NEW YORK (PIX11) – Former U.S. Rep. George Santos announced Tuesday he is ending his run for Congress in New York’s 1st Congressional District. Santos announced his decision in a post on X. "I have decided to withdraw from my independent run for #NY1… I don’t want my run to be portrayed as reprisal against Nick Lalota… Although Nick and I don’t have the same voting record and I remain critical of his abysmal record, I don’t want to split the ticket and be responsible for handing the house to Dems… It is clear that with the rise of antisemitism in our country we cannot afford to hand the house ..read more

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Thieves are targeting New York City cab drivers, and in some cases, their cars have been stolen. This could be part of a pattern in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Cab driver Bamory Sanogo described a terrifying ordeal. He said minutes after picking up a fare near Hampden Place and Fordham Road in the Bronx, things quickly went south. He said his passengers, a man and a woman became his attackers. "She open the door and put hand in my pocket and take all my money," Sanogo said. In the blink of an eye, about $130 was gone. The duo also took off with Sanogo's car. Sanogo is a ..read more

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Two New York City employees were arrested on sex charges on Tuesday morning, according to the NYPD. Julio Alcantara- Santiago, 40, and Christian Garcia, 32, were arrested at 9:25 a.m., police said ..read more

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced the state's FY25 budget, which includes a plan to shut down stores selling marijuana illegally. The budget, which was approved on Saturday, authorizes the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) to padlock stores violating the state's marijuana laws. The plan allows for the OCM to padlock illegal "storefronts immediately following an inspection if they are selling illicit cannabis and pose an imminent threat to health and safety," according to the state's website. Officials will start "cracking down on landlords," launch a tas ..read more

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state's FY25 Budget, which includes a plan to shut down stores selling marijuana illegally. The budget, which was approved on Saturday, authorizes the Office of Cannabis Management to padlock stores violating the state's marijuana laws. The plan allows for the OCM to padlock illegal "storefronts immediately following an inspection if they are selling illicit cannabis and pose an imminent threat to health and safety," according to the state's website. Officials will start "cracking down on landlords," launch a task force that wil ..read more

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Renting in New York City comes with specific challenges, such as finding affordable housing and navigating the eviction process. Fortunately, several laws are in place to protect New York City tenants from being unlawfully evicted from their apartments.  What is an eviction? An eviction is a court process that a landlord must start to oust a tenant from a rented room, apartment, or house. The eviction case begins when the landlord serves the tenant with a notice of petition. The notice of petition has the time, date, and place of the court hearing and describes why ..read more

NEW YORK (PIX11)-- A few subway stations are getting much-needed upgrades, repairs and deep cleanings as part of the city's “Re-NEW-vation” program, the MTA announced Tuesday.  During the first three months of 2024, the MTA completed upgrades at 13 subway stations throughout the city. Now 13 additional subway stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx have been selected for the next phase of NYCT’s Re-NEW-vation Program ..read more

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The Adams administration “will address” NYPD officers illegally parking cruisers after the U.S. Department of Justice threatened to sue the police department over the issue, a city official said Tuesday. In March, the Department of Justice issued a warning to the NYPD to stop illegally parking police cruisers on sidewalks, crosswalks and other areas in New York City where they shouldn’t be parked. The issue is so widespread that it has become a civil rights violation against people with disabilities who use the city's pedestrian grid, according to federal officials ..read more

CHELSEA, Manhattan (PIX11) --- A man accused of punching a woman in the face on a Manhattan street is the latest bust in a string of unprovoked attacks going viral on social media, police said. Daquan Armstea, 31, of the Bronx, allegedly assaulted the 23-year-old woman near 541 Sixth Ave. in Chelsea at around 10 a.m. on March 20, accoridng to the NYPD. The woman was punched in the face and taken to the hospital with a nose injury, police said. Armstea allegedly ran off after the attack before he was recently apprehended, police said. There have been 95 unprovoked attacks this year, and 50 of t ..read more

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- A pink full moon will rise Tuesday night in New York City, a celestial event impacting four zodiac signs. The “Pink Moon” will reach peak illumination at 7:49 p.m., according to Almanac. While the moon will not appear pink, it will have a golden hue as it illuminates the sky. Full moons shine a spotlight on hidden matters, and this will amplified while the moon moves into the sign Scorpio. Scorpio is a mysterious and intense zodiac sign ruled by the planets, Pluto and Mars, according to Almanac ..read more