to be heard by the House Oversight Committee.

9/11 victims' families join officials in push to make Sept. 11 a federal holiday

Paul Belloisi was convicted by a jury in May 2023 of all three counts of an indictment charging him with importing cocaine, conspiring to possess and import cocaine into John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Feds: Ex-American Airlines mechanic gets 9 years for smuggling cocaine into JFK

Officials said a new law that went into effect Sept. 1 allows for additional enforcement.

MTA: 132 vehicles impounded during August enforcement of ghost plate, chronic toll violators

The FDNY added 32 names to a memorial wall of city firefighters, paramedics and other department members who have died of 9/11-related illnesses.

LIers' names added to FDNY 9/11 memorial wall

While the MTA continues its push to return to pre-COVID ridership levels, some commuters fear a return to crowded conditions.

LIRR ridership rebounds 17% in first 6 months

The south tube remained shuttered late Wednesday afternoon.

Queens-Midtown Tunnel reopens after closure following drilling mistake, officials say

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Bernardo Raul Castro Mata was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly shooting and wounding two NYPD police officers from Long Island earlier this month.

Queens DA: 'These police officers were just doing a traffic stop'

President Joe Biden's order Tuesday could mean fewer migrants moving to New York City and Long Island.

President signs executive order 

Opening statements began Monday in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump.

'It's a case as to bookkeeping'

ICYMI: Trump spoke to reporters at his namesake tower in Manhattan on Friday, his return to campaigning a day after he was convicted of trying to illegally influence the 2016 election by falsifying business records.

  'It's not hush money. It's a nondisclosure agreement.'

12 Jurors and one alternate were picked for Donald Trump's hush money trial. 

Jurors picked for Trump's trial

A former LI man set himself on fire at a park outside the courthouse of the Trump hush money trial where jury selection happened.

Former LI man ablaze outside trial

New York City Parks Department says work is underway to rebuild and restore the legendary New York State Pavilion for future generations to enjoy. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports.

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The driver of the car implicated in the killing of Det. Jonathan Diller last month said he went to buy some liquor and upon his return to the vehicle had no idea the other man in his car accused of shooting Diller was going to start firing, according to records.

'Justice for our hero, brother Jonathan Diller'

Former President Donald Trump was in court as jury selection began in his hush money criminal trial.

Trump: 'This is political persecution'

NYPD officials said officer Jonathan Diller and his partner were investigating a man who had what appeared to be a gun in his sweatshirt before the fatal encounter on March 25 in Queens.

New details in fatal shooting case

A grand jury has indicted Guy Rivera and Lindy Jones in connection with the shooting that led to the death of NYPD Det. Jonathan Diller of Massapequa Park, officials disclosed Monday.

Indictments in killing of NYPD officer

Guy Rivera was charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of NYPD officer Jonathan Diller of Long Island during a traffic stop in Far Rockaway, authorities said.

Accused shooter charged with first-degree murder of NYPD officer

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