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NYC man opens fire in subway station, faces attempted murder charge
A 30-year-old Bronx man is facing an attempted murder charge after he opened fire in a Harlem subway station Saturday evening. NYPD cops responded to a 911 call about 5:30 p.m. Saturday after a man fired a gun inside a the 2, 3 station at 135th St. and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. Troubled judge facing 8 felony gun charges indicted again after alleged drive-by shooting at brother-in-law’s house The suspect, identified by police as Miguel Urena, 30, fired one round on the mezzanine level, police said. Albany must address the deadly surge in youth violence He was found in the subway station, with the gun, cops told The Post. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR METRO DAILY NEWSLETTER Urena was arrested and charged with attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment. It was not immediately clear who he was shooting at, or what precipitated that shooting. No one was injured in the incident, police said. For the latest metro stories, top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com/metro/
Northern lights may be visible over NYC region on Sunday night
Aurora borealis illuminate the sky above Rochester, New York, during the early morning hours of May 11, 2024. For your best chance at seeing the auroras, experts recommend getting away from the city lights. [ more › ]
NYC has the most millionaires of any large metro area — how long till Dems drive them out?
Proving that the Big Apple still has plenty of juice, a report finds that it holds more millionaires than any other large metro area in the word. Indeed, New York City’s count of millionaires is up 48% from just a decade ago. The data, compiled by Henley & Partners, show that nearly 350,000 New Yorkers — one in every 24 — have at least a seven-figure liquid net worth. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere — and more people are “making it” in New York City than anywhere else. Biden tells a lie a minute...
Alvin Bragg can help end protest violence — by throwing the book at the perps
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has never been shy about being an activist prosecutor who uses the discretion his office affords him to decide what behavior Manhattan will put up with and what behavior it won’t. So it’s up to Bragg whether the Columbia University lawbreakers who escalated their “protests” to violence will face consequences — or whether we can expect more such behavior as it goes unpunished. The allegations emerging from the Columbia chaos of two weeks ago are disturbing. As Hamilton Hall custodian Mario Torres told The Post, a masked mob armed with tools for violence — hammer, rope, duct tape, zip ties...
Here’s who’s buying panic rooms and bullet-proof doors amid crime fears in NYC — and it’s not who you’d think
New Yorkers are fortifying their homes with panic rooms and bullet-proof doors like never before over fears about crime, migrants and national turmoil — and it’s not just the city’s elite partaking in the trend. “Not every [customer] is an ultra-rich stockbroker — a lot of them are just people, middle-class kind of people,” said Steve Humble, founder of the home-defense contractor Creative Home Engineering. “I’d say the pandemic really kicked off an uptick. Business was really good throughout the pandemic time, and it really hasn’t slowed down,” said Humble, who specializes in top-of-the-line secret doors disguised as bookshelves, fireplaces, mirrors, blank...
15-year-old arraigned in deadly Queens stabbing
NEW YORK -- A 15-year-old girl was arraigned Friday in the deadly stabbing of a teenager in Queens. It comes as NYPD data shows more young people are committing felonies.The suspect allegedly told police she was going to get bail and her father would pay for it, but that did not happen; the judge remanded her.The 15-year-old's mom was in the courtroom, weeping as she listened to the details. Sara Rivera, 17, stabbed to death in Sunnyside, QueensThe deadly stabbing happened Wednesday night outside a subway station near Queens Boulevard and 46th Street. Surveillance video shows two girls who appear...
'You’re still a mother': NYC advocate who lost son to gun violence sends out Mother’s Day boxes to grieving moms
For the last six years, Michelle Barnes-Anderson has honored her late son Melquain on Mother’s Day by sending support in the form of relaxation to other grieving mothers across NYC, with support from her gun advocacy foundation and the NYPD.
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