Monster Behind Bars as Keanu Martinez Receives 40-Year Sentence for Rape and Kidnapping Rampage...
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. has confirmed the sentencing of Keanu Martinez to 40 years-to-life in state prison for his grave assault crimes. Convicted for predatory sexual assault, rape, and kidnapping, Martinez's victims, a 30-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl, testified to his violent acts. The...
Hochul: I ‘Have a Lot of Alignment’ with Mamdani ‘on Issues Like Affordability’
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) stated that New York City mayoral candidate Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) has “taken a lot of positions that I don’t agree with, but we have a lot of alignment on issues like affordability.”
Elmwood Park hosts R’n’B in the City
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Elmwood Park hosted the third annual R’n’B in the City Festival on Saturday, July 26. The park was filled with people, families and friends with many setting up canopies, chairs and blankets. Some people brought picnic set ups from home while others purchased items from the many...
NJ Teenager Charged As An Adult
JERSEY CITY, NJ.- A 17-year-old South Amboy, New Jersey, boy is facing life in New Jersey State Prison in connection with the robbery and shooting death of a 24-year-old Jersey City man after his charges were waived to Hudson County Criminal Court, and he will be prosecuted as an adult.
Uber Says New York City Courier Rule ‘Singles Out’ Immigrant Workers
Uber Technologies Inc. is pushing back on a new NYC proposal requiring delivery app workers to display company-issued identification numbers on reflective vests, saying it “singles out” immigrant workers for “heightened surveillance and control.”. The new rules, proposed Monday by Mayor Eric Adams in the name of...
Baraka and other big city mayors celebrate success of crime fighting initiatives
The Democratic mayors of Chicago, Baltimore, Cleveland and yes, Newark, got together to let everyone know how they are reducing crime in their cities. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said the key is preparation. “We do various things that I think are different, imaginative, we’re getting better and better at it,...
Dead man left on Brooklyn platform for hours during week of major subway delays
Crowds at Prospect Park station on Thursday, one day after commuters saw a body on the Brooklyn-bound platform. Commuters at the Prospect Park station during the morning rush were stunned to see a dead body, whose arm was dangling off the platform's edge. [ more › ]
Potential Gun Ban After Mass Shooting In New York
New rules may follow after an out-of-state gunman opened fire in New York, killing four. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is once again calling for a nationwide assault weapons ban. Hochul's plea comes following Monday's mass shooting at a Manhattan office building. Authorities say Shane Tamura sprayed the lobby at...
‘All hell broke loose’: Queens woman’s home flooded after LIRR wall gives way in...
A Queens woman’s backyard and basement were flooded when a Long Island Rail Road retaining wall gave way during Thursday’s heavy rain.
NYC deli worker stabbed to death by ‘agitated’ maniac in unprovoked attack: sources
A Brooklyn deli worker was stabbed to death by an “agitated” maniac in an unprovoked attack Friday afternoon, cops and sources said. The disturbed attacker walked into the NY Deli & Mini Market Corp. on Hegeman Avenue near Van Siclen Avenue in East New York just after 3 p.m., and workers — including the victim —...
