NYPD disbands unit after violent Brooklyn arrest video
The NYPD has disbanded a Brooklyn North narcotics unit and launched a 90-day review after a violent video showed detectives beating Timothy Brown, who they later admitted was mistakenly identified as a drug suspect. The video shows officers punching, kicking and dragging Brown inside a Cobble Hill liquor store during...
Primark Invades Herald Square With Four-Floor Fashion Flagship Near Penn Station
Herald Square is about to get even busier. Primark is opening its first Manhattan store on May 8, taking over a four-floor flagship with roughly 54,000 square feet of selling space at 150 W. 34th St., directly across from Penn Station. The retailer is planning a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting and a block-party style celebration in Herald Square Plaza, complete with live...
New York imposes new tipping rules causing the extinction of cash
Digital payment terminals in cafes and bars have raised default suggestions to 22% or more, displacing the old 15% standard. Experts and owners warn of “tipping fatigue,” a phenomenon where the saturation of requests in new industries hurts sectors that traditionally rely on it. The debate in New...
Thousands in New York at risk of losing housing aid as voucher program ends...
Albany, NY (WRGB) — A supportive housing program that serves over 9,000 New Yorkers is about to end years earlier than expected, following an announcement from the federal government. Recipients now have about a week to apply for alternative aid. The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program provides financial support...
Family of grandfather killed by stray bullet in the Bronx calls for manhunt
MOTT HAVEN, the Bronx (PIX11) — Four days after a grandfather who was sitting outside in a courtyard was struck by a stray bullet, which took his life, the family of Edgar Spence spoke out. They called on both authorities and neighbors to do more to bring whoever is behind the fatal shooting to justice. […]
Homeless woman from Chicago charged with arson for setting fires at three Maspeth locations...
A homeless woman from Chicago is being held without bail after she was criminally charged with arson for setting fires at three locations in Maspeth injuring two people on the night of Monday, April 13. Shaniqua Fort, 36, was arraigned Friday in Queens Criminal Court on a complaint charging her...
Man and woman wanted for assaulting security guard inside City MD Urgent Care
Police are looking for a man and a woman who attacked a 21-year-old security guard after an argument inside a City MD Urgent Care in Highbridge. The attack happened inside the location at 2:30 p.m. on April 14. Police say the duo stabbed the guard in the back with an...
Lower East Side Block Rattled As 16-Year-Old Shot On Madison Street
A 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg Monday on Madison Street on the Lower East Side, according to police, turning a residential stretch of the neighborhood into an active investigation as officers searched for whoever pulled the trigger. What police say. According to CBS News New York, the teen...
NYC subway stabbing victim disarmed suspect during ‘horrifying’ attack: DA
NEW YORK (PIX11) — A subway rider wrestled the knife away from a man who allegedly stabbed him multiple times in the back during a “horrifying” attack in the Union Square station, authorities said. Christopher Betancourt, 24, was indicted Monday for attempted murder in connection with the unprovoked attack during a morning commute on Dec. […]
‘Obvious Brutality’: New York City Leaders and Residents Condemn Horrific Police Beatdown of Brooklyn...
Community leaders in New York City are expressing outrage over the savage beating by police of a Black man in a liquor store who was […] ‘Obvious Brutality’: New York City Leaders and Residents Condemn Horrific Police Beatdown of Brooklyn Man Misidentified as Drug Suspect
