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Great Neck, NY
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'Zombie Mall’ Owner Based In Great Neck Headed To Criminal Trial Over Crumbling PA Property 'Zombie Mall’ Owner Based In Great Neck Headed To Criminal Trial Over Crumbling PA Property
'Zombie Mall’ Owner Based In Great Neck Headed To Criminal Trial Over Crumbling PA Property A Long Island-based “zombie mall” owner is facing a criminal trial in Pennsylvania over a deteriorating property outside Pittsburgh. Namdar Realty owns the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills, which has fallen into disrepair over the past decade. The company was charged with creating a public nuisance back in April 2025 but was planning to settle with Allegheny County through an agreement — until a status conference Monday, May 11, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Namdar agreed to abatement work on the property to meet settlement terms, but the work was “not to the Commonwealth’s satis…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus Sues American Dream Mall Claiming 'Thousands' Of Blue Law Violations Paramus Sues American Dream Mall Claiming 'Thousands' Of Blue Law Violations
Paramus Sues American Dream Mall Claiming 'Thousands' Of Blue Law Violations The Borough of Paramus has filed a lawsuit to shut down Sunday retail sales at the American Dream Mall, claiming the East Rutherford complex has repeatedly violated Bergen County’s Blue Laws. In the complaint, filed Aug. 25 in Superior Court, Paramus accuses mall operator Ameream, LLC, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, the Borough of East Rutherford, and Bergen County of allowing more than 120 stores inside the mall to sell prohibited goods on Sundays, despite the county’s 1980 referendum banning such sales. Paramus is home to Westfield's Garden State Plaza, one of the largest…

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by Cecilia Levine
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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Judge Issues Order Against Home Accused Of Hosting Illegal 'Very Lit' Pool Parties In Blauvelt Judge Issues Order Against Home Accused Of Hosting Illegal 'Very Lit' Pool Parties In Blauvelt
Judge Issues Order Against Home Accused Of Hosting Illegal 'Very Lit' Pool Parties In Blauvelt A judge has issued a restraining order against the owners of a Rockland County property accused of repeatedly hosting large, commercial pool parties promoted on social media, town officials announced. On Friday, Aug. 15, the Town of Orangetown filed an action in Rockland County Supreme Court against the owners of 4 Hobbs Drive, Anthony Neil and Sharelle Coore, alleging violations of the town code on short-term rentals, officials announced on Monday, Aug. 18. The town requested a Temporary Restraining Order to stop further activity while the case is pending.  On Monday, Justice Hal B. …

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by Ben Crnic
Middletown, NJ
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Broke Into Jersey Shore Home's Garage, Cut Security Camera Wires: Police Long Island Man Broke Into Jersey Shore Home's Garage, Cut Security Camera Wires: Police
Long Island Man Broke Into Jersey Shore Home's Garage, Cut Security Camera Wires: Police A Long Island man was accused of breaking into a Manasquan home and cutting outdoor security camera wires, authorities said. Thomas Gilmartin of Port Washington, New York, was arrested on Monday, Aug. 5, the Manasquan Borough Police Department said in a news release. Officers responded to a report of someone who broke into the garage of a home on Perrine Boulevard at around 8:02 p.m. Police said the home's back door was kicked in and exterior security camera wires were cut. Several items were also taken from the garage and placed by a side fence. Investigators obtained pictures of the…

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by Chris Spiker
Greenburgh, NY
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Bamboo Planting Banned In Greenburgh After Complaints From Residents Bamboo Planting Banned In Greenburgh After Complaints From Residents
Bamboo Planting Banned In Greenburgh After Complaints From Residents If you were looking to add bamboo to your backyard, you may be flat out of luck if you live in the Westchester town that just banned residents from doing so following several complaints.  On Wednesday, July 12, the Greenburgh Town Board approved legislation that bans new bamboo plantings and tightly regulates existing ones, Town Supervisor Paul Feiner said.  The legislation now makes it unlawful for Greenburgh residents to plant running bamboo into the ground. Additionally, any existing running bamboo must not migrate onto any adjacent property or town right-of-way.  If any …

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by Ben Crnic
Middletown, NJ
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Long Branch Sues Pop-Up Party Promoters: Report Long Branch Sues Pop-Up Party Promoters: Report
Long Branch Sues Pop-Up Party Promoters: Report Long Branch has sued six online party promoters for advertising an upcoming pop-up party in hopes of preventing it turning into one that caused chaos last month, the New Jersey Globe reported. Wavell Thompson of East Orange, Kevin Small of Middlesex, Jayson Glasper of Tintin Falls Akeil T. Anderson, Semya Gill, and Jaylen Courten, a minor, failed to obtain a permit in violation of a local ordinance, created a public nuisance, negligence, and civil conspiracy, the outlet said. A May party drew a crowd of nearly 5,000 young people and resulted in fights, arrests and disrupted local busin…

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by Jon Craig
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Fetty Wap Arrested At Newark Airport Thanks To Ankle Monitor (PHOTOS) Fetty Wap Arrested At Newark Airport Thanks To Ankle Monitor (PHOTOS)
Fetty Wap Arrested At Newark Airport Thanks To Ankle Monitor (Photos) Rapper Fetty Wap was arrested at Newark Airport Friday after authorities were alerted to his ankle monitor, TMZ reports. Officers speaking to the Paterson native realized he had a warrant out for his arrest in connection with a public nuisance incident in North Bergen, the outlet says. (Fetty Wap Arrested on Warrant at Newark Airport) https://t.co/wpZ6vNSeT2 pic.twitter.com/ChTGaisqGW — Celebrity Slammer (@CelebSlammer) December 17, 2021 The rapper -- whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II -- was one of six men arrested by federal officials in October and charged with running an e…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
18 ATVs Recovered In Newark Crackdown 18 ATVs Recovered In Newark Crackdown
18 ATVs Recovered In Newark Crackdown Eighteen illegal dirt bikes and ATVs were recovered in the first week of a crackdown in Newark, authorities said. The nine dirt bikes were recovered from: One from the 800 block of South 14th Street; two from N. 6th Street and Park Avenue; one from the 500 block of Clinton Avenue; one from Avon Avenue and Treacy Avenue; and three from one vacant apartment and a fourth dirt bike in another vacant apartment at a building in the 100 block of Roseville Avenue. Nine ATVs were recovered from: One from Astor Street and Brunswick Street; one from the 600 block of Irvine Turner Boulevard; two from M…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Brick Officers Struck By Car Breaking Up Wild House Party Brick Officers Struck By Car Breaking Up Wild House Party
Brick Officers Struck By Car Breaking Up Wild House Party UPDATE: A pair of Brick Township police officers breaking up a wild house party and street revelers were struck by a vehicle -- sending one of the officers to the hospital, authorities said. Darius Edwards, 24, of Brooklyn, fled in a white Mercedes Benz after hitting Brick Officer Joseph Riccio and a detective overnight Monday, Sgt. Jim Kelly later said. Riccio was treated for a knee injury at Ocean Medical Center, while the detective was not injured, Kelly said. Initial responding officers estimated there were more than 400 partygoers at the Atlantic Drive home of Michelle Cicchillo, who …

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by Jon Craig
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot
Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot One of the last hookah lounges shut down by Paterson authorities is now a daycare center – so what will become of the latest, which was closed before dawn Saturday after authorities slapped the owner with 20 violations? Vice and ABC detectives, assisted by uniformed officers and city firefighters, found “various ignited hookahs pipes” when they raided the Besan Café on East Railway Avenue at 1:25 a.m., Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They seized 69 hookahs and various accessories, as well as $1,657 in proceeds from the owner, Fhaid Abuawad, Speziale said. Police also found a Pietro Be…

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by Jerry DeMarco