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Two dead following drive-by shooting in broad daylight outside JFK Airport: NYPD – Q
Two others in the car, a 4-year-old child and a 28-year-old woman suffered minor injuries when the car overturned and struck a fence next to a JFK Airport → Read More
Fast-moving, three-alarm Far Rockaway fire injures four people: FDNY – Q
Four people were injured when a massive three-alarm fire swept through two high-rise apartments in Far Rockaway on Wednesday night, fire officials said. → Read More
NYPD brass say that New York City voting will be ‘safe and secure’ – Q
“Currently, there are no known threats nor do we expect it, but the NYPD will be out there to protect the right to poll at the polls,” said Monahan, adding → Read More
Mayor promises first responders will get COVID-19 vaccine first when ready – Q
New York City’s frontline workers, first responders and the city’s most vulnerable will be at the front of the line for the COVID-19 vaccine when it is ready → Read More
Police investigating fatal Far Rockaway shooting – Q
A man was shot to death in Far Rockaway Wednesday, Sept. 23, according to authorities. → Read More
Four officers injured trying to apprehend man who went on rampage in Flushing
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City Police in Queens shocked and then arrested an irate 27-year-old man after he allegedly approached them armed with an ax after setting fire to a house and smashing a car on a Flushing street. Four police officers … → Read More
Four officers injured trying to apprehend man who went on rampage in Flushing
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City Police in Queens shocked and then arrested an irate 27-year-old man after he allegedly approached them armed with an ax after setting fire to a house and smashing a car on a Flushing street. Four police officers … → Read More
NYPD's May report shows plunge in overall crime, but spikes in murders and shootings
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City After weeks of criticism and demonstrations, the NYPD announced a bit of good news on Thursday: Overall crime dropped in May by 21.2 percent, and it’s now down for the year by 2.5 percent. The NYPD reported … → Read More
‘Seismic shift’: Shea disbands plain-clothed NYPD anti-crime cops across city
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City The NYPD eliminated its plain-clothed Anti-Crime Units — a fixture in every precinct that specializes in targeting armed suspects — and reassigned its more than 600 assigned officers into other duties, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea revealed in … → Read More
‘Seismic shift’: Shea disbands plain-clothed NYPD anti-crime cops across city
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City The NYPD eliminated its plain-clothed Anti-Crime Units — a fixture in every precinct that specializes in targeting armed suspects — and reassigned its more than 600 assigned officers into other duties, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea revealed in … → Read More
City Council pushes back on NYPD's proposed 1 percent budget cut
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City Many City Council members pushed back on the NYPD’s $5.92 billion 2021 fiscal budget that leaves most items staffing and capital items untouched despite other agencies being cut up to 80 percent. The budget hearing began as … → Read More
Can immigrant-owned Queens businesses survive the coronavirus crisis?
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City The coronavirus crisis has forced many businesses to close – factories, warehouses, businesses that employ hundreds if not thousands of workers. A few businesses, including Ricas Pupusas Y Mas, a Salvadorian style restaurant in Woodside, Queens on … → Read More
NYPD commissioner cheers sick rate dropping two weeks in a row
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City The number of NYPD police officers who are out sick has dropped two weeks in a row with the commissioner reporting Thursday morning that the sick rate was now at 11.6% – down from a high of … → Read More
Despite seven days of NYPD sick day reductions, another member dies
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City While NYPD sick reports have dropped for the seventh day, yet another member of the department lost his life to COVID-19 on Friday, police officials say. The NYPD announced the death of School Safety Agent Suzette Facey, … → Read More
Coronavirus kills three more NYPD members, but most infected officers returning to work
Three more cops have died of the coronavirus even as the NYPD reported a reduction in absences for the fourth straight day, police officials announced Monday. The NYPD said 17.6 percent – or 6,380 – of the uniformed and civilian members reported sick on Monday. This is down from yesterday’s total of 18 percent of … → Read More
Crime drops across New York City as spread of coronavirus continues
Overall crime fell in every borough on the streets, in the transit system and public housing by 4.2 percent as the coronavirus has kept people home and closed businesses, police officials say. From March 12 through March 31, crime fell even further, providing a silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the crimes that have … → Read More
Crime drops across New York City as spread of coronavirus continues
Overall crime fell in every borough on the streets, in the transit system and public housing by 4.2 percent as the coronavirus has kept people home and closed businesses, police officials say. From March 12 through March 31, crime fell even further, providing a silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the crimes that have … → Read More
SEE IT: 35-foot humpback whale washes up on Rockaway’s Riis Park
State environmental officials were investigating the death of a 35-foot humpback whale that washed ashore on Jacob Riis Park beach in Rockaway, on Tuesday afternoon. Officials say that according to the American Veterinary Medical Association, there is currently no evidence that animals can spread COVID-19 to other animals, including people. Police from the 101st Precinct … → Read More
‘We don’t want people coming to work sick’: Shea says more cops are contracting coronavirus
The number of police officers out with COVID-19 is now up to 15% of the uniform and non-uniform force, NYPD commissioner Dermot Shea said in an on-line discussion Tuesday morning, with an estimated 5,600 officers out on sick leave. He said 1,200 cops have also tested positive for coronavirus, and he expects the number to … → Read More
From social distancing to quarantine: I felt indestructible, and I still caught coronavirus
I survived the collapse of the World Trade Center, went to war in Iraq in 2003 and have been shot at and threatened with death in the field. I’ve seen the horrors of world catastrophes from Hurricane Sandy to the terrible results of 100,000 people being killed in the great Haitian earthquake of 2010. Yet, … → Read More