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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 down 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...
Hotel in trendy NYC neighborhood quietly converted into shelter for migrant families
A hotel in one of New York City’s trendiest neighborhoods has been quietly converted into emergency housing for migrants for the past several months. Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has recently awarded a $12.3 million emergency contract to a not-for-profit social service provider to run a “city sanctuary facility for families with children” at 235 Meeker Avenue in Williamsburg — the address of the Hotel Le Jolie. The Department of Homeless Services issued the contract to the Brooklyn-based St. P.A.U.L.S. Inc. to manage the facility. Hotel Le Jolie was converted into a shelter for migrant families sometime last year, on a temporary basis. “They are having...
13-year-old girl allegedly mobbed by parents, beaten by student in caught-on-video altercation at NY high school
A 13-year-old Montessori student was mobbed by a group of parents as they egged on a classmate beating the teen — a horrifying incident caught on video last week outside the Yonkers school, legal papers claim. Now the teenager’s mother, Alenna Merritt, has pulled her daughter out of Yonkers Montessori Academy and filed a legal notice of claim alerting the city of Yonkers that she plans to sue for $40 million over the alleged negligent supervision. “I felt confused and scared — they kept yelling in my face,” the teen told The Post during a phone interview with her, her mother...
Why are more officers being assaulted? NYPD commissioner weighs in.
NEW YORK -- Assaults against police officers increased 20% in 2023 and are up 15% so far in 2024, CBS New York's "The Point with Marcia Kramer" reported Sunday. It begs the question, do more people think it's acceptable to assault an officer? Kramer posed the question to New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban, the son of a cop who joined the NYPD as a patrol officer in the Bronx in 1991. Here's what he had to say: "A harsh reminder" "It's a dangerous job ... and the murder of Det. Jonathan Diller is a harsh reminder of that. In that instance, we...
Woman mourns death of pet dog hit by stray bullet from neighbor's house in Howard Beach, Queens
36-year-old Lisa Murena says her spunky 6-year-old Pomeranian-Husky mix named Arya loved the snow. People in her neighborhood of Howard Beach are rallying behind her after her dog died Friday.
Brooklyn BMW driver, 24, fatally shot by passenger
A 24-year-old man was shot to death inside a BMW on a Brooklyn street just a few blocks from where a man was gunned down a week earlier, police said Sunday. The latest victim, Daequan Buckley, was shot multiple times in the abdomen outside the Magic Fingers Studio Hair Salon near E. 54th St. and Church Ave. in East Flatbush about 8:20 p.m. Saturday, cops said. “The shooter was a passenger in ...
Gunman shoots victim, accomplice in Hell’s Kitchen attempted chain snatch gone wrong
Two men are in the hospital and two suspects are at large after an attempted robbery in Hell’s Kitchen early Sunday morning resulted in the gunman shooting the victim and one of his accomplices, the NYPD said.
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