An AI chatbot released by the New York City government to help business owners access pertinent information has been spouting falsehoods, at times even misinforming users about actions that are against the law, according to a report from . The report, which was co-published with the local nonprofit newsrooms Documented and The City, includes numerous …
CHELSEA, Manhattan (WABC) — A 40-year-old man has been charged in the assault of a TikTok influencer in Chelsea earlier this week as several women have come forward to share similar stories. Influencer Hailey McGookin — who goes by “Halley Kate” — made a tearful video recalling an attack on March 25 near W 16th …
UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — Get ready to be transported to Northern India with kebabs and cocktails, including a very colorful drink in celebration of Holi, the festival of colors. This week, Neighborhood Eats takes you to Kebab aur Sharab located at 247 West 72nd Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. “Kebab …
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) — The stepson of a 3-year-old’s babysitter has been arrested in connection to his death in Brooklyn. Denim Brown was left in the care of a babysitter inside a New York Avenue apartment in Crown Heights on Sunday. The 3-year-old was rushed to Kings County Hospital with head and neck trauma …
NEW YORK (WABC) — Video captured from a passenger’s phone shows the moments that escalated to a shooting on a subway train in Brooklyn that sent riders running for their lives. The incident unfolded on a northbound A train at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station around 4:45 p.m. Thursday. One man was hospitalized in critical condition, one …
EAST ELMHURST, Queens (WABC) — A 52-year-old with a history of driving recklessly was charged after striking two brothers — and killing one — in East Elmhurst on Wednesday afternoon. The two young brothers were walking with their mother in a crosswalk when a pickup truck crashed into them in Queens. Bayron Palomino Arroyo, 8, …
NEW YORK (WABC) — The Israel Defense Forces announced Tuesday morning that Itay Chen, a 19-year-old dual citizen, was killed on Oct. 7 and his body is being held by Hamas in Gaza. Chen was one of at least six U.S. citizens still thought to have been held alive in Gaza. His father Ruby Chen, …
NEW YORK (WABC) — Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to reveal her plans to bring in state resources for combatting subway crime in an announcement on Wednesday. Hochul says she wants commuters to feel safer underground, but recent data shows an uptick in crime in the subway system. Officials last week released stats showing violent …
NEW YORK (WABC) — After several violent attacks over the weekend, Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to announce an increase in law enforcement in the subway system. Police are hard at work to find the suspect behind the unprovoked attack on a 64-year-old man at Penn Station. Officials say the victim fell onto the tracks …
NEW YORK — A man randomly kicked onto the subway tracks in Midtown on Sunday says he is lucky to be alive. Abu Khan, 64, fell onto the subway tracks after someone came up behind him and kicked him in the back Sunday inside Penn Station. He was injured, but if not for the bravery …