Suspect Detained in Port Authority Subway Shooting Suddenly Freed with No Bail
Police initially detained two 18-year-old suspects after a shot rang rang out in the crowded Port Authority subway station on Dec. 1. The Manhattan district attorney said initially it was pressing attempted murder and other charges against only one of the men. Then after the suspect spent three days on...
450,000 New Yorkers will lose health insurance plan | 7 On Your Side Investigates
New York already has some of the highest health care premiums in the country and they could soon be getting even higher.
‘Forced to wait’: NYC to overhaul SNAP application process after lawsuit
NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York City has promised to speed up its process for approving and recertifying SNAP applications as part of a settlement with The Legal Aid Society, NYLAG and Dechert LLP. A lawsuit filed against the city claimed it failed to handle SNAP applications within the 30-day timeframe set by federal...
Judge sentences man to 10 years in prison for stabbing MTA worker
Banks pleaded guilty to attempted murder after attacking the worker with a large kitchen knife, stabbing him in the back and underarm. The victim was hospitalized and out of work for months.
New York City ties its record for longest stretch without a homicide
New York City went 12 days -- Nov. 25 to Dec. 7 -- without a homicide.
The New School sends emails offering ‘voluntary separation’ to faculty and staff
The New School administration has sent emails offering “voluntary separation” to eligible full-time faculty and staff. This is one of the methods now being implemented by The New School to reduce its staff size during the university restructuring process. All eligible faculty and staff were notified on Dec....
‘Johnny mattered.’ Death of son, 21, sparks Staten Island family’s fight for Rx drug...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A grieving Staten Island family is advocating for new state legislation that would require patients to return unused prescription medications before receiving new doses. The push follows the death of their 21-year-old son and brother, Johnny Fish, who ended his life on Wednesday, July 30,...
Man found shot in the head inside NYCHA complex stairwell: NYPD
SOUNDVIEW, The Bronx (PIX11) – A man was found with a gunshot wound to his head inside a NYCHA complex’s stairwell late Sunday night, according to the NYPD. Police said it happened at the Sotomayor Houses in Soundview around 9 p.m. Officers found 38-year-old Gregory Stewart in the stairwell, according to authorities....
Malba Street Takeover: Far Rockaway Man “Main Suspect” Arrested, Held on $300K Bond
Queens, NY: Queens City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino announced Sunday night that the NYPD has arrested the primary suspect in last weekend’s violent street takeover and assault in Malba. Justin Aguilera, 19, of Queens, is charged with gang assault, felony assault, assault in the third degree, riot, and criminal...
Suspended N.J. cops have collected $2.6M. They keep getting raises, insist they can’t be...
They were swept up in a scandal that roiled their suburban New Jersey community. Two cops who casually tossed off racial slurs, believing no one was the wiser. But secret recordings caught Clark Township Police Chief Pedro Matos and internal affairs Sgt. Joseph Teston using epithets that included the n-word, along...
