NYPD fatally shoot man who was firing gun in air outside Home Depot in apparent suicide-by-cop: sources

by mgall74 | Mar 6, 2025 | News

A 55-year-old gun-wielding man was shot dead by police in an apparent act of suicide-by-cop in the parking lot of a Staten Island Home Depot Thursday morning, authorities and sources said.  The armed man was inside a black Jeep Wrangler around 5:20 a.m. when he called...

NYC sanitation worker is cleaning up on the beauty pageant circuit after years of training

by mgall74 | Mar 5, 2025 | News

Just call her “Beauty Clean.” Nicole Doz-Pillarella, a 30-year-old Department of Sanitation supervisor from Staten Island, wiped the floor with the competition this past Sunday to claim the Mrs. New York International 2025 title. “It felt like all of the hard work my...

This newly listed Brooklyn penthouse looks out to every city borough, every major landmark — and even the tri-state area

by mgall74 | Mar 4, 2025 | News

Move on over, Empire State Building — this Brooklyn penthouse might just snag the crown for New York City’s ultimate vantage point.  Perched atop the Domino complex in Williamsburg, the tallest tower in the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood, this sky-high stunner at 5 S....

LGBTQ groups march under own banner for first time in Staten Island St. Paddy’s parade: ‘Huge day for the queer community’

by mgall74 | Mar 2, 2025 | News

An LGBTQ group marched for the first time under its own banner at Staten Island’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday in what organizers called a “huge day for the queer community.” The parade — the last major local St. Paddy’s march to have an exclusionary ban on such...

NY nurse goes missing on Thailand jet ski ride after ‘taking off life jacket’

by mgall74 | Feb 27, 2025 | News

A New York nurse went missing while on a jet ski ride in Thailand on Thursday, officials said — with a witness seeing her jump in the water after taking off her life jacket. Nina Ng, 37, from New Springville, Staten Island, disappeared Thursday afternoon shortly after...