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Cameras Caught a Man Pouring Liquid on John Giurco’s North Massapequa Lawn Three Times...

Nassau police seek a man seen on video pouring a substance on John Giurco's North Massapequa lawn three times, with about $5,000 in damage and no arrest.
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Queens man becomes first convicted under New York’s new deed theft law

A Queens man admitted to stealing the home of an elderly, bedridden woman suffering from dementia, and is now the first person to be convicted under the state’s new criminal deed theft law. Victor Quimis, 40, pleaded guilty as part of a deal with the New York Attorney General’s...
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Syracuse Receives $50,000 Punishment From ACC After SMU Upset

The Syracuse Orange pulled off a major upset for the hopes of their college football season on Saturday. They led big against SMU, gave the lead away, then rallied to pull off an impressive victory over the then-No. 19 team in the country. Students stormed the field as soon as...
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State lawsuit: Owner of Greece WWII shipyard property near Lake Ontario sued over contamination,...

GREECE, N.Y. — Eighty years after the site near Lake Ontario helped build war ships for the American war effort, the state is suing the current owner for contamination. Hazard goes back to WWII The property, once home to the Odenbach Shipping Company, saw landing barges, floating cranes and tugs built before the Department of […]
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Man found dead in trash bag in NYC was ‘devout’ churchgoer, pianist from Ghana

The man who was found dead in a trash bag in Brooklyn last week was a “devout” churchgoer from Ghana who played gospel music on the piano, according to his neighbors. Joseph Owusu, 24, was found lifeless in a garbage bag around 9:20 a.m. Oct. 30 outside a church at East 93rd Street and Avenue L in Canarsie, according to the Embassy of Ghana. Footage obtained by News 12 shows one person unloading the large black bag holding Owusu’s body from the truck of a white sedan – as another occupant of the
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Rockefeller Christmas Tree Has a Flat-Out Problem in CNY

Central New York's famous Christmas tree is on its way to NYC, but not before a little roadside adventure.
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NYC Rent Freeze Program to Cover More Seniors and Disabled Tenants

NYC Rent Freeze Program to Cover More Seniors and Disabled Tenants. New York City’s Rent Freeze Program lets eligible older tenants and tenants with disabilities lock in their rent, so future increases are covered by a property tax credit to the building owner instead of coming out of their pockets. The state has raised the program’s income limit from $50,000 to $75,000, the first increase since 2014, a change Sen. Liz Krueger says will let thousands more New Yorkers enroll in the NYC rent freez
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Man looking for scrap metal in Canarsie, Brooklyn, finds a duffel bag on a...

Joseph Owusu’s family wants answers, as police have not publicly identified who left the 24-year-old Bronx man’s body in a duffel bag on a Canarsie sidewalk in Brooklyn. A person searching for scrap metal discovered the bag the morning before Halloween, according to ABC7. Police said they found it at the corner of East 93rd […]
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Trader Joe’s plans 2 new New York stores. See where they’re going

Two new Trader Joe's stores are planned for New York, expanding the popular grocery chain's presence in the state. The California-based retailer announced plans this summer to open new locations in the Syracuse area and Yonkers as part of its latest nationwide expansion. The plans add to the company's growth in New York, which includes a Long Island store that opened earlier this year. The expansion comes as Trader Joe's continues to draw shoppers with its private-label products and competitivel
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Wrong Turn Onto Border Crossing Leads To Weapons Charge For US Citizen

A U.S. citizen’s wrong turn onto a bridge to Canada led to his arrest for allegedly being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said. CBP officers at the Port of Buffalo’s Lewiston Bridge border crossing on Oct. 30 encountered U.S. citizen Angel Lozano, 25, who ended up in […]

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