Manhattan

The long-awaited return of a New York City attraction arrives Monday: the reopening of The Vessel.

After serving nearly 24 years in prison before being granted clemency and starring in last year’s movie “ Sing Sing,” Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez has officially been exonerated of a murder prosecutors now say he didn’t commit.

An explosion along a Manhattan sidewalk rattled nerves as it sent huge chunks of sidewalk flying into the air — but miraculously, no one was hurt, according to officials.

A popular adult entertainer has been arrested and charged in New York with sending and receiving “hundreds of video of child pornography.”

A suspect stole an SUV with a 1-year-old girl in it as the vehicle idled outside a Manhattan preschool Tuesday, police say. Officers responded to a call about a grand larceny auto in progress on West 134th Street shortly before 9 a.m., just outside of the Chloe Day School. A father had double parked outside the school to bring his…