A third suspect was arrested in an alleged “anti-white” crime that left a 57-year-old grandmother bloodied with a head injury after she was attacked on a Queens bus last month, police said. With two teenage girls already nabbed, Jahnaiya Williams, 19, of Queens, was taken into custody Monday morning, the NYPD said. She is charged … Read more
Passengers traveling from all three major tri-state area airports faced delays Monday night as airline disruptions continue to be a cruel summer theme. The Federal Aviation Administration warned in a tweet Monday around 5 p.m. that delays could be around two hours at JFK Airport, LaGuardia Airport and Newark Airport. The FAA blamed the issues … Read more
An off-duty detective fired his weapon in an attempt to foil a gunpoint robbery on an East Harlem street Monday morning, officials said. The 38-year-old officer assigned to the NYPD firearms suppression division was at Park Avenue and East 122nd Street around 11:30 a.m. when he saw two men robbing a 29-year-old worker at gunpoint, … Read more
Suppose they gave an election – and nobody came? That’s what happened in Brookhaven, LI last week when no one bothered to show up for a referendum about lowering the retirement age for local first responders. “I did not see one sign. I did not see a single piece of literature on the referendum. I … Read more
City investigators interviewed the former top spokeswoman for the Department of Social Services for three hours Monday as part of a probe into whether the agency’s commissioner ordered a cover-up after migrants were left to sleep on the floor at an intake shelter. The investigators quizzed the ex-aide, Julia Savel, over what DSS boss Gary … Read more
A park-goer who was hospitalized after he was hit by a falling tree limb over the weekend has died, a police source said Monday. Jared Richardson was rushed to Kings County Hospital from Reinaldo Salgado Playground near 742 Monroe St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Saturday. He died over the weekend, the source said. Richardson was sitting … Read more
The carriage horse that collapsed on a Manhattan street last Wednesday was “in distress” and “having trouble walking” in Central Park four hours before the troubling incident, a witness said. The struggling steed, named Ryder, was also being berated and screamed at by his driver, who was seen slapping and flogging the horse with his … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams tried to counter a new barrage of questions about ethics at City Hall Monday after hiring his close friend Timothy Pearson as a public safety adviser while allowing him to keep his job at a Queens gambling operation seeking approvals to expand its business — with Hizzoner claiming at one point that … Read more
A contender to replace Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi in next week’s Democratic primary for the 3rd Congressional District is facing heat for his links to prominent Republicans. Robert Zimmerman does business through his Zimmerman-Edelson PR firm with Nassau County Republican Party chairman Joe Cairo, who is president of the Nassau Off-Track Betting Corporation. Zimmerman’s … Read more
Nothing like a boss who shares the wealth! Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker and his staff have enjoyed luxury food, travel and jewelry with the help of thousands of dollars in donations to the 10-term incumbent — who is battling for his political life in the Aug. 23 Democratic primary. Since last year, Parker has … Read more