Man jumps from fourth floor to escape NYC apartment fire
NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man was seriously injured in a desperate leap from his fourth-floor apartment after his kitchen caught fire on Tuesday, firefighters said. The 42-year-old victim became trapped inside his top-floor apartment on Keap St. near Marcy Ave. in Williamsburg after the blaze erupted in his kitchen...
Girl, 14, Falls to Death from N.Y.C. Elite Private School
The teenager fell to her death from an elevated point of the Chapin School in Manhattan
3 Teenagers ‘Critically’ Hurt After Attack At U.S. Playground
At least three teenagers are dealing with serious injuries due to violent acts at U.S. playgrounds. According to the New York Police Department, a 12-year-old boy was stabbed in the chest. He was transported to Brooklyn Health-Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center and is reportedly in ...
NY’s first hotel-to-affordable housing conversion near JFK Airport is now complete
The transformation of a vacant hotel near John F. Kennedy International Airport into affordable housing is complete, marking New York’s first development of its kind. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced the completion of the Baisley Pond Park Residences in South Jamaica, which has turned the former JFK Hilton...
Hudson asks AG to investigate vocational schools once run by Sacco
Hudson County officials are asking the state attorney general’s office to investigate possible malfeasance at the Hudson County Schools of Technology after an internal probe revealed significant problems with the school’s finances — more bad news for North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco’s rapidly dwindling influence in...
Florida Man Arraigned In ’97 Killing Of NY Army Vet, Toddler
Andrew Dykes, 66, pleaded not guilty to murder in the deaths of Tanya Denise Jackson and her 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes. He is the child’s father. Dykes was arrested earlier this month in Florida, as Daily Voice reported. He is due back in court in mid-January. Jackson’s remains...
Man arrested for injuring 2 officers during traffic stop in Manhasset
Diosmede Rodriguez Flores, 24, was a passenger in a 2007 Ford Expedition and became combative after officers found a white substance believed to be cocaine in the car and tried to arrest him.
NYPD adds 1,143 new recruits; Now staffs more than 34,700 officers as crime levels...
The New York City Police Department hired 4,056 officers this year, marking the largest number of recruits brought on in a single year in recorded history, Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced. The department swore in 1,143 new recruits Wednesday, bringing the total NYPD headcount to more than 34,700...
Duo wanted for targeting women in Brooklyn robberies
Police on Thursday released surveillance footage of two men wanted in connection with a string of robberies targeting women in East New York between late November and early December.
Kay Flock Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal RICO Case
MIIXTAPECHIICK Kay Flock Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal RICO Case Kay Flock has officially been sentenced to 30 years in prison. On Tuesday (Dec. 17), the Bronx rapper, born Kevin Perez, appeared before U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman after being found guilty earlier this year on multiple federal charges,...
