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A search warrant turned up 317,200 unstamped cigarettes, officials said.
The delis sold packs of cigarettes without stamps to undercover officers in the summer, prosecutors say.
Wenheng Zhao, 42, had more than 2,000 cartons of unstamped cigarettes, prosecutors said.
Wenheng Zhao, 42, was charged with evading cigarette and tobacco products tax, prosecutors said.
Michael Zekry, 69, was busted with 950 cartons of cigarettes.
Cigarettes with illegal tax stamps are sold all over the five boroughs, according to a new NYU study.
UPS knowingly "turned a blind eye" to customers who used them to send untaxed cigarettes, officials say.
Three bouncers punched and kneed the victim outside the Meatpacking District club, police said.
Michael Zekry, 67, smuggled smokes from Virginia to Staten Island, prosecutors said.
Eric Garner, 43, was dressed in all white at the cermony where Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a eulogy.
Eric Garner, 43, died during his arrest for selling untaxed cigarettes on Staten Island.
Eric Garner died as police arrested him on Staten Island Thursday afternoon, the NYPD said.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.