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Fall Dangers Spark Huge Office Chair Recall From NY Company: What To Know
More than 15,000 office chairs are being recalled after reports that the backrests detached, creating a fall hazard.
Branch issued the recall for about 16,000 of its Ergonomic Chairs, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday, Sept. 3. About 180 additional chairs were sold in Canada.
The recall applies to height-adjustable chairs with backrest anchors that were installed incorrectly during manufacturing. The affected chairs were made between Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, and Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
Branch, which is based in New York City, has received 11 reports of …
Crime Down In NY, Hochul Says: Here's How Much Murder, Shootings, Property Offenses Decreased
Crime fell across New York in 2026, with new state data showing declines in overall offenses, violent crime, robberies, murders, and property crime in communities across the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.
The 28 police departments participating in New York's Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative reported a 7 percent decrease in index crime during the first five months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office said on Thursday, Sept. 3.
Those departments reported 29,654 index crimes from January through May, down from 31,752 during t…
‘The View’ Star’s Hamptons Home Sold For $5.65 Million — Barely Half Initial Price
Joy Behar took a steep discount to finally offload her Hamptons mansion.
Behar, the 83-year-old co-host of “The View,” sold her Sag Harbor property for $5.65 million — just more than half the initial $10.95 million asking price — on Thursday, Aug. 28, Realtor.com reported.
After the initial listing, Behar steadily dropped the price over the course of 2025, then briefly raised it back to $6.995 million in early 2026, according to Realtor.com. Despite setting the stage for potential renovations, Behar eventually again dropped the price.
A nearby house, albeit with more modern upgrades, sold …
Estranged Husband Admits Murdering Mother-In-Law Outside LI Birthday Party: Authorities
A Long Island man admitted to murdering his estranged mother-in-law on Thursday, Sept. 3, authorities said.
Erick Corado Gonzalez, 29, of Glen Cove, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for stabbing 51-year-old Ana Espinoza to death outside a restaurant in September 2024, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
Gonzalez was estranged from his wife and her family at the time and was not invited to the wife’s birthday celebration on Sept. 28, 2024, at La Candela II restaurant in West Hempstead, investigators said.
But as the revelers were leaving in the early hours of Sept. 29, …
Best, Worst Places To Retire In US Revealed In New Ranking: How NY Fared
A new report shows which cities offer the best affordability, activities, and other benefits for retirees.
WalletHub released its 2026 Best & Worst Places to Retire ranking on Monday, Aug. 31. The personal finance website compared 182 US cities across 45 measures covering affordability, activities, quality of life, and health care.
The study evaluated cities using factors including adjusted cost of living, taxes, recreation and senior centers, museums, weather, crime rates, access to health care providers, hospital quality, and life expectancy. The analysis assumes retirees ar…
AI Goes Dark: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok Hit By Widespread Outages
If your favorite AI chatbot suddenly stopped answering Thursday morning, Sept. 3, you weren't alone.
Tens of thousands of users reported problems with some of the world's biggest artificial intelligence platforms as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini all saw spikes in outage complaints, according to Downdetector.
OpenAI's ChatGPT appeared to take the biggest hit.
More than 37,000 outage reports had been filed for the service by around 11 a.m. ET, Forbes reported, citing Downdetector. Reports began surging after 9 a.m. and climbed sharply around 11 a.m.
OpenAI confirmed it was investigating…
LI Contractor Pocketed $68K For Home Makeover, Never Lifted A Hammer: Cops
A fraudulent Long Island contractor took $68,000 for a home improvement project, then never did any work, police said.
Brian Draizin, 65, of Boynton Beach, FL, first struck the deal with a 38-year-old homeowner in December 2024, the Nassau County Police Department said Thursday, Sept. 3.
Draizin owned and ran Next Generation Modular Homes & Additions Inc. in Farmingdale and cashed a $68,512 check from the victim, police said. But he never even started any renovations or work on the client’s home, according to authorities.
After trying to contact Draizin numerous times over the next 18 …
