Victim's brother Jimmy Cuevas. By RYAN SIT Friends and family of Reynaldo Cuevas, the bodega clerk who was fatally shot by a police officer in the Bronx, said on Tuesday…
A Tree Grows at Ground Zero
The pear tree. By MELANIE GOLDBERG As death rained down on the World Trade Center plaza 11 years ago, a small green thing survived. It was a potted pear tree.…
Accused Killer Wants Protection in Jail
By Conor Febos & Ryan Sit One of the two alleged killers in the brutal murder of a Chelsea businessman in March was granted protective custody Tuesday after officials agreed…
NY 1 Marks 20 Years of Reporting Triumph and Tragedy
By Avril Regis From the World Trade Center bombings and President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial, to the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon,…
Rapist Sentenced to 20 Years
By YVONNE JURIS Convicted rapist Jason Quinones was sentenced to 20 years prison Tuesday in Manhattan State Supreme Court, after pleading guilty last May to first degree rape and another…
Violence Again Mars Caribbean Celebration
By Nakia Copeland & Sigourney Sealey Police on Tuesday still were searching for the suspects in one of the two deadly stabbings and a shooting that occurred after the West…
Rabbi And His Brother Plead Guilty to Housing Fraud
By Ryan Sit & Cadita Rousseau A Former Brooklyn jail-house chaplain and his brother pleaded guilty Tuesday in Manhattan Federal Court to defrauding the federal housing program out of $220,000…
City War Against Super-Sized Drinks Enlists Diet Groups
By Conor Febos Mayor Bloomberg amped up his campaign against super-sized, sugary drinks Tuesday as Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and other diet groups backed his plan to limit the sizes…
Police officer stabbed in East Harlem
By MAX NEOPIKHANOV A police officer was stabbed in the head in East Harlem by a man with a criminal record and a history of mental illness after responding to…
Park Slope landmark district expands
By DARA FEINBERG and ANGELICA BERRY The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted on Tuesday in favor of extending the Park Slope Historic District southward to encompass some 580 more buildings. “It’s…