Every year, families, firefighters, police officers, veterans, elected leaders and neighbors meet for a reading of the names. It is a promise to keep their memories and stories alive.

Bronx communities mark 25 years since 9/11 with local memorials

Police identified the teen as Jayden Velasquez, of Brooklyn. Friends affectionately called him “Gekko” and said he was well known around the neighborhood.

Teen killed in Williamsburg shooting hours before start of his senior year

The collapse happened at 477 Willis Ave., where crews were working to expand a vacant one-story building into two stories.

Work stopped at Bronx construction site after collapse injures 2 workers

Video posted to Citizen showed emergency crews arriving and police blocking off part of the street as they investigated.

Bed-Stuy man dies after being shot in the head in Brownsville

A high school that fits just one floor is getting ready to grow, and their next chapter will begin inside a Sunset Park building that has already educated generations of children.

Launch High School moving into former Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy space

According to the NYPD, the man came within about 3 feet of the closest officer and raised the knife toward him. An officer standing on the bridge’s roadway fired once, hitting the man.

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