to 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
to Pistol-whipping Russian mobster explodes at prosecutor at Brooklyn sentencing: ‘I can’t listen to these lies!’ By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:24:49 +0000 Aleksey Tsvetkov, 40, blew up while an Assistant U.S. Attorney recited his criminal history during his sentencing hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court on racketeering charges.. Full Article
to Mom wants justice for Mexican son shot by ICE on vacation visit to Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:59:19 +0000 “Those people shot him to kill him. It’s a miracle that my son is alive,” Carmen Cruz said of the Feb. 6 incident in which her son, 26-year-old Erick Diaz-Cruz, was wounded in a confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Gravesend. Full Article
to 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
to 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
to 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
to 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
to Tony-winning actress who lost unborn child in Brooklyn crash pregnant again By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 02:12:31 +0000 Ruthie Ann Miles, a Tony winner who is now a regular on the CBS series “All Rise,” shared the happy news on Instagram. Full Article
to Social distancing to prevent coronavirus spread isn’t happening in NYC courts By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000 While an increasing number of criminal suspects are being arraigned by video to prevent the spread of coronavirus, defendants’ families often sit on crowded courthouse benches waiting for their relatives’ arraignments. Full Article
to 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
to 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
to Charges tossed against Brooklyn nail salon workers in broomstick beatdown By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Two Brooklyn nail salon workers who pummeled a customer with brooms in a viral video had assault charges against them dismissed at trial – and a defense attorney says they were victims of a mob mentality fueled by elected officials. Full Article
to ‘This is for real’: Videos show bodies loaded into trucks outside coronavirus-struck NYC hospitals By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:17:00 +0000 Disturbing videos posted online paint a grim picture on how hospitals seem to be struggling to deal with bodies as they battle against the wave of coronavirus patients. Full Article
to 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
to 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
to Cops bust thief trying to steal dozens of shoes and baseball caps from closed Brooklyn Foot Locker By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 19:56:06 +0000 Suspect Donte West, 28, broke into a side door of the shoe store on Pitkin Ave. near Bristol St. in Brownsville about 8:45 a.m. Saturday and loaded up a Chevy Trailblazer with more than three dozen pairs of sneakers and nearly 40 baseball caps as cops arrived, police said. Full Article
to Gone too fast, too young: Brooklyn dad of 2-year-old boy dies at home from likely coronavirus despite family’s desperate efforts to save him By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 03:45:00 +0000 The last thing Jorge Cruz ever did was ask for a cup of hot tea. By the time it was cool enough for a sip, he was dead -- apparently from coronavirus. Full Article
to SEE IT: Crook wears N95 face mask to rob deli of cash and 36 Red Bulls By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:39:44 +0000 A pair of crooks smashed their way into a grocery store in Brooklyn and stole the deli’s cash register along with three dozen Red Bulls, cops said. Full Article
to HOMETOWN HELPERS: Brooklyn hospital X-ray technologist uses mental prep routine to 'amp up’ for hectic shifts on the coronavirus front line By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Gina Torres, radiologic technologist at Wyckoff Heights Hospital in Brooklyn, knows the amount of stress waiting inside as coronavirus patients pour in day after day. Full Article
to Feds move to drop car theft charges against slain rapper Pop Smoke By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:55:18 +0000 Federal prosecutors filed the motion in Brooklyn Federal Court in the case against the “Welcome to the Party” rapper, Bashar Jackson, 20, who was shot dead in Los Angeles in a Hollywood Hills home invasion in February. Full Article
to 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
to New Jersey mom-to-be gets coronavirus, delivers baby daughter in a coma, lives to tell the tale: ‘I’m extremely grateful that my baby and I are alive’ By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 20:05:58 +0000 “I’m still going through the motions. The wounds are still really fresh,” said Johana Rocio Mendoza Chancay. “But I’m extremely grateful that my baby and I are alive,” she said, breaking down in tears. Full Article
to SEE IT: Robbers punch 83-year-old man to ground, hold gun to his head in Brooklyn elevator By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:37:00 +0000 An 83-year-old man was punched and had a gun put to his head by two masked men in Brooklyn, according to video released by police. Full Article
to 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
to ‘It’s as bad as you think’: Public defense attorney reports seeing inmates in Brooklyn federal jail ‘begging’ for medical care, guards without protection By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:48:56 +0000 When Deirdre Von Dornum and the others arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal Bureau of Prisons staffer wearing no gloves or mask greeted them in the lobby, according to the email. Full Article
to 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
to HOMETOWN HELPERS: Renowned Brooklyn clothier founded by Holocaust survivor now making masks to keep NYers safe from coronavirus By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 Martin Greenfield Clothiers, creator of Joaquin Phoenix’s “Joker” suit and tailor to the well-dressed from President Obama to Mayor Bloomberg, is taking on coronavirus. The venerable custom suit maker teamed with its union workers to start producing protective face masks, with local community groups first on their list of beneficiaries. Full Article
to 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
to Teen arrested outside Hasidic funeral in Brooklyn as cops seek to enforce social distancing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 02:50:59 +0000 The scene on 43rd St. between 13th Ave. and 14th Ave. unfolded at about 4 p.m. Thursday as mourners flouted social distancing norms to attend what was supposed to be a private funeral at the home of Rabbi Cheskel Wagshel, 95, said a family friend. Full Article
to Edith Wharton By encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 05:00:00 GMT I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. Full Article
to DEA investigator busted in sting for trying to arrange sex with 14-year-old: officials By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:11:27 +0000 Frederick Scheinin, 29, of Sunnyside, Queens, allegedly chatted for months with a federal agent posing as a minor, and now faces charges in Manhattan federal court of attempting to entice a minor and attempting to produce child pornography. Full Article
to NYC educators push for teacher diversity in city schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:10:30 +0000 Hall became a middle school science teacher in the Bronx in part so his students would never have that same experience. But for years, he was the only black male teacher on staff — which came with challenges of its own. Full Article
to 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
to 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
to 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
to NYC schools Chancellor apologizes to Queens parents, promises meeting By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 22:54:26 +0000 Carranza made an early exit from a community meeting in Bayside last week after two parents demanded answers about violent incidents at Marie Curie Middle School. “I in no way want to show disrespect to any parent that wants to be heard, and I apologize because as a parent myself, I can only imagine the pain parents are feeling when their children have been hurt,” he said. Full Article
to Parents fight to keep key autism therapy when kids enter NYC schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 05:01:23 +0000 Applied Behavior Analysis is administered frequently to 0-3-year-olds in the state’s Early Intervention system. Full Article
to 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
to NYC Council bill seeks to make free summer camp available to all city students By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:10:50 +0000 Two city Council member proposed universal summer camp. Full Article
to U.S. Education Dept. investigates foreign donations to Havard, Yale By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 22:44:56 +0000 The probe is part of a broader effort to monitor the influx of donations from other countries to American universities, which also includes investigations at Georgetown and Texas A&M. U.S. colleges are required under federal law to report foreign donations of $250,000 are more. Full Article
to NYC lawyers push back on state proposal to lower qualifications for special education judges amid shortage By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:23:19 +0000 New York City currently has fewer than 70 special education judges — called impartial hearing officers — to handle the thousands of complaints that special education students lodge every year against the city school system, resulting in more than 10,000 still-open cases. Full Article
to 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
to Agencies urge Gov. Cuomo to boost funding for special education preschool amid shortage By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:21:14 +0000 Advocates predict up to 2,000 city youngsters with disabilities may be unable to find an appropriate preschool this spring because of financial constraints that make it harder to hire and maintain teachers for special needs programs. Full Article
to Second NYC teen speaks out on 30-hour detention as city officials promise to investigate By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:21:04 +0000 Flushing High School junior Arialis Guzman said she “just didn’t get treated right" while police held her and a friend for more than a day in the aftermath of an after school altercation. The teens spent the night of Wednesday, Feb. 12 and much of the next day, Feb. 13, handcuffed to a bench in a Queens police precinct. Full Article
to NYC Education Dept. employees added to city mental health services plan By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:42:56 +0000 Schools workers and their families will be eligible for the Employee Assistance Program, an initiative that helps city workers, at no cost, identify mental health issues, find counseling, and get specialized support for issues like addiction. Full Article
to NYC students enjoy free performance of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ at Madison Square Garden By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:45:46 +0000 City middle and high school students streamed off buses and trains, buzzing with excitement for the afternoon’s entertainment. For some, it was the first chance to see a Broadway show. Full Article
to 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
to Lawsuit challenges Trump administration toughening of student loan cancellation rules By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:00:48 +0000 New rules from federal Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would severely limit students' ability to clear debt by burying them in bureaucratic red tape, according to a new federal lawsuit. Full Article
to NYC schoolteacher self-quarantined with coronavirus symptoms, as city examines virus response By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 21:54:42 +0000 The teacher recently traveled to Italy and came back to class before noticing the symptoms, according to a source familiar with the situation. Full Article
to NYC foster care groups plead for school bus guarantee for kids who can’t get to class By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:00:13 +0000 Nearly 20 groups representing New York City foster kids pleaded with officials to finally guarantee school buses to students in foster care so they no longer have to switch schools because they can’t get to class. Full Article