The badly decomposed body of a man believed to be in his 40s was found in a van on a Queens street, police said Monday. The corpse was discovered in a white van parked on Calloway St. near Otis Ave. in Corona about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, cops said. There were no obvious signs of … Read more
Mayor Adams took a shot Thursday at the lawyer representing four retired NYPD chiefs suing him and senior department officials over allegations of cronyism and corruption, claiming her ongoing criticism of him raises questions about the accusations. Adams, who largely didn’t address the substance of the ex-chiefs’ damning allegations, called the attorney, Sarena Townsend, “a former … Read more
The family of a man killed by police during a Bronx traffic stop six years ago may go to court to compel Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to terminate the NYPD lieutenant who fired the fatal shot, the Daily News has learned. Allan Feliz’s family and several civil rights groups are considering taking legal action to … Read more
The young BMW driver who died in a fiery car crash along with one of his passengers, on the Belt Parkway was swerving to avoid a motorcyclist when he bumped into another car and lost control, the sister of one of the surviving passengers said. Noah “Nova” Thompson, 24, died along with one of his … Read more
An ex-con who went to prison for shooting a teenager to death during a birthday party went on to go into business as a gun trafficker in Queens after his release on parole, federal prosecutors say. James Strong used his new lease on life to allegedly sell pistols and rifles to two buyers he thought would … Read more
The decomposed body of a 52-year-old man was discovered on a sailboat docked at Newtown Creek in Queens, police said Sunday. Shortly after noon, cops got a 911 call from a passerby who noticed the body in a sailboat docked near the Pulaski Bridge in Long Island City. EMS pronounced the man dead at the … Read more
A 21-year-old man was shot and critically wounded outside of a neighborhood pool in the Bronx, police said Sunday. Shots rang out around 3:40 p.m. near Fulton Ave. and E. 173rd St. in Morrisania, striking the victim in the neck, cops said. EMS transported him to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he remains in critical condition. … Read more
A man charged with raping a 15-year-old girl in a Bronx stairwell had recently been released from prison — where he spent eight years for sexually assaulting a young boy and throwing him off a rooftop, authorities said. Casmine Aska, 29, had been out of prison for less than one month when he allegedly attacked … Read more
A man was stabbed and wounded during a bloody clash inside a Harlem subway station, police said Wednesday. The 56-year-old victim was stabbed in both shoulders as he fought with his attacker on the uptown train platform at the W. 125th St. station, cops said. A man was stabbed repeatedly on the uptown subway platform … Read more
Jurors weighing the federal case against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday told the court they’d reached a verdict on all counts except the RICO conspiracy charge, which had drawn “unpersuadable opinions on both sides.” In a note sent out after 4 p.m., the eight men and four women on the jury said after around 12 … Read more