Author: NY Daily News
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Man, 33, dies from head injuries in Bronx hallway homicide
A 33-year-old man died from severe head injuries three days after he was found semiconscious in a Bronx apartment building hallway, police said Tuesday. The death of Jermaine Jones has been deemed a homicide but his killer has not been found. The case dates back to June 22, when police were called to the building…
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Cops hunt creep who exposed himself on Upper West Side
Police are asking the public to help track down a perv who pleasured himself in front of a woman on a Manhattan subway platform, cops said Monday. The victim told police she was waiting for an A train at the 103rd St. subway station on the Upper West Side at 8:55 a.m. Sunday when the…
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Civil rights leaders honor FDNY for condemning Birmingham officials’ use of fire hoses, dogs on children in 1963 protests
Months before four little girls were killed in a Birmingham, Ala., church bombing that helped turn the tide of the civil rights movement in 1963, their friends and classmates bravely took to the streets in protest racial segregation. There, in a brutal confrontation forever seared in the grainy images of black-and-white TV, they were attacked…
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4-year-old boy falls to death from four-story window in Brooklyn
A four-year-old boy fell to his death from the fourth floor of a Brooklyn apartment building on Monday. The preschool-aged boy landed in an alley after falling from the top floor of the Farragut Road building near New York Ave. at 3:57 p.m. in East Flatbush, according to police. Ashley Lewis was riding in the…
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Brooklyn gang member gets 15 to life for gunning down rival
A Brooklyn street gang member will spend 15 years to life behind bars for shooting a rival gangbanger dead as he walked out of a deli, then bragging about it on social media. Gymanni Carrington, 22, a member of the Bloods-linked Martense Beverly Bosses gang, fired a half-dozen bullets at 20-year-old Donovan Frazier in 2017…
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Elderly man killed by rampaging scooter rider mourned at NYC funeral
Mourners heartbroken over the random killing of an 87-year-old Queens man shot by a scooter driver while the victim was taking a midday stroll said Monday that the tragedy could have been even worse. “Sometimes he walked with his wife.” said Debbie Almontasser of the Yemeni-American Merchants Association, where victim Hamod Ali Saeidi was a…
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Grandmother of survivor of NYC shooting spree furious at suspect
When a scooter-riding gunman on a senseless rampage shot Cesar Martinez in Brooklyn Saturday it was like he wounded the bystander’s whole family, the victim’s distraught grandmother said Monday. “His mother is holding up more than me,” said Ana Burgos, 60, who has been caring for Martinez since the weekend shooting spree left two other…
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NYC teachers union UFT approves five-year contract with 75% of the vote
New York City teachers voted to ratify a new five-year union contract that provides annual raises and significantly expands virtual learning, the United Federation of Teachers announced Monday. The contract passed with nearly 75% of more than 95,700 votes, according to a tally by the American Arbitration Association. “Our teachers and school staff work day…
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Federal monitor backs holding NYC in contempt for jail violence
The federal monitor overseeing New York City jails recommended to a federal judge Monday that she hold the city in contempt for failing to comply with court orders to combat violence. “The monitoring team recommends that the court initiate contempt proceedings in order to coerce compliance by the city, department, and the commissioner,” the federal…
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Video released of suspects in botched robbery slay of NYC deli owner
The NYPD released surveillance footage Monday of two suspects in ski masks wanted for shooting a Staten Island deli owner to death during a botched hold up. The crooks burst into Manor Deli & Convenience on Manor Road near Goodwin Ave. in Castleton Corners about 7:50 p.m. Saturday, cops said. While trying to rob the…