The police file a formal complaint against the mother of the two minors who were found stabbed to death last Saturday in a shelter in the Bronx. It concerns 22-year-old Dimon Fleming was charged with two counts of murder, intent to commit manslaughter and manslaughter, and depraved contempt for a person under the age of … Read more
Immigrant Policemen Victor Brunnel and Bokth Taufique received Proclamations or Diplomas of Valor from Mayor Eric Adams for their heroic and timely action on Thanksgiving Day when they rescued a man who had fallen unconscious on the train tracks minutes earlier of the 6 train, which was rapidly approaching the 116th Street & Lexington Avenue … Read more
“My grandchildren. Since then I haven’t slept well because there are people who have it in my ‘building’.” Minerva Fernández martyrs recalls one fateful morning last August, when in one of Jackie Robinson’s tenement buildings, the East Harlem neighborhood awoke horrified by the deaths of a five-year-old girl and a 36-year-old woman, the product of … Read more
Authorities are on the trail of a gunman who killed a man in Manhattan. It happened outside NYCHA’s Fulton Houses at 400 West 17th Street in Chelsea shortly after 9:30 last night. Upon arrival, police found an unconscious 44-year-old man on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head. Paramedics rushed the injured individual … Read more
Police have tightened security around the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade following mass shootings elsewhere in the country, though stressing that there is no known credible threat to the famous event itself. The holiday tradition, which draws crowds of attendees and onlookers, comes this year two days after six people were killed in a shooting at … Read more
Today is the day known as Small Business Saturday. This initiative seeks to support local businesses to help them stay afloat. These businesses have been particularly hard hit by inflation and are still recovering from the effects of the pandemic. A recent study by American Express found that 61% of small business owners say the … Read more
The Costa Rican side claimed their first three World Cup points today after beating Japan 1-0, in a match of the second round of Group E of the FIFA World Cup being played in Qatar. The Costa Ricans achieved this long victory with a goal scored by right fielder Keysher Fuller in the 81st minute … Read more
Authorities are investigating after officers found a man with a gunshot wound in Manhattan this morning… The uniformed officers arrived at 143rd Street and Broadway in the Harlem sector at about three in the morning. There they found the victim inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the chest. Emergency services transported him to … Read more
At least twenty people were injured in a fire at a NYCHA building in Brooklyn, including many in critical condition. Images from the Citizen app captured the scene of the crash. Authorities say the fire broke out around 11pm yesterday in a 14-story building near Gold and York Streets. Flames appear to have developed in … Read more
The world’s largest gingerbread village returns to Essex Market in Manhattan. The artisan behind these magnificent creations is Jon Lovitch, who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest gingerbread village. It takes 1,000 pounds of gingerbread, plus 8,000 pounds of icing, to make 1,500 individual houses using ginger. Each of these houses will be … Read more