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Robber swung 2 hammers at 7-Eleven worker in Hell’s Kitchen: NYPD
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A robber swung two hammers at a 7-Eleven worker who tried to keep him from leaving the Manhattan store on Tuesday, police said. The man stole some merchandise and was confronted by the worker at the store on West 42nd Street in Hell’s Kitchen at around 12:30 a.m., according to the […]
Some Hudson Valley ER wait times spiked 20% last year. Is your local hospital on our list?
As lawmakers and hospitals battled over state health care funding, some patients in the Hudson Valley area faced some of the longest emergency room wait times in New York, federal data show. While state budget debates prioritized closing Medicaid funding gaps to shore up safety-net hospitals, wait times at most...
Allerton: Residents React to Fatal Shooting of 25-Year-Old Man
Residents preparing to celebrate Mother’s Day at the Allerton Avenue building where a 25-year-old resident was shot and killed hours earlier were in disbelief that the fatal shooting occurred outside their front door. According to police, and as reported, Daniel Lachapel, 25, was shot once in the head shortly...
Upper Delaware reservoir drawdown begins June 1 to fix major leakage of aqueduct
After a year's delay, a long-planned drawdown of the New York City reservoirs feeding the Upper Delaware River is scheduled to start June 1, in advance of a closure of the Delaware Aqueduct to repair massive leaks from the tunnel beneath the Hudson River. Of application to Pennsylvania and New...
Man inappropriately touched sleeping child during visit with family, investigators allege
A man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly inappropriately touched a juvenile who was visiting family members in Hackensack, authorities said. The Hackensack Police Department contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office on May 12 about the suspected abuse, the office said. Detectives alleged Diego Buri-Mora, 33, of Hackensack touched...
Bedford Park: No Injuries Reported after Fire Breaks Out at Deli
The FDNY said no injuries were reported after a fire broke out at a deli in Bedford Park on Tuesday, May 14. A spokesperson from the fire department said the FDNY received a call at 4.07 p.m. on May 14 for a report of a fire at a deli located at 10 East 198th Street, Liam’s Grocery & Deli.
Metal detectors set up at Hell’s Kitchen school where 2 students stabbed in fight
HELL’S KITCHEN, Manhattan (PIX11) – Metal detectors were set up Wednesday morning at a school in Hell’s Kitchen where two students stabbed each other on Tuesday. The two teenagers, 15 and 17 years old, fought inside the High School of Graphic Communication Arts on West 49th Street, according to authorities. One teen was slashed in […]
NYC is leading the office- and hotel-to-apartment trend: Report
More and more former hotels and offices are being converted into homes, and Manhattan is the epicenter of the market phenomenon. A new report from real estate listings website RentCafe has found that adaptive reuse — which in this case specifically refers to commercial spaces being repurposed as residential properties — has surged in recent years, with 17.6% more apartments converted from outdated buildings in 2023 than 2022. Across the country, 151,000 apartments-to-be are now in the process of being converted. That’s a 24% increase from the 122,000 units in the pipeline last year. We’re ‘anti-Mother’s Day’ moms — we love our kids,...
Kat Murti: How To End the Drug War for Good
Today's guest is Kat Murti, the new executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), the country's oldest and most influential student group challenging the war on drugs. Before taking the helm at SSDP, Kat was a longtime staffer at the libertarian Cato Institute, a founder of Feminists for Liberty, and an SSDP chapter head at the University of California, Berkeley, where she attended undergrad. Reason's Nick Gillespie talks with Murti about the role that young people in particular can play in ending prohibition, why marijuana has yet to be legalized at the federal level, and whether Donald Trump and Republicans or Joe Biden and Democrats are actually worse when it comes to drug policy reform.
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