Pericles Salas Becomes Fourth NYC-Area Cabbie Shot, Killed In 4 months
YONKERS, N.Y. — A cab driver has been shot and killed in Yonkers, the fourth fatal cabbie shooting in the New York City area in four months. Yo...
YONKERS, N.Y. — A cab driver has been shot and killed in Yonkers, the fourth fatal cabbie shooting in the New York City area in four months. Yo...
New York Daily News | By Joe Jackson and John Lauinger | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York
An unmarked cop car blew through a red light "like a bat out of hell" Thursday and smashed into a pedestrian crossing treacherous Queens Blvd. - launc...
AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — It became a makeshift memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. Now a massive steel column has been returned to ground zero as...
Norman Siegel | Posted 09.17.2009 | New York
In 2008 the NYPD set a new record with 531,159 stop-and-frisks. During the first three months of 2009 they were on pace to shatter that record. This was happening even as the news media was focused on the arrest of Professor Gates.
Posted 09.14.2009 | New York
The mystery subway pervert has been caught. Kevin Bishop, a 44-year-old grandfather with 64 arrests on his record, was collared by police Thursday af...
AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York
WASHINGTON (AP) - An air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then...
AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York
WASHINGTON — A personal phone call and the absence of a supervisor during last week's collision over New York's Hudson River has led to two air ...
Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 09.13.2009 | New York
When one of the top stories is a subway flasher, it's practically a field day for the local media. Here's a quick rub- er, rundown of the wit that is...
Posted 09.13.2009 | New York
A quick-thinking subway rider was able to snap a picture of the man she says exposed himself on the train, but was given the brushoff by a cop when sh...
Len Levitt | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York
It's proving to be quite a homecoming for Bill Bratton.
AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — It's an eerie underwater world that few people will ever see – an unforgiving morass of mud, rocks and collapsed pilings from o...
Dan Collins | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York
"See and avoid" sounds like a reasonable approach if you're trying to avoid gopher holes during a walk in the garden. For aircraft in New York City, I think we could use something a little more foolproof.
Posted 09.10.2009 | New York
This past weekend's crash between a sightseeing helicopter and a small airplane is a terrible reminder of just how highly trafficked New York's airspa...
AP | TOM HAYS and VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 09.10.2009 | New York
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Hudson River divers on Monday found the wreckage of a small plane and one of two victims missing following a midair collision wi...
AP | Posted 09.10.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The pilot who radioed a desperate, last-minute warning says a plane that struck a helicopter over the Hudson River "looked like a cru...
AP | Posted 09.09.2009 | New York
HOBOKEN (AP) --The nine victims presumed dead in the midair crash of a tourist helicopter and plane above the Hudson River include five Italian touris...
AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 09.09.2009 | New York
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Divers pulled a helicopter and four more bodies out of the murky Hudson River on Sunday in their search for victims, wreckage an...
AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 09.09.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Flying a small plane above the Hudson River can feel like ducking into a crowded, urban canyon – with towering skyscrapers on e...
Sherman Yellen | Posted 09.09.2009 | Living
After John's cancer appeared and many of his fellow first responders began to die of 9/11 related illnesses, he became an activist. He died yesterday after a three year battle with cancer.
AP/Huffington Post | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 09.08.2009 | New York
UPDATE: Fox news talks with three eyewitness and shows the first images of the crash. NEW YORK -- A small plane collided with a sightseeing he...
Len Levitt | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York
More than symbolism is involved in last week's transfer -- on Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's order -- of reporters from the second-floor warren inside Police Plaza, known as The Shack.
AP | Posted 08.21.2009 | New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former New York City police sergeant shot in the back by a fellow officer during a drug bust has settled a lawsuit against the cit...
New York Post | Larry Celona, Perry Chiaramonte and Lorena Mongelli | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York
Time to take the doughnuts. A Queens cop has been helping himself to doughnuts and coffee at a Rockaways Dunkin' Donuts -- even jumping behind the co...
AP | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York
UPDATE: ABC News is reporting the woman was killed by the hit and run driver: --- Earlier: AP - A woman is in critical condition after be...
Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 08.19.2009 | New York
Call it the retro-trend gone awry, but heroin and designer drugs rarely seen since the 60s and 70s are on the rise across the city. Coming on the h...
AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York