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Manhattan D.A. Bragg Secures 50-Year Sentence for Knifepoint Rapist Victor Jenkins
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg announced the sentencing of Victor Jenkins to 50 years-to-life in prison for the violent sexual assaults of two women in November 2022. Jenkins, convicted of multiple felonies including Predatory Sexual Assault, Criminal Sexual Act, and Robbery, responded to online ads for commercial sex, attacking the women at knifepoint in…
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Manhattan D.A. Indicts Check Fraud Ring for Stealing $1.2 Million from Bazooka Companies
In a significant case of check fraud, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced the indictment of KASHAWN WILLIAMS and five co-conspirators for stealing over $1.2 million from The Bazooka Companies, renowned for their classic bubble gum. The defendants, charged with various counts of conspiracy, money laundering, and possession of stolen property, allegedly intercepted…
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NYC Mayor Adams Releases New Study: Sidewalk Sheds and Scaffolding Cost Manhattan Businesses Up to $9,500 Monthly. Video
Scaffolding plays a vital safety role in New York City, but its prolonged presence is causing significant issues. Mayor Adams and Deputy Mayor Joshi highlighted how excessive scaffolding negatively impacts businesses, safety, and quality of life, with some sheds remaining up for years due to financial incentives for building owners. The city is taking aggressive…
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NY Governor Hochul Allocates Over $12 Million to Dominican Center for Arts and Culture in Northern Manhattan – Controversy Over Potential Vote Bribery
Governor Kathy Hochul announced $12.5 million to establish the Dominican Center for the Arts and Culture in northern Manhattan, led by the Dominican Studies Institute at City College of New York. The Center will feature a museum, theater, children’s library, and an oral history project, all dedicated to celebrating Dominican arts and culture. This investment…
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NYC Mayor Adams, D.A. Bragg Announce New Midtown Community Improvement Coalition To Enhance Quality Of Life, Protect Public Safety In Midtown Manhattan
– New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. today announced the launch of the Midtown Community Improvement Coalition ( Coalition Includes More Than 20 City Agencies and Community Partners to Create a Cleaner, Safer, and More Vibrant Midtown Business District ), a new interagency quality of life improvement hub…
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MANHATTAN JUNE 24 2024 #ENDJEWHATRED
WE DEMAND CONSEQUENCES FOR JEW-HATRED! Join us June 24th outside NYC District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office for a press conference to demand that he actually prosecute the people arrested for their involvement in vile acts of Jew-hatred and anti-American aggression, like the anarchists who stormed and took over Hamilton Hall at Columbia and the pro-Hamas…
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Unveils new Details of Skyline-Shaping Office Tower, Bolsters Ongoing Resurgence of Midtown Manhattan.
Vornado, Kenneth Griffin, and Rudin Advance Plans for 62-Story, State-of-the-Art Office Tower With 1.8 Million Square-Feet of Office Space, New Public Concourse With Citadel and Citadel Securities as Anchor Tenants, Tower Will House More Than 6,000 Jobs Mayor Adams Reveals Renderings of New Tower Expected to Be Completed by 2032 Builds on Adams Administration’s Landmark Progress…
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Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Convicted in Manhattan Federal Court of Conspiring to Import Cocaine into the United States and Related Firearms Offenses
Hernández Conspired with Some of the Largest Drug Traffickers in the World to Transport Tons of Cocaine through Honduras to the United States A federal jury convicted Juan Orlando Hernández, also known as JOH, 55, of Honduras, on all three counts in the indictment, which included cocaine-importation and weapons offenses. Hernández is scheduled to be…
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New York. Incident Involving Asylum Seeker Accused of Homicide at Randall’s Island Migrant Shelter in Manhattan
On Randall’s Island (Manhattan), an incident occurred around 7:30 pm on Saturday, January 6, 2024, resulting in an asylum seeker being charged with murder. According to the police, two men were involved in the altercation at a migrant center, during which one of them inflicted a stabbing wound to the chest of the other.The victim,…
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NYC Mayor Adams Brings Back, Expands Popular Holiday Season Open Streets in Midtown Manhattan
This Year Will Break Record Set Last Year for New York City’sLargest-Ever Holiday Season-Specific Open Street 2022 Holiday Open Streets Drove $3 Million, 6.6 Percent Increase inSpending at Local Businesses, According to Mastercard Study Adams Administration and “Future of Fifth” Partnership Working to Permanently Reimagine Fifth Avenue From Bryant Park to Central Park as Safer,…
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Mayor Adams, NYCEDC, Partners, Community Leaders Break Ground On First-of-Its-Kind Film And TV Studio Campus In Manhattan
Sunset Pier 94 Studios Expected to Create More Than 1,700 Jobs, $6.4 Billion in Economic Impact, and Significant Public Space Improvements. Project Brings $350 Million Private Investment to Manhattan’s West Side Through City Partnership with Vornado Realty Trust, Hudson Pacific Properties, and Blackstone. Part of Mayor Adams’ “Working People’s Tour,” After City Set All-Time Total…
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Manhattan. Mayor Adams Speaks at Flag Raising Ceremony for Saint Lucia
Manhattan New York . Mayor Eric Adams Delivers Remarks at Flag Raising Ceremony for Saint Lucia Bowling Green Park Broadway & Whitehall Street February 22, 2023 Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy • Monarch Charles III • Governor-General Errol Charles • Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre Legislature Parliament…
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Manhattan. Woman arrested, charged after Pride flag lit on fire in SoHo
New York. Angelina Cando, 30, was arrested Tuesday and charged with arson, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment — all as hate crimes. The Pride flag, which read “Make America Gay Again,” was set on fire early Monday morning at The Little Prince restaurant in SoHo.ABC7NY New York news video.
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Manhattan. New operator taking over Central Park’s Loeb Boathouse
New operators will run the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park. Legends Hospitality will be taking over. Its previous owner, Dean Poll, said he could no longer manage the restaurant due to financial struggles.Video ABC7NY.com
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New York. 65 cars vandalized in Manhattan
New York . Residents on the Upper West Side of Manhattan were met with a shocking sight on last Tuesday morning as they found more than 60 of their cars vandalized with bright red spray paint. The cars were parked along Riverside Drive between 99th and 110th streets and had a large red stripe spray-painted…
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Pink pigeon found in Manhattan struggling to recover
New York. A pink pigeon found in Madison Square Park in Manhattan, NYC, is struggling to recover at Wild Bird Fund on the Upper West Side. A rescue group believes a pink pigeon discovered in Manhattan was deliberately dyed and released.Video ABC7NY New York news
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Mayor Eric Adams Delivers Update on NYPD Officers Attacked in Manhattan
Mayor Eric Adams: Thank you and Happy New Year’s, and it is a happy New Year’s. We have three officers who are going home. Three officers were attacked today. They were doing their jobs, the jobs that members of the New York City Police Department and other first responders and law enforcement officers do every day.…
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Mayor Adams, Manhattan Community Board 10, Exonerated Five Unveil “The Gate of the Exonerated” in Central Park
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Manhattan Community Board 10, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks), the Central Park Conservancy, and the Harlem community today unveiled the “Gate of the Exonerated,” inspired by the acquittal of the Exonerated Five from the 1989 case, where five young men were wrongly convicted…
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New York. Leaders call for stronger hate crime laws during symposium at Manhattan synagogue
New York City has experienced a significant rise in hate crimes since Adams took office… Orthodox Union and New York City Hall
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Carriage horse collapse in Manhattan
Animal rights activists were upset after a carriage horse collapsed on a street in Hell’s Kitchen. FOX 5 NY news video.