Sources: BBC
Seventeen people are killed and 44 others are injured after a fire spreads through a 19-story apartment building in the Bronx, New York City, United States. 2022-01-9
Frank Cali, the reputed head of the Gambino crime family, is shot dead by an unknown assailant outside his home in Todt Hill, Staten Island, New York City. It is the first targeted killing of a mob boss in New York City since Paul Castellano was assassinated in 1985. 2019-03-13
The New York City sky lights up in blue after a transformer in Astoria, Queens, explodes. 2018-12-27
A woman goes on a stabbing rampage in Queens, New York City, injuring five, including three infants. All are in stable condition. 2018-09-21
Amtrak Police taser a man at New York's Penn Station after the man allegedly became agitated due to a delayed train. Bystanders, falsely believing a shooting had occurred, caused a stampede, injuring more than a dozen people. 2017-04-14
Swedish deputy prime minister Åsa Romson is criticized after referring to the September 11 attacks in New York as mere "accidents". Romson made the comments on public television while discussing the resignation of housing minister Mehmet Kaplan who had compared Israel's treatment of Arabs to the Nazis' treatment of Jews during the Holocaust. 2016-04-19
Rescue crew continue to search for victims in the explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem, which killed 8 and injured more than 70. 2014-03-14
The New York Police Department (NYPD) states that preliminary tests indicate ricin was present in letters that were sent to the office of New York City Mayor and media mogul Michael Bloomberg, and to the office of the Director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. 2013-05-29
A helicopter crashes into the East River in New York City killing one person and injuring three after taking off from the East 34th Street Heliport. 2011-10-4
The United States approves more than $4 billion assistance for rescuers and residents whose health was affected after the September 11 attacks in New York City in 2001. 2010-12-22