The Bronx

Police are looking for a pair of robbers they say allegedly stole an ATV from the flatbed of a towing vehicle in the Bronx. The NYPD received a report that on Sunday, shortly before 7 p.m., that a 32-year-old man was driving a tow truck with a flatbed on the Bruckner Expressway Service Road at Bruckner Boulevard in the vicinity…

FBI agents and the NYPD responded to a Bronx post office shortly before it opened Tuesday after a 56-year-old postal worker reported someone hit her in the head with a firearm and ordered her to open the building and a safe with about $100,000 in cash inside it, according to law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the case. Ida...

A Bronx man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally strangling his mother-in-law in front of two of his children in 2019, the district attorney announced Wednesday. Angel Montanez, 42, was given his sentence Wednesday after he was found guilty of second-degree murder in connection to the case on May 25. The guilty verdict and…

Married off-duty NYPD detectives and their toddler came within inches of a stray bullet Monday night. Melissa Colorado reports.

The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the Bronx that claimed two lives and hospitalized more than two dozen others has ended, New York City health officials said Friday. It’s been four weeks since the last new case, the Health Department reported, and through its investigation found 30 connected cases — 28 of which leads to hospitalizations. Four people were still admitted…

New video shows the terrifying moment a driver in the Bronx struck a 12-year-old girl in the street, sending her flying into the air — and then driving away without checking on the girl, according to police.

The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the Bronx has claimed the life of another person, raising the death toll to two, New York City health officials said Wednesday as they confirmed additional cases to the ongoing outbreak. As of the latest report, 24 diagnosed Legionnaires’ cases have been linked to a cluster affecting two ZIP codes in the borough’s Highbridge neighborhood…

Legionnaires’ disease is a type of pneumonia that is caused by the Legionella bacteria, which the health department said grows in warm water.

Sea levels hit record highs last year, and much of the ocean experienced at least one “strong” heat wave. The changing temperatures and chemistry are posing problems for ocean-dwelling creatures and coral reefs, and the time to act on it is now, says Laurie Katz, vice president of conservation group Blue Nature.

The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the Bronx has turned deadly, New York City health officials said Wednesday as they confirmed the first fatality linked to the new cluster — and added another nine cases to the total. As of the latest report, 19 diagnosed Legionnaires’ cases have been linked to a cluster affecting two ZIP codes in the borough’s Highbridge…

There are now 10 confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the Bronx, according to city health officials who also say the investigation into the cluster continues. The probe consists of a cluster in Highbridge, where the 10 patients who were diagnosed in the weeks since May 9 live, according to city health officials. In their prior update, delivered just this…

A fire broke out in a six-story building on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx Sunday night. There were a total of eleven injuries, including one firefighter, injured..

The video, obtained exclusively by NBC New York, shows a group of people attacking the girl, with witnesses seen standing around and watching the attack, recording with their smartphones — one even applauded.

The NYPD is searching for a trio they said beat a 13-year-old girl and stole her sneakers and cellphone during a robbery in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx earlier this week.

The NYPD is searching for a trio they said beat a 13-year-old girl and stole her sneakers and cellphone during a robbery in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx earlier this week. Police say that on Tuesday, shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Valentine Avenue, teen girl was approached from behind by three unidentified individuals. According to the NYPD, the…

Several people were injured in a Bronx explosion Tuesday. Tracie Strahan reports.

It was a special day that one New Jersey family feared might not happen. Sixty-nine-year-old Frank Piccillo needed a rare double organ transplant to survive both liver and lung failure. A procedure so rare it had never been done before in New York. But not only was the procedure a success – a year and a half later, over this…

After suffering both liver and lung failure, a New Jersey father needed a double organ transplant — a procedure so rare, it had never been done before in New York. But a year and a half after the procedure, he will be dancing at his son’s wedding. NBC New York’s Jen Maxfield reports.