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N.Y. Lottery: Player wins $81K on LOTTO ticket sold in NYC
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A New York LOTTO second-prize winning ticket worth more than $81,000 was recently sold in New York City, according to lottery officials. The New York Lottery announced one winning second prize ticket for the LOTTO game, worth $81,844, was sold for the Saturday, May 4, drawing. The ticket, which matched five numbers and the bonus number, was sold at Maita Deli Grocery Corp, located at 1571 Saint Johns Place in Brooklyn.
Olinville: Man Sought following Shooting at Taxi Cab as Taxi Association Highlights Dangers in The Bronx
The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they say is sought in connection with an assault that occurred in the Olinville section of The Bronx. Police said that on Friday, May 3, at around 3.56...
Victim ID’d in fatal boat fire in Brooklyn: NYPD
Editor’s note: The above video is from April 27, 2024. RED HOOK, Brooklyn (PIX11) – Police identified the victim in a fatal boat fire that happened in Brooklyn last month, according to authorities. Anthony Doolan, 31, of Queens, was found inside the burning boat on a trailer in a Red Hook parking lot around 5 […]
Woman Crossing Sunrise Highway Killed After Being Struck By SUV In Copiague
The incident happened around 9:15 p.m. Saturday, May 4, in Copiague. The victim was crossing Sunrise Highway (Route 27) from north to south, between New Highway and Court Street, when she was struck by a westbound 2019 Chevrolet Traverse driven by a 62-year-old Islip woman, according to Suffolk County Police.
Allerton: “Extremely Hungry” and “Dehydrated” Pitbull Abandoned on Bronx Park East
Around two and a half weeks after cat rescue group Little Wanderers NYC shared allegations of organized pitbull fighting taking place at certain locations around The Bronx, which the Bronx District Attorney has confirmed are under investigation by her office, an “extremely hungry” and “dehydrated” pitbull was found abandoned on Saturday, May 4, in the Allerton section of the borough.
Pedestrian fatally struck on Long Island: police
COPIAGUE, N.Y. (PIX11) – A woman crossing a highway in Copiague was fatally struck by a car Saturday night, police said. The woman was crossing Sunrise Highway between New Highway and Court Street around 9:15 p.m. when a car slammed into her, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The woman was rushed to an […]
Asian American voting power is breaking through in southern Brooklyn
For Asian American politicians in New York, the past two decades have held a series of historic firsts. The first first was John Liu, who was born in Taiwan and was elected to a New York City Council seat in Queens in 2001. Also in Queens, Jimmy Meng, who has Chinese and Taiwanese roots, became the first Asian American elected to the state Legislature in 2005. His daughter, Grace Meng, became the first Asian American elected to Congress from New York in 2012.
NYC pol says law allowing rape suit against him was unconstitutional — despite voting for the legislation
A Brooklyn state senator claims the law allowing a rape lawsuit against him to move forward was unconstitutional — even though he actually voted for the legislation and then bragged about it. In court records filed this month, notoriously hot-headed pol Kevin Parker formally denied the rape allegations against him. But he also went a step further, asserting that the Adult Survivors Act, which allowed the related lawsuit against him to proceed, was unconstitutional. The now-expired act permitted alleged victims to file civil lawsuits against their accused attackers within a certain window even if the state’s statute of limitations had run out...
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