Potent Energy Drinks Cited in Vehicular Manslaughter Trial
By RACHEL SILBERSTEIN The alleged drunk driver accused of killing a Brooklyn Yeshiva teacher in 2010 had been guzzling Four Loko alcoholic energy drinks before …[read more]
Month: February 2013
Nassau County Pays Bounty for Illegal Guns
By JANURIE ULETT Nassau County officials announced on Tuesday that they collected 330 illegal guns at the Grace Cathedral in Uniondale during a Gun Buy …[read more]
Cuomo Pushes Progressive Agenda in Speech
By LORETTA CHIN AND SEAN QUIGLEY Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined a progressive agenda in his State of the State Address at SUNY College on Thursday …[read more]
Ex-Fugitive Asks Judge to Bar Witness Statement
By AMANDA ANDRIES A dazed-looking former fugitive accused in a cold case of fatally running over a 15-year-old special education student in 2005, appeared with …[read more]
Bloomberg Touts a High-Tech New York City
By Janet Digeronimo & Sean Quigley Mayor Bloomberg on Tuesday launched a major push to expand local tech businesses with a new Web site to …[read more]
Last Arraignment in Brutal Greenwich Village Assault
By KATELYN HRUBY & SALVATORE ROMANO The arraignment of the last of three defendants accused in the savage Greenwich Village beating leaving a tourist near …[read more]
Lives of Colonial Black New Yorkers Celebrated at Historic Burial Ground
By JERMECIA EDWARDS It was a school day, but students from Fredrick Douglass Academy and P.S 119 were jam- packed Thursday in the polished African …[read more]
‘Flash Mob’ Targets Violence Vs. Women
BY DINA EXIL Hundreds of women broke out in a synchronized, “flash-mob” – style dance Thursday afternoon in Washington Square Park, to raise awareness about …[read more]
Influential Pro-Israel Activists Deplore Ejection of Jewish Students from Brooklyn College Event
By SALVATORE ROMANO Brooklyn College was under fire again on Thursday as a group of pro-Israel activists including a City University of New York trustee …[read more]
In Swan Song, Bloomberg Preens His Feathers
By AMANDA ANDRIES & RACHEL SILBERSTEIN Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Thursday made a strong push for environmentalism – a plan to create 20 percent …[read more]