CRIME & SAFETY
Woman punched repeatedly in face on NYC subway train
QUEENS - A 55-year-old woman was punched in the face repeatedly on a NYC subway train by another woman in Queens, the NYPD said. The attack happened last Sunday just after 8 p.m. at the Jackson Avenue and Queens Boulevard subway station in Long Island City. According to police, the...
‘Stop! Stop!’: 13-Year-Old Girl Viciously Attacked By Five Adults Who Were Allegedly Looking for Her Friend But Beat Her Out of Revenge Instead
A Black mother plans a $40 million lawsuit against the city of Yonkers after her 13-year-old daughter was attacked at school by a group of […] ‘Stop! Stop!’: 13-Year-Old Girl Viciously Attacked By Five Adults Who Were Allegedly Looking for Her Friend But Beat Her Out of Revenge Instead
Columbia protesters taken into custody after police enter campus
NEW YORK -- Columbia University protesters were taken into custody late Tuesday night after the school president asked the NYPD to clear them from campus.Police set up a massive presence outside the university before officers began moving in around 9 p.m.A dramatic scene unfolded as the NYPD brought in a large vehicle with an extendable ramp to enter a second-floor window of Hamilton Hall, which schools officials said had been occupied by protesters. Around 9:30 p.m., dozens of officers wearing helmets began to enter the building through a window they had pried open. Additional crowds of officers entered campus on...
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...
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