ri Woman struck and killed by hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:16:09 +0000 The victim, believed to be in her 40s, was hit at the intersection of Atlantic Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave. in East New York about 4:30 a.m., cops said. Full Article
ri NYPD tow truck driver’s death in Brooklyn crash blamed on medical problem By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 02:24:51 +0000 The on-duty driver was heading south on Flatbush Ave. near Avenue R in Marine Park around 6 p.m. when he lost control of his truck, said police. Full Article
ri Gambino capo, 10 cohorts picked up on federal racketeering conspiracy, loansharking, bribery charges By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:06:27 +0000 Veteran captain Andrew Campos, 50, was arrested only months after a search warrant uncovered multiple photos of the mobster and co-defendant Richard Martino making prison visits to imprisoned Mafioso Frank LoCascio, once the underboss to the infamous “Dapper Don” Gotti. Full Article
ri Defense lawyer, in closing arguments for 2016 slaying of beloved Brooklyn pizzeria owner, insists prosecutors failed to prove their case By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:01:45 +0000 Attorney Javier Solano, in his final jury address Friday, insisted there was a “piece that didn’t fit” in the prosecution’s presentation against murder suspect Andres Fernandez in the June 30, 2016, shooting of Louis Barbati. Full Article
ri Off-duty NYPD cop charged in fatal two-car Brooklyn crash; second driver flees scene By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 22:11:26 +0000 A driver abandoned his wrecked vehicle and left one of his passengers to die after a drunken off-duty cop in a muscle car t-boned his vehicle in Brooklyn early Sunday, police said. NYPD Officer Rohan Shaw was driving a white 2019 Nissan GT-R, zooming east on Foster Ave. just before 5 a.m., when a black 2016 Mazda 6 rolled through a stop sign on E. 55th St. and right into the cop’s path, police said. Full Article
ri ‘She was a pleasure to be around... you never expect this:' distraught dad grieves for daughter, killed by off-duty NYPD cop in car wreck By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:32:42 +0000 Instead of waking up to wish his daughter the best on her 23rd birthday, Collin Dixon got the phone call every parent dreads. Full Article
ri Man fatally shoots girlfriend, breaks his leg in leap from Brooklyn building By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 01:40:13 +0000 The 33-year-old woman was shot in the chest and leg by the man in an apartment on Rockaway Pkwy. in Brownsville. Full Article
ri Vision uh-oh: Two more pedestrians killed by vehicles in Manhattan and Brooklyn, capping off deadly three days across NYC By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 14:45:44 +0000 The Friday morning deaths capped off a deadly three days across the city. Full Article
ri Man shot during fight inside Brooklyn subway station By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 15:47:19 +0000 The incident happened around 4:30 a.m. on the southbound platform for the B and Q trains inside the 7th Ave-Flatbush Ave. station in Park Slope. Full Article
ri SEE IT: Gang abducts man, shoots at his friend in Brooklyn abduction-robbery By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 06:00:05 +0000 The suspects jumped one of the victims near Herkimer St. and Nostrand Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant about 3 a.m. Dec. 21. Full Article
ri Brooklyn assault suspects get welcome reprieve under new reforms: No bail despite alleged violent offenses in separate cases By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:19:33 +0000 Two men accused of violent crimes were freed without bail from Brooklyn Criminal Court on Thursday amid growing concern about the state's new bail reform laws. Full Article
ri Former Mexican security chief linked to Sinaloa Cartel held without bail by Brooklyn federal judge on multi-million dollar bribery charge By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 22:14:35 +0000 Garcia Luna, accused of turning a blind eye toward murderous drug overlord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman while serving as Mexico’s secretary of public security from 2006-12, arrived in Brooklyn Federal Court with his attorney for a Friday afternoon hearing. Full Article
ri Church desecration suspect in custody after Brooklyn priest, altar are splashed with juice during Sunday morning service By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 20:05:13 +0000 A 14-second video captured the unsettling scene inside St. Anthony of Padua Church in Greenpoint as the Rev. Jossy Vattothu presided over the 9:30 a.m. Mass, with the man strolling casually inside the house of worship with a container of juice in his right hand. Full Article
ri Trinitarios takedown nabs seven reputed high-ranking gang-bangers By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 21:40:47 +0000 The defendants were linked in a 15-page Manhattan court filing with a cornucopia of crimes committed between 2010-19, from murder to robbery, wire fraud to kidnapping, and drug dealing to identity theft. Full Article
ri Brutal ‘Bushwick Crew’ member pleads guilty to murdering thieves who tried to rob drug stash By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:35:29 +0000 The last suspect in the grisly gang-related Brooklyn murders of two men whose bodies were burned after they were tortured and killed pleaded guilty Friday. Full Article
ri Woman attacked with hammer during Brooklyn mugging By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:39:26 +0000 Police said the crook crept up behind the 38-year-old victim on Wilson Ave. near Dekalb Ave. in Bushwick about 7 a.m. Tuesday and shoved her to the ground. Full Article
ri Brooklyn subway surfer recovering at hospital after doctors amputate crushed foot By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:04:36 +0000 Ulises Rivera, 32, had stitches above his right eye and a blood-soaked sheet wrapped around his right leg at Elmhurst Hospital — but otherwise seemed in healthy condition. Full Article
ri Boy, 7, walking to Brooklyn school with mom killed in crosswalk by driver with suspended license — sixth NYC pedestrian death in five days By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:34:41 +0000 The 8:15 a.m. crash at Pennsylvania and Blake Aves. in East New York happened just paces from three neighborhood schools and about two miles from where a 10-year-old girl was fatally struck by a school bus Tuesday, officials said. Full Article
ri Tears flow, crossing guards and memorial appear at Brooklyn death scene where 7-year-old was fatally injured while walking to school By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 23:50:18 +0000 Folks in the neighborhood where the 7-year-old was struck and killed 24 hours earlier couldn’t help but notice the new arrivals Friday: Two guards positioned at the intersection near a homemade memorial honoring the lost and lovable child. Full Article
ri Brooklyn man whose murder conviction was overturned will be retried for 1992 killing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:09:26 +0000 Emmanuelle Cooper, 54, spent 27 years in prison for the 1992 murder of MTA employee Andres Barretto, who was fatally shot in an East New York subway station after two men forced their way into a booth and robbed the token clerks inside. Full Article
ri Brooklyn teen, 16, revealed sexual abuse at family dinner, mom recounts at teacher’s trial By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:21:55 +0000 Mervyn Affoon, who taught at the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism at hospitality at Erasmus Hall High School in Flatbush, is accused of sexually abusing the teen about 15 times between March 2017 and June 2017. Full Article
ri ‘This is a celebration of homecoming.’ Mourners gather for funeral of 7-year-old boy fatally struck by unlicensed driver in Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:12:28 +0000 More than 200 mourners filed into the Love Fellowship Tabernacle church in East New York Thursday night for Payson Lott’s wake and funeral. The youngster was struck and killed by an unlicensed driver as he crossed a street in his neighborhood. Full Article
ri Brooklyn man suspected of murdering love triangle rival and burning corpse took victim’s seat in church By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:42:00 +0000 The murder may have happened outside the city. Full Article
ri Coronavirus threat leads Diocese of Brooklyn to close all 186 parishes, after two priests and more congregants infected By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:38:44 +0000 The diocese made the dramatic announcement after confirming positive coronavirus tests for two priests: One at a church in Queens, the other at a church in Brooklyn. Full Article
ri Two NYC Education Dept. employees who shared building with principal who died of coronavirus also hospitalized: sources By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:01:37 +0000 Rona Phillips, the principal of KAPPA V High School in Brownsville, is in intensive care with pneumonia, officials said. “Our thoughts are with Principal Phillips and her family for a speedy recovery, and we’ll support the school community in every way we can,” said Education Department spokeswoman Miranda Barbot. Full Article
ri Streets will open to pedestrians around the city to give coronavirus-cooped New Yorkers more open space By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:12:06 +0000 City officials called the street closings planned starting Friday are an “initial pilot,” and that more sites may be added to the program in the coming days. De Blasio said on Tuesday he’d like to open “up to two streets per borough.” Full Article
ri Beloved Brooklyn pastor dies from coronavirus at age 49 — first Catholic priest killed by disease in the U.S., officials say By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 22:14:19 +0000 The beloved 49-year-old priest, born in Mexico City, passed away Friday evening at the Wyckoff Medical Center in Brooklyn, the diocese said. Father Jorge, as he was known to worshippers, served as the diocesan coordinator of the ministry for Mexican-Americans among his other duties. Full Article
ri No coronavirus release for former Mexican top cop Garcia Luna, accused of taking millions in bribes from cartels By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:21:49 +0000 A Brooklyn federal magistrate denied Genaro Garcia Luna release from prison due to coronavirus, saying he was a flight risk. Full Article
ri Manslaughter arrest for woman accused of fatally striking NYC hospital patient for violating coronavirus social distancing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:11:00 +0000 Hospital police initially issued Lundy a disorderly conduct summons after the attack and released her. On Thursday NYPD cops arrested her for manslaughter and assault. Full Article
ri Members of NYC’s running clubs run errands for needy during coronavirus pandemic By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 17:16:56 +0000 Runners are using their legs for deliveries now. Full Article
ri Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams calls for express supermarket lanes for first responders, with Foodtown already onboard By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:29:02 +0000 Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams called Saturday for all New York supermarkets to offer express lane treatment for those heroic New Yorkers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
ri Ex-prisoner fears coronavirus rampant at Brooklyn federal lockup, says early release likely saved his life By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 22:40:08 +0000 Inmates were coughing and sneezing, and guards wore no personal protective equipment, said Hassan Chunn, 46, who fears the disease is spreading through the Metropolitan Detention Center. Full Article
ri Coronavirus pandemic rages at NYC’s federal jails — and numbers back lawyers’ and staffers’ claims that management has a poor grip on the problem By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 Staff at New York City’s two federal jails, defense attorneys and inmates interviewed by the Daily News say the official numbers of COVID-19 cases obscure the magnitude of the crisis behind bars. Full Article
ri Caring New Yorkers increasingly lend a helping hand to neighbors in need as war against coronavirus gets local By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 03:00:00 +0000 While the COVID-19 pandemic keeps New Yorkers separated by face masks and social distancing and self-quarantine, a growing number of city residents are connecting through local mutual aid groups now sprouting across the shuttered boroughs. Full Article
ri Beloved Brooklyn activist/rapper battles coronavirus in month-long fight for life as friends and family send prayers By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:50:03 +0000 Roberto Correa, born and raised in Brooklyn, looms in his Sunset Park neighborhood as a prominent and popular figure: He owns The Booth NYC, a local clothing store/recording studio, and is a well-known local activist. Full Article
ri Pair of armed NYC muggers in medical masks use coronavirus pandemic to launch violent crime spree: cops By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:03:12 +0000 The heartless bandits with hidden faces are wanted for a violent robbery spree across Brooklyn and the Bronx over the past five weeks that includes beating an 83-year-old man, pistol-whipping a woman and shooting a bread deliveryman who survived a bullet to the pancreas. Full Article
ri Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez says coronavirus crisis has shifted his focus to releasing inmates, rather than locking them up By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000 The fourth-year DA told the Daily News in an interview that his focus has shifted dramatically during the crisis, as trials and grand juries have been put on hold across the state. Full Article
ri SEE IT: Deranged man on rampage stabs two men in Brooklyn, leaving both in critical condition By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:28:22 +0000 The mayhem began when the assailant went berzerk inside an apartment building on Dorchester Road and East 21 St. in Flatbush about 10:50 p.m. Saturday, punching and kicking two men before stabbing one multiple times, police said. Full Article
ri She paid $15,000 for mom’s final arrangements — and now worries Brooklyn funeral home stored remains on unrefrigerated U-Haul truck By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:13:31 +0000 NYC Mayor de Blasio denounced storing bodies in unrefrigerated and unmanned U-Haul trucks outside of Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home on Utica Ave. and Ave. M in Flatlands Full Article
ri Samuel Taylor Coleridge By encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 05:00:00 GMT I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged. Discuss Full Article
ri Drivers, attendants of NYC’s biggest school bus contractor vote to authorize strike amid contract impasse By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:43:27 +0000 Two thousand workers from the Amalgamated Transit Union’s Local 1181 voted overwhelmingly to authorize the strike against their employer, which operates about 900 of the city’s more than 8,000 school bus routes. Full Article
ri NYC schools chancellor slams critics over abrupt ending to Queens school town hall, calling it a ‘set up’ By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:31:06 +0000 Critics have slammed the chancellor for making an early exit from a town hall in Bayside last week after two furious parents stood up mid-meeting to demand answers from the schools chief about alleged assaults their middle school children suffered at M.S. 158 Full Article
ri NYC pays out more than $1 million in settlements to employees who accused Queens high school principal of racism By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:15:16 +0000 The hefty payout comes after the federal Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the city Education Department in 2016 for allowing a “pattern and practice of discrimination” to flourish at Pan American High School during the 2012-13 school year. Full Article
ri CUNY names first Asian-American college president to lead Baruch College By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 23:53:55 +0000 Wu, a former Vice President at George Mason University in Virginia, was voted in unanimously, 17-0, by the city university system’s Board of Trustees Monday night and will take office on July 1. Full Article
ri Ballooning state aid for private schools subsidized teacher salaries at some of NYC’s most expensive private schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 04:00:55 +0000 A fast-growing New York state program that funds math and science teacher salaries at private schools paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to some of the city’s priciest private schools that can charge over $50,000 a year for tuition, the Daily News has learned. Full Article
ri New Jersey teacher under investigation after inappropriate slavery lesson By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:19:10 +0000 Lawrence Cuneo, an eighth-grade social studies teacher in the coastal town of Toms River, is under investigation by school officials. Full Article
ri NYC principals union reaches contract agreement By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:37:05 +0000 The Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, which represents principals and assistant principals, won a 7.5% raise over four years, paid parental leave, and a commitment to hire more assistant principals, officials said Thursday. Full Article
ri NYC schools Chancellor Richard Carranza beefs up security after threats to his safety By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:04:21 +0000 Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, whose outspoken style and aggressive proposals on school diversity have made him a lightning rod in charged city schools debates, is traveling with two body guards after receiving menacing messages. Full Article
ri Staten Island politician urges NYC Education Dept. to sit out St. Patrick’s Day parade after LGBTQ exclusion By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 22:47:22 +0000 City Council Member Debi Rose (D - Staten Island) said city students shouldn’t feel obligated to march with their schools or bands in the parade while event organizers refuse to let the Staten Island Pride Center march. Full Article
ri Harlem charter school principal arrested for assaulting 7-year-old boy By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:00:47 +0000 Jason Epting, 43, the principal of Harlem Hebrew Language Academy, left the boy gushing blood from his forehead and concussed during a January encounter Epting first tried to brush off as an accident, the boy’s horrified mother told the Daily News. Full Article