CRIME & SAFETY
Video shows NYPD officers fatally shoot man in front of his family
NEW YORK -- Newly released body camera footage shows the moments NYPD officers shot and killed 19-year-old Queens resident Win Rozario in March. His loved ones say police killed him in cold blood; the NYPD says officers had no choice.Body cam video shows deadly NYPD shootingIn the video, Win Rozario's younger brother is seen outside the family's Ozone Park home, talking to two NYPD officers after Rozario called 911 on March 27."Um, he's having an episode," Rozario's brother says."What kind of episode?" one officer asks."He a bipolar, schizo, like...?" the other officer asks.The officers ask the brother who had called...
MASSIVE CRACKDOWN: MTA, NYPD seize 100+ vehicles, make 56 arrests in 10th operation against toll violators
The MTA announced on Thursday its 10th enforcement operation, targeting toll violators and removing ghost vehicles at seven bridges and tunnels, resulting in 193 vehicle seizures, 56 arrests, and 1,381 summonses.
NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ indicted for tenant harassment weeks after being jailed over building violations
The Big Apple’s so-called “worst landlord” Daniel Ohebshalom has been indicted for allegedly harassing rent-regulated tenants with “unlivable” conditions to drive them out of units so he could sell the buildings to make a buck, prosecutors said. The latest legal trouble for Ohebshalom came barely a month after he was locked up over hundreds of violations at just two of his Manhattan properties. He was charged Wednesday by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over a pattern of alleged tenant abuse dating back years — which consisted of forgoing maintenance until units fell apart, withholding heat and hot water during...
Rikers Island jail search uncovers large cache of contraband drugs, weapons
A search in a Rikers Island jail uncovered a large cache of narcotics, including cocaine, K2 and marijuana in vacuum sealed bags, dozens of fentanyl-soaked papers, cigarettes, tobacco and ceramic blades, the Daily News has learned. The major seizure Tuesday at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center, shown in a video...
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