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Nassau University Medical Center treats burns of injured deputy fire chief
The Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow provided life-saving care to a deputy fire chief last week, after he was seriously burned in an accident at the Nassau County Fire Service Academy in Old Bethpage. According to Michael Uttaro, the Nassau County Fire Marshal, around 10:30 a.m. on May...
Inside Thor Equities $3B Proposal To Build NY Casino & Hotel In Coney Island
Thor Equities is one of several developers trying to obtain one of the three gaming licenses that New York is expected to issue. Their casino project is called “The Coney” and is designed to feature a 250,000+ square-foot hotel. Additionally, it would have 92,000 square feet of convention center and meeting space. On top of that, their design has 70,000 square feet dedicated to retail food and beverage space.
As wildfires rage in Canada, will NYC see another smokepocalypse?
Canadian wildfires have cast a smokey haze over parts of the midwestern US this week — but experts say it’s unlikely that the Big Apple will experience a “smokepocalypse” similar to the one that enveloped the city last summer. New Yorkers are not expected to feel the effects of the nearly 90 wildfires ablaze in British Columbia and Alberta, which have sent smoke this week toward Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin, FOX 5 NY’s Mike Woods said. “It does not look like significant smoke is coming this way,” Woods said. “In fact, it looks like it’s barely making it into upstate New York.” Hundreds...
Video shows man attacking Hasidic children in Brooklyn
NEW YORK -- Two young Hasidic boys were attacked without any warning in Brooklyn earlier this week, and the entire incident was caught on video.Police are looking for the attacker.Video shows assault on 2 Hasidic boys in WilliamsburgPolice say it happened just before 9 p.m. Sunday in Williamsburg on Franklin Avenue between Willoughby and Myrtle avenues.According to police, two boys, ages 11 and 13, were playing on the sidewalk when a man on a bike stopped and told the boys to get off the sidewalk.Seconds later, for reasons unknown, police say the man viciously assaulted one child, then the other,...
Police investigating after video shows assault on 2 Jewish children in Brooklyn
(New York Jewish Week) – The NYPD’s hate crimes unit is investigating and the Anti-Defamation League expressed alarm after security camera footage appeared to show two Jewish children being assaulted on the street in Williamsburg on Sunday night. The video of the incident, posted by local news account...
Alleged Bloods gang member indicted for 2021 Elmont murder
An alleged Blood gang member was arraigned May 15 on murder and weapon charges for the shooting death of a young man in Elmont in 2021. Christopher Sempy, 22, was arraigned for a second-degree murder charge and criminal possession of a weapon before Judge Robert Bogle in court on Wednesday.
Man slashed in face and neck at Bronx bus stop: NYPD
TREMONT, the Bronx (PIX11) — A bus rider slashed a man in the face and neck after a fight on the bus spilled into a Bronx street last month, police said Friday. The suspect and a 29-year-old man were arguing on the BX15 bus before getting off near East 183rd Street and Third Avenue in […]
19-year-old busted, charged with murder in Citi Bike slaying of 16-year-old Mahki Brown in Soho: sources
A 19-year-old was arrested and charged with murder Friday in the Citi Bike slaying of a 16-year-old boy outside a swanky Soho hotel, police sources said. Henry Thomas, of Avenue D in the East Village, is one of two alleged perps cops have been hunting after Mahki Brown was gunned down opposite the Dominick Hotel on Spring Street on May 7, sources said. Thomas was nabbed in Harlem early Friday by the US Marshals Service. Dressed in a gray tracksuit, he said nothing as he was walked in handcuff by cops out of the 1st Precinct on his way to court...
Man robs man he met on dating app in the Bronx: NYPD
THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – Police are searching for a man accused of robbing another man he met on a dating app in the Bronx on May 4, according to the NYPD. The 47-year-old victim met the suspect in an apartment building located near West Fordham Road and Andrews Avenue around 1 p.m., according to […]
Drones smuggled drugs across Niagara River from Canada, 3 suspects caught in NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A smuggling operation used drones to fly drugs across the Niagara River from Canada into upstate New York, using a newly purchased $630,000 house along the river as a drop point, according to a criminal complaint unsealed this week. One person has pleaded guilty and...
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