ng Man dies trying to douse fire in bedroom of his Brooklyn apartment By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 23:28:29 +0000 Sometime after 911 was called, the 63-year-old victim — whose name has not been released — went into his bedroom to put out the fire. He soon passed out amid the smoke and flames, officials said. Responding firefighters and EMTs pulled him out of the apartment. "He was badly burned," said a neighbor. Full Article
ng 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
ng 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
ng New York ‘ready’ to snuff coronavirus when it lands thanks to training, technology and ‘secret shoppers' By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 22:36:41 +0000 New York health agencies says they're prepared for the coronavirus. Full Article
ng Knife-wielding straphanger slashes face of woman whose child vomited on Brooklyn bus By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:08:25 +0000 A Brooklyn woman was slashed in the face with a knife by an enraged passenger after her child threw up on a city bus. Full Article
ng 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
ng MTA to reopen long-shuttered entrance to busy Brooklyn subway station By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:17:11 +0000 Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials on Thursday announced plans to reopen a long-closed pair of entrances to the Nostrand Ave. station on the A and C lines by the end of 2020 — some 30 years after they were closed due to security concerns. Full Article
ng 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
ng After legendary 53-year career, Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein hangs up his robe at age 98 By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:36:02 +0000 Judge Jack Weinstein on Monday moved to inactive status, closing out a 53-year career. A highlight of his law career was working with Thurgood Marshall on the legal arguments that led the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in Brown v. Board of Education that school segregation was illegal. He was named a federal judge in 1967, and on his retirement was the last appointee of President Lyndon Johnson still on the bench. Full Article
ng ‘I’m still building, still paving the way’: Brooklyn entrepreneur launches black-owned champagne brand By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 16:51:36 +0000 Marvina Robinson was inspired to create Stuyvesant Champagne, named after Bedford-Stuyvesant where she grew up, while drawing up plans for a champagne bar set to launch in the neighborhood later this year. Full Article
ng Poly Prep tennis coach accused of sexual abuse by second former student in new Brooklyn court filing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:38:29 +0000 The plaintiff, a former high school cheerleader identified only by the pseudonym “Mary Coe,” was in her first year at the school when defendant William Martire allegedly initially forced her to perform oral sex on him in the early 1980s, according to a horrifying 18-page Brooklyn Supreme Court filing. Full Article
ng 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
ng Man wrongly convicted in 1995 Brooklyn gang murder sues the state for $100 million By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 22:48:27 +0000 Christian Pacheco, 42, was wrongly convicted in the racially-motivated Latin Kings killing of Lemuel Cruz, who died in December 1995 at a Brooklyn club called El Sabor Latino. Pacheco was nabbed by cops as he was trying to save Cruz's life. “I don’t regret helping him — honestly, I don’t. That’s the kind of person that I am," Pacheco told reporters Thursday. Full Article
ng 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
ng 19-year-old Brooklyn stabbing victim asked for his mom in his last breaths By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 05:01:39 +0000 Mamadou Bah, 19, an immigrant from Senegal who dreamt of playing pro basketball, died after he stumbled into Gentlemen’s Quarters Salon on Church Ave. near Ocean Ave. in Flatbush just before 10 p.m. Tuesday. Full Article
ng 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
ng 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
ng SEE IT: 15-year-old girl ‘traumatized’ after being beaten and robbed by teen mob in Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:49:47 +0000 The teen victim was chased to the corner of Utica Ave. and Sterling Place around 4:10 p.m. Thursday before being knocked to the ground. Video then shows a horde of teens descending upon her. Full Article
ng 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
ng ‘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
ng ’Flatten the curve, go home!’ New Yorkers bellow coronavirus warnings from their windows in Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:27:47 +0000 As New Yorkers take to staying indoors to combat the spread of the coronavirus, these residents are taking a different approach. Full Article
ng 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
ng 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
ng State pulls liquor license of Queens restaurant that flouts governor’s no dining in order By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 23:33:26 +0000 The operators of the New Oriental Guyana Restaurant on Liberty Ave. in Jamaica shut its front gates — but in a Prohibition-era move, they let dozens of customers in through an alley door so they could wine and dine the night away, the State Liquor Authority said. Full Article
ng 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
ng 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
ng Patients denied take-home doses at packed Brooklyn methadone clinic, sparking fears of coronavirus transmission By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:18:07 +0000 Patient Jessica Ellision recalled how she broke down and sobbed Monday when she finally received her medication after a three-hour wait — much of it in the crowded hallway where she feared the other patients might be infected. “It was so intense and so stressful, and you feel like you worked so hard not to be sick, but this is it now — this is how it happens,” said Ellison, 39, of the Bronx. Full Article
ng 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
ng 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
ng 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
ng 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
ng 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
ng Four men wounded in Brooklyn shooting By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 15:50:39 +0000 A 39-year-old man was shot in the stomach on Rockaway Parkway near Winthrop St. in Brownsville around 3:20 a.m., according to authorities. Three other men, in their 30s and 40s, were shot in the legs. Full Article
ng Cops break up Brooklyn funeral for coronavirus victim as mourners ignore social distancing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 20:54:37 +0000 The funeral was held for Rav Yosef Kalish, 63, an Amshinover rebbe who was hospitalized with COVID-19 last week and died Sunday morning, The Associated Press reported. Full Article
ng 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
ng Outraged staff, local residents say Brooklyn nursing home kept dead coronavirus patients in room cooled only by air conditioning By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:19:51 +0000 Outraged community leaders joined staffers Tuesday outside the Linden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, where demonstrators complained as many as 10 bodies were stored in an unrefrigerated fourth floor dementia unit where the dead reside among the living — and ailing residents are reportedly free to wander. Full Article
ng 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
ng 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
ng ‘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
ng 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
ng 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
ng 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
ng 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
ng 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
ng SEE IT: NYPD roughly arrests men defying social distancing in Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 21:42:47 +0000 Antonio Rivera, accused of getting high in East New York amidst a group of people ignoring the city’s pandemic policies, was sent tumbling to the street when he came at one of the NYPD cops making arrests. The video shows police placing Rivera in handcuffs as he was lying on the ground behind their car. Full Article
ng Rudyard Kipling By encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:00:00 GMT Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink. Full Article
ng 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
ng New report finds work-based learning gap in city schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 05:01:15 +0000 The sophomore at H.E.R.O. High School in the Bronx, who dreams of being a pediatrician, spends her Saturdays learning from medical professionals and has been working closely with her school’s internships coordinator since the beginning of the school year to land a paid summer job working with kids. Full Article
ng Teacher pushes for resolution in long-standing lawsuit on school racism By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:38:27 +0000 Former principal Minerva Zanca of Pan American High School in Queens allegedly targeted black staffers from 2012-13, calling one a “gorilla” and “nappy-haired," according to a lawsuit filed in 2016 by the federal Justice Department. Full Article
ng Teachers unions protest state education funding shortfalls at NYC schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 01:08:04 +0000 For years, state officials have declined to fully fund the Foundation Aid Formula designed to dole out money to New York school districts based on need. Full Article