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Summer heat ahead for the second half of June
The summer solstice isn’t until June 20, but summer heat arrives Friday. We’ve already gotten a few tastes of summer warmth this year, including an 87-degree day in New York City in April (still our warmest day of the year to date), but so far this year, stretches of summer weather have been fleeting. That is going to change quickly in a big way.
Queens man who killed brother, self was ridiculed over failed business: NYPD
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — A Queens man who fatally shot his brother before turning the gun on himself was embroiled in family turmoil over money and jealousy over a failed grocery store, authorities said. Karamjit Multani, 33, allegedly shot his brother, Vipanpal Multani, 27, nine times and his mother, 52, twice when she threw herself […]
What to know about the G train summer shutdown
The 11.4-mile long Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown G train subway service will be partially shut down this summer for track reconstruction and modern signal installation. Starting Friday, June 28, the G train will undergo the first phase of an extensive multi-week, 24/7 project to replace its 1930s-era legacy signal system with Communications-based train control (CBTC) — a wireless connectivity system that keeps trains in constant contact, and in turn, more reliable.
Tax Penalty Refund Bill Passes NYS Assembly and Senate and Awaits the Governor's Signature
New York State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin passed 41 two-house bills during the 2024 legislative session which just ended on June 6 making her once again the leading bill-passer in the NYS Assembly. Of particular significance to the Village of Scarsdale is Paulin’s bill which permits the Village of Scarsdale to give refunds of tax penalties charged to residents as a result of late tax payments made last year.
2 Bronx men plead guilty to drug charges in fentanyl poisoning of toddler who died at daycare
NEW YORK (AP) — Two men connected to a toddler’s fatal opioid overdose at a New York City daycare have pleaded guilty to drug charges and causing bodily harm, prosecutors said. The men admitted to storing fentanyl in the floorboards of a Bronx daycare’s playroom, prosecutors said.
Moped robbery victim, 97, wants lowlife who snatched her necklace locked up to learn to be ‘courteous’
A 97-year-old Harlem woman who was robbed and knocked to the ground by a scooter-riding goon said she wants the “lowlife” caught and locked up, she told The Post on Tuesday. “He should go to jail for 20 years,” Thelma Mason fumed. “Then he’ll learn how to be more courteous towards human beings. You just don’t do this to no one. “I can’t stand nobody getting close to me now when I’m traveling, especially these motorbikes,” she added. “I’m always jumping. I don’t know if somebody’s going to attack me again.” Moped-riding brute snatches 96-year-old NYC woman’s necklace, knocks her to ground:...
Munchy migrant bites three NYPD cops in three separate incidents after shoplifting at Target: prosecutors
He has a taste for New York’s Finest. A migrant serial shoplifter bit three NYPD police officers in three separate incidents after he was arrested for stealing clothes from a Manhattan Target, it was revealed in court Tuesday. Ysmael Qintero, a Venezuelan migrant with 18 shoplifting busts since December 2023, was ordered held on $50,000 bail on charges of two counts of assaulting a police officer and petit larceny after allegedly sinking his teeth into police officers last week — leaving two officers wounded, Manhattan prosecutors said. The munchy migrant first laid his fangs on a police officer after stealing three pairs of...
Nos. 2, 5 subway service restored after person struck by train in Brooklyn: MTA
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – Nos. 2 and 5 subway trains were temporarily delayed Wednesday after a person was struck by a train in Brooklyn, according to the MTA. The person was struck at Church Avenue, officials said. No service disruptions on the Nos. 2 and 5 lines remained by Wednesday evening. For real-time subway service […]
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