School bus carrying students with special needs hit by gunfire in the Bronx
A school bus was hit by gunfire in the Bronx while carrying students with special needs on Friday afternoon. The shooting happened near East 163rd Street and Trinity Avenue in the Longwood section just before 2:20 p.m. Police say the mini school bus drove through gunfire, and pulled up to 1029 Hall Pl., about a half...
More than a dozen bridges in NY, NJ — including George Washington Bridge —...
More than a dozen bridges in New York and New Jersey are among 68 US crossings that need to be checked for risk of collapse if struck by a vessel, the National Transit Safety Board said. The Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge and George Washington Bridge — the most heavily trafficked bridge in the...
Second suspect arrested in shooting of woman killed during robbery on Lower East Side
A second suspect, who was taken into custody in South Carolina, has been arrested and charged in the shooting of a woman who was killed in front of her family outside her Lower East Side apartment last September. Joshua Bell, 19, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, robbery, burglary and criminal...
Off-duty NYPD cop busted for driving with bogus license plate
An off-duty NYPD detective was arrested after he was seen driving a car with a fake license plate, police said Friday. Det. Eric Blake’s arrest comes as cops continue to crack down on drivers of “ghost cars,” vehicles with fake or altered license plates to avoid tolls or commit crimes. The 20-year NYPD veteran was...
Waldo Mejia should never have been left on the street — a 14-year-old’s blood...
In news that will (tragically) surprise no one, monstrous killer Waldo Mejia will escape for the moment a criminal trial over his vicious, random murder of Bronx 14-year-old Caleb Rijos . A Bronx judge found him too crazy to stand trial . Yet somehow other judges, and the justice system, never found him too crazy to...
NYPD detective who twerked in racy hip-hop video transferred from Special Victims squad
The NYPD detective who went viral after she appeared in a racy hip-hop video of her gyrating and twerking on a stripper pole has been removed from the Bronx Special Victims squad she’d been assigned to, the Daily News has learned. Det. Melissa Mercado was reassigned to the 50th Precinct in Kingsbridge near the...
New Yorkers scramble for free eggs
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of people lined up Friday morning at three sites in New York City, some arriving more than an hour early, for the opportunity to snag one of the nation’s hottest commodities: a dozen free eggs. People were bundled up against the windy cold as they stood outside a Harlem restaurant, patiently...
Man fatally shot in head inside his Bronx home
The victim, identified as Xavier Goodson, was shot in the head and stomach inside 1103 East 231st Street in the Wakefield section.
Upstate NY Woman Finds Creative Way to Smuggle Pot into Prisons
A New York woman admitted to creatively smuggling cannabis into prisons all over New York State. Maya McIntosh of Albany pleaded guilty this week to sneaking a synthetic cannabinoid to incarcerated individuals. The 33-year-old New Yorker now faces up to 20 years in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
Chaos On Runway: Flight To Upstate New York Aborts Takeoff
An Upstate New York flight nearly took off from the wrong path!. Southwest Airlines has been all over the news this week. Earlier this week, Southwest announced the end of its more than 50-year-old free bag policy. For all the news that the Hudson Valley is sharing make sure to...
