A man accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire as she slept on a New York City subway train last month pleaded not guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder and other charges. The suspect, Sebastian Zapeta-Calil,
The man accused of torching a sleeping woman to death on a New York City subway train identified himself as the man starting the fire captured in video.
Hochul’s state-funded proposal puts NYPD officers on every train for eight hours per night for the next six months.
Federal immigration officials said Mr. Zapeta-Calil is an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala who had been deported in 2018. He later returned illegally to the United States and was living in a homeless shelter in Brooklyn for men with drug problems ...
Just weeks after a 57-year-old woman tragically was burned to death on an F train, the NYPD seeks assistance identifying an individual wanted for several incidents of arson in Manhattan
During the first Trump administration, NYC churches became safe havens for undocumented immigrants. Some now fear these churches are not safe enough.
A vigil was held Sunday in Brooklyn for Debrina Kawam​, the woman fatally set on fire on a subway back in December​.
New York City is imposing a controversial new driving tax on vehicles headed south of Central Park or into Manhattan from New Jersey and Brooklyn.