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Eight cars damaged in crash involving alleged drunken driver in North Jersey
A crash allegedly involving a drunken driver that involved eight vehicles in Elmwood Park on Friday evening left one driver trapped and a trail of damage on roads and sidewalks at the intersection of Mola Boulevard and Godwin Avenue. The crash caused severe damage to vehicles, with car parts strewn on the road...
NYC funeral home chain preyed on customers for years, once presented dead man’s body inside a plastic bag for viewing: watchdog
A Bronx-based funeral home chain accused of preying on customers for years did such shoddy work, it once presented a dead man’s body “sitting inside a plastic bag” for a viewing, the city’s consumer watchdog said. At least 48 customers have complained about RG Ortiz Funeral...
Bomb threat emailed to nearly two dozen Jewish sites in NYC as disturbing text revealed: sources
Authorities are investigating a disturbing bomb threat emailed to more than two dozen synagogues and Jewish institutions in the Big Apple — and to temples upstate and on Long Island. “Hello, if you see this email just have notice of a bomb I have set inside of your. building,”...
When will the rain start? Get ready for a soggy week in North Jersey
Get those umbrellas and duck boots ready. After a run of warm, sunny days, North Jersey is in store for an almost solid week of overcast, soggy weather, if the latest forecasts are accurate. The rain is likely to arrive overnight Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. In Bergen...
JUSTICE STORY: Skeleton found on upstate NY mountain leads to arrest of serial killer-rapist
The bones were picked clean, weather-beaten, and so small that the boy who found them on April 14, 1922, thought they were the remains of a large dog. Later, the boy’s father climbed up to the spot near the top of Cheesecote Mountain, near Haverstraw, N.Y., and discovered a human skull. The coroner determined that the victim was female, about 20, and less than 5 feet tall. A jagged rock that ...
Park Avenue vacancy rate lower than before pandemic after recent large deals
It’s no secret that some Midtown office corridors are doing better than others. Even so, a new Savills survey contains a remarkable finding:. Park Avenue’s current availability rate of 8.9% not only compares favorably to Midtown’s overall 17.6%, but with Park Avenue vacancies in the prehistoric, pre-pandemic fourth quarter of 2019 — when it was 11%.
Woman falls from ‘elevated position’ in Greenwich Village near 5 Boro Bike Tour route
A woman was injured when she fell from an “elevated position” in Greenwich Village near the route of the city’s Five Boro Bike Tour on Sunday morning, according to the NYPD. The unidentified 33-year-old woman was found outside a four-story building at 73 W. 11th St. near Sixth Avenue in Manhattan after a 911 call came in about 9:15 a.m. First responders found the woman “conscious and responsive with injuries indicating a fall from an elevated position,” an NYPD rep said. Luke Bryan suffers brutal fall on his back after slipping on fan’s cellphone: I’m calling my lawyer EMS workers rushed her...
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