State Senator Jéssica Ramos announces that the community refrigerator, located outside her district office in Elmhurst, was vandalized and destroyed that Friday night. Ramos posted the photos on his Twitter account: “Many of our neighbors depend on the generosity of others to survive these difficult times. They have cut this lifeline. This breaks my heart.” … Read more
Police have a man in custody, accused of stabbing a person on the Upper West Side. The incident occurred at one in the afternoon last Friday. According to authorities, a 35-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen while at the 96th Street subway station. The agents indicated that it is still unknown on which line … Read more
Shamseddin Tomal cries because one of his co-workers was crushed to death after a wall collapsed. Tomal was working on that construction, along with two contractors, inside a house that collapsed and fell on his colleagues. Ligia Guallpa, executive director of the Labor Justice Project, said: “Right now the worker is traumatized by seeing two … Read more
A fire on Christmas night consumed a banquet hall in Brooklyn. The fire broke out shortly before 7 p.m. Friday at the business located at the intersection of X Avenue and East 14th Street, in the Sheepshead Bay sector. About 140 firefighters battled for four hours to bring the flames under control. Two firefighters were … Read more
For the second time in less than two months, debris falls from a building on West 57th Street in Manhattan, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The Fire Department ensures that the debris falls mainly on the side of 58th Street in Midtown. No injuries have been reported. In late October, a crane spun out of … Read more
A 17-year-old is in hospital after being shot in the back after a dispute. The incident occurred Sunday night, in the East Harlem sector. According to statistics, there have been at least 777 firearm incidents, a number that dwarfs the total number of episodes for the entire past year. As of last week, the number … Read more
New York City is grappling with the aftermath of another night of violent protests over the police murder of George Floyd in Minnesota. Thousands of protesters gathered near the Barclays Center, Grand Army Plaza, Manhattan Bridge and Union Square. Looters were seen near Herald Square, the Diamond District and SoHo. Some of them went into … Read more
The Police Department is looking for a subject related to a shooting in Brooklyn. The shooting that was reported on December 13, around 4 in the afternoon, and took place on the southwest corner of Wyona Street and Pitkin Avenue. There an unidentified person approached the driver’s door of and fired several times at the … Read more
Elements of the New York Fire Department came to put out a fire that broke out this Saturday morning in Elmhurst, Queens. The deaths of three people have been confirmed, as well as several injuries. The incident occurred in a three-story home located on 48th Avenue in Elmhurst, near 91 Place. The emergency call came … Read more
Investigators reveal the cause of the fire that destroyed a 130-year-old church along with other buildings located in the East Village of Manhattan. According to the authorities, faulty cables were the cause of the accident. The fire started on the first floor of a vacant building at 7th Street and Second Avenue, last Saturday. Fire … Read more