Contents of Accused Wannabe Terrorist’s Backpack Shown to Jury
By SEAN EGAN & MICHAEL ODMARK Prosecutors in the Brooklyn Federal Court case against the Air Force veteran with alleged plans to join ISIS on …[read more]
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‘Wife’ of Bus Driver Killed in DUI Asks ‘Maximum Penalty’ for Defendant
By PRISCILLA PEREZ & AMBER ALEXANDER The companion of a New York City bus driver, who was killed in a drunk-driving incident involving a stolen …[read more]
Move to Ban Smokeless Tobacco at Yankee Stadium and Citifield
By RENEE BEYDA The City Council Health Committee took aim at outlawing chewing tobacco among Major League Baseball players in New York by the start …[read more]
Queens Shooter Sentenced to 23 1/2 Years
By AMBER ALEXANDER A 25-year old Queens man was sentenced to 23 ½ years in prison for first-degree manslaughter today, for shooting and killing a …[read more]
Jury in Attempted Rape Case Ponders Erectile Dysfunction Defense
By KAT LLOYD Deliberations continued for the third day in the trial of a Manhattan attorney accused of attempted rape and sexual abuse who argued …[read more]
Housing Activists File FIO Request Re City Vacant Lots
By KARI FORD Housing activists on Thursday filed a Freedom of Information request demanding that the de Blasio Administration reveal the identities of the developers …[read more]
Cardinal Dolan Soft-Pedals Pope Francis/Trump Controversy
By REZA MALEK Outside a gymnasium of a Bronx Catholic school hardly seems an apt place for a high-profile discussion of the recent dustup between …[read more]
Bx Prez Targets Education in State of Borough Speech
By REZA MALEK Bronx Borough President, Ruben Diaz Jr. sharply criticized CUNY and the Department of Education in his 2016 State of the Borough Address …[read more]
Turn Empty Lots into Housing, Stringer Urges
By ALEAH WINTER City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released an audit on Thursday pinpointing more than 1,000 city-owned vacant lots as potential sites for affordable …[read more]
City Launches Free Wi-Fi Kiosk Program
By MICHAEL ODMARK “It works!” said Mayor de Blasio after making a test call at Thursday’s public launch of LinkNYC, a new program replacing pay …[read more]