A crypto investor charged with kidnapping an Italian man in a Manhattan townhouse for days to steal his Bitcoin has been released $1 million bond.| NBC New York
The state Department of Children and Families (DCF) is detailing their findings in the case of a Waterbury man who claims he was held captive for 20 years. DCF said it followed protocols after conducting an internal review of their handling of the case, which spanned from the time he was a boy until he set a fire inside the home in February to escape. Firefighters who responded to the home earlier this year to put out the fire found the 32-year-old man emaciated, weighing only 68 pounds, offi...| NBC New York
At least five people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem, the NYC Department of Health said Friday, as it announced a cluster investigation was now underway. Health officials are looking into this type of pneumonia, which is caused by bacteria that grow in warm water. The positive reports have been found in Central Harlem (ZIP codes 10027, 10030,…| NBC New York
A heat advisory has been issued for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for heat indices forecasted to reach 100 degrees for the first half of the week.| NBC New York
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the cobblestone and tree-lined street in front of the U.S. Consulate about 100 miles (160 kilometers) away in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital.| NBC New York
Ahead of the 2022 school year, the education technology company 21stCentEd was seeking to expand its presence in New York City’s public schools. So they turned to a man, Terence Banks, whose new consulting firm promised to connect clients with top government stakeholders. Banks wasn’t a registered lobbyist. His day job, at the time, was as a supervisor in the…| NBC New York
A former prisoner in the women’s jail on Rikers Island is suing New York City, alleging jail staff ignored her warnings in 2022 that a transgender woman housed among females was actually a man pretending to be a woman in order to prey on the opposite sex behind bars| NBC New York