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'Completely Preventable': Nassau County Construction Company Owner Convicted For Child's Death
Nadeem Anwar, age 48 of Valley Stream, and his company – City Wide Construction and Renovations, Inc. – were convicted on Tuesday, May 14, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced. The conviction comes five years after Alysson Pinto-Chaumana, age 5, was killed in front of her mother when...
NYPD officers rescue man from oncoming subway train in the Bronx
THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — NYPD officers rescued a man who fell onto the subway tracks at a station in the Bronx on Tuesday. The ordeal occurred at around 5:36 p.m. A man suffered a medical episode and fell into the tracks, just inches away from the third rail, police said. Despite an oncoming train […]
Person struck by train in Brooklyn; D subway trains delayed: MTA
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – A person was fatally struck by a train in Brooklyn early Wednesday morning, causing subway service delays on the D line, according to the MTA. The person was struck near the 62nd Street subway station and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the FDNY. Southbound D trains were running […]
Glen Cove Investment Broker Who Ran Ponzi Scheme Sentenced
Rand Heckler, 67, was sentenced to up to seven-and-a-half years in prison on Wednesday, May 15, the Nassau County District Attorney (NCDA) announced. Heckler, who is from Glen Cove, was an investment broker in 2015 when he began his scheme, recommending that his friend and his friend’s son that they invest in a hedge fund of stocks and securities that Heckler was managing.
What gives? 82% of last 11 weekends brought rain to Central Park
If it feels like we’ve been dealing with rain every single weekend this spring, we nearly have. Out of the last 11 weekends, nine of them brought measurable rainfall to Central Park. And this soggy spring pattern might be giving you déjà vu. Spring 2023 was full of wet...
NYC July 4 fireworks move back to the Hudson for first time in a decade — but some on the East River side aren’t sad to see them go
It’s a blast from the past. The city’s July 4 fireworks are moving back to the Hudson River for the first time in a decade – and the change has sparks flying on both sides of Manhattan. The Macy’s Fourth of July show was moved to the East River nearly 10 years ago with officials saying more New Yorkers could see them, but as that chapter in the turf war comes to a close not everyone on Team East is sad to see the fireworks go. “Selfishly, as a resident, it’s kind of nice to not have the fireworks this year,” said 34-year-old...
Rats beware: NYC to host rodent mitigation summit in September
New York City will play host in September to a summit that will assemble experts on a subject the Adams administration has often expressed disdain for: rats. Academic researchers, municipal post control mangers and other experts on rodent mitigation will descend upon the city on Sept. 18 and Sept. 19, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday.
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 […]
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...
Wild turkey spotted in Brooklyn
BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (PIX11) – Another wild turkey has been spotted roaming New York City streets – this time, in Brooklyn. The animal was spotted in a tree near St. Brigid-St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Academy in Bushwick. It’s not clear if this turkey was the same turkey spotted in...
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