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Queens cab rider killed in ambush, 14-year-old girl hurt as NYC gun crime soars
Sun, 01 Nov 2020 10:16:14 -0500 The 27-year-old passenger — identified by police sources as Diego Vasquez — was struck multiple times in the head and body as he sat in the back of the car in Elmhurst just before 1:30 a.m.
Pandemic porch thieves stoop to new lows, swiping goods and emptying boxes
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 18:16:24 -0400 Pandemic porch pirates. Theyre a new breed with a new M.O.: more brazen and pickier, ripping open packages, grabbing the priciest stuff, and leaving the boxes and bubble wrap behind. Adelaide Spence is a victim. So is Sebastian Shapiro, Alex Morton, Jennifer Chused and tens of thousands of other New Yorkers across the city who…
Nearly 400 revelers busted at NYC Halloween warehouse party
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 16:27:54 -0400 It was a mostly maskless monster mash. A Brooklyn Halloween party with nearly 400 revelers was busted early Saturday for violating social-distancing and large-gathering rules, officials said. Using surveillance video, the New York City Sheriffs Department watched about 150 people enter a warehouse at 23 Meadow St. in Williamsburg before sending deputies to the scene…
Uber passenger fatally shot after pit stop in Brooklyn
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 14:14:05 -0400 An Uber passenger who requested a pit stop during his trip was shot and killed early Saturday in Brooklyn, police said. At some point during his ride, Sheldon Nyack, 32, asked the driver to make a stop on Avenue H, between East 53rd and East 54th streets in Flatlands, according to police. When Nyack got…
Three firefighters hurt battling five-alarm blaze at auto body shop
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 13:51:11 -0400 A fire raged through a school bus repair shop Saturday morning in Brooklyn, injuring three firefighters, officials said. The blaze erupted at the Logan Bus Company facility at 3432 Atlantic Ave. in Cypress Hills shortly after 7:30 a.m., according to FDNY Chief of Department John Sudnik. Stay-at-home mom Cindy Monnar, 28, said she heard an…
Paroled killer arrested in NYC subway shooting
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:59:21 -0400 A two-time murderer whod been released on lifetime parole is back behind bars after she was arrested on Friday for allegedly shooting a man in the neck during an argument at a Manhattan subway station earlier this month, police said. Before being released just last year, Rona Love, 59, had spent 25 years in…
Ambulance flips in multi-car crash on NYCs Prospect Expressway
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 20:12:12 -0400 An ambulance flipped over in a multi-vehicle crash on the Prospect Expressway in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, on Friday evening, photos and videos show. The smash-up occurred just before 5:30 p.m. on the expressway at the Fort Hamilton Parkway. One of the vehicles appears to have been rear-ended by a truck, while two other cars can…
NY state senator mum about sisters creepy house across the street from him
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:36:48 -0400 Neighbors say they’ve been creeped out for months by an apparent concrete and plaster “art installation” in the front yard of a Brooklyn row house owned by the sister of state Sen. Kevin Parker, who lives right across the street. Since last December, the front yard to the two-story brick home on Avenue H in…
Homeless man dies after being set on fire during argument
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:05:28 -0400 A homeless man died more than a month after he was set on fire during a squabble over a scooter in Brooklyn, cops said Friday. Patrick Winkler, 46, who lived at a Manhattan shelter, was arguing with a man he knew at Schenectady Avenue and Rutland Road in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens around 9:20 p.m. Sept. 16,…
Man who spent 29 years behind bars for Brooklyn slaying gets conviction tossed
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:21:11 -0400 A man who spent 29 years behind bars for murder had his conviction overturned Friday after the Brooklyn DAs Office admitted a prosecutor withheld key information from his defense. I want to thank my mother for standing behind me, cleared con Gerard Domond, who has been out on parole since 2016, told a judge…
Paul Rudd hands out cookies to Brooklyn voters waiting in line
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 10:01:31 -0400 He gave out sweet treats to thank everyone for their patience.
Bail reform, Sopranos star Edie Falco front and center in Gounardes race
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:43:25 -0400 The controversy over bail reform has emerged as the core issue in the most contested race for a state Senate seat in New York City. Billionaire Ron Lauder’s Super PAC “Safe Together” unloads on first-term Brooklyn Democratic state Sen. Andrew Gounardes in a radio ad released Thursday for his support of a law eliminating cash…
Parents of Brooklyn teen shot in broad daylight plead with killer to surrender
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:52:24 -0400 “I ask them to find peace in their heart and that perhaps they turn themselves in so that he can be at peace,” Isabel Estrada, whose 17-year-old son, Derek Tiucios, was killed.
Protester who allegedly assaulted NYPD cop arraigned, released without bail
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:53:14 -0400 Claire Haviland, 22, was among 29 protesters who were arrested Tuesday night as rowdy demonstrations erupted in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
NYPD deploys robot dog after woman shot during Brooklyn parking dispute
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:42:59 -0400 A fight over a parking spot ended with one combatant’s wife getting accidentally shot and cops later deployed a robot “dog” when the gunman holed up in a nearby basement, according to police sources and photos from the scene. The dispute happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday on Atkins Avenue near Sutter Avenue in Cypress…
Man scrawls anti-Semitic graffiti on window of NYC juice bar: cops
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:41:00 -0400 A man scrawled an anti-Semitic statement on the window of a Brooklyn juice bar this week, cops said. The man graffitied the words, Syrian Jew W—es F–k You on the Very Juice Bar at Avenue P near East 2nd Street in Mapleton around 2:10 a.m. Tuesday before taking off, cops said. The suspect, captured on…
Nine shot, three killed in latest NYC gun violence: cops
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:55:13 -0400 Nine people were shot three fatally across the city Wednesday and Thursday, according to police. Most recently, a 38-year-old man was shot in the right leg and left ankle, and a 47-year-old man blasted in the butt at Patchen Avenue and Van Buren Street in Bushwick around 1 a.m. Thursday, cops said. They…
NYC Board of Elections way understaffed at large-volume early voting sites
Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:21:53 -0400 The embattled city Board of Elections mismanaged key facets of its early voting program, The Post has learned, including allocating ballot scanners with little regard for demand and stuffing so many voters into balloting sites that it overwhelmed its system. The examination of the BOEs preparations comes as thousands of New York City voters again…
One teen dead, another injured after broad daylight shooting in NYC
Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:19:09 -0400 A teen was shot dead and another injured when a gunman opened fire on a Brooklyn street in broad daylight Wednesday, police said. A 17-year-old was shot once in the chest and once in the face around 2:30 p.m. in front of 436 East 26th Street in Flatbush, cops said. He was rushed to Kings…
One killed, five injured as gunplay rages across New York City
Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:47:04 -0400 Five people were shot — one fatally — in three separate incidents across Gotham Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the NYPD. Most recently, Marvin Carroway, 34, was blasted in the head in the lobby of his own building, on the grounds of NYCHAs Hughes Houses on Sutter Avenue near Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville just…

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