CRIME & SAFETY
NYC firefighter, 36, dies of heart attack after being fired to pay for migrants — leaving his family with nothing
An FDNY firefighter has died of a heart attack just months after he was fired as part of the city’s effort to free up funds for its migrant crisis — leaving his grieving widow and kids struggling to keep a roof over their heads. Derek Floyd, 36, suffered cardiac arrest and passed away April 15, four months after the city gave him the boot as part of a larger effort to pare staff and pay for housing and services for the tens of thousands of migrants flooding the Big Apple. Floyd was one of about 10 fire department employees who had been...
Victim stood up to thugs who tried to rob him at gunpoint in Central Park: ‘You don’t have the balls to shoot me’
They tried to rob the wrong guy. One of the victims in a spate of robberies in Central Park fought back when two teens — one armed with a gun — tried to mug him on a walking trail Friday night. “You don’t have the balls to shoot me,” he told them, recalling the frightening incident to The Post. “I became the aggressor because I was like ‘You just tried to steal my phone.’” “I might just be crazy, but I was like, ‘You’re going to shoot me over a phone? You don’t have the balls to pull the trigger,’” said Ashikur Chowdhury. Chowdhury,...
Man, 26, dead after plunging from luxury NYC co-op in apparent suicide
A 26-year-old man died Friday after plunging from a luxury Manhattan co-op in an apparent suicide, police said. The young man was found in the rear courtyard of the Imperial House on East 69th Street off Lexington Avenue in Lenox Hill around 7:40 p.m. He was suffering from “injuries indicative of falling from an elevated position,” according to the NYPD. Married Iowa dad and trucker turns up dead in field —and cops don’t know what happened to him The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Mom of Kansas City Chiefs fan found frozen speaks out during investigation : ‘There should be some charges’ Police...
Transgender woman punches man on subway platform: NYPD
NEW YORK (PIX11) – A subway ride turned bloody for a commuter who was assaulted Saturday morning in Manhattan. A 39-year-old man was punched in the face by a transgender woman, police said. The incident left subway riders concerned about transit safety. “It has been like people getting attacked by random people,” said Ruben Morales, […]
A year after Jordan Neely's death, a push to make attacking NY's homeless a hate crime
Jordan Neely was killed last May after a fellow subway rider put him in a chokehold. The Homeless Protection Act has foundered in the state Legislature for more than a decade, but advocates are hoping to push the bill amid a new focus on homelessness. [ more › ]
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