One man was killed, and two others injured Wednesday in a bloody brawl inside an upper Manhattan deli, police said. Police responded to a call of an assault around 5:30 p.m. near Broadway and W. 212th St. in Inwood — where a 24-year-old man was found outside the Ameer Deli and Grill, fatally stabbed in … Read more
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Tuesday called on Bronx and Manhattan prosecutors to crack down on recidivist criminals going through their courts and “reevaluate any blanket policies” that put them back on the streets without consequences. “These [blanket policies] are not isolated mistakes or unintended consequences,” Tisch said at the City Law Breakfast at New … Read more
A retired NYPD cop took bribes to search police databases when he was on the force, feeding his criminal cousin info to help members of a burglary ring, prosecutors said Monday. Richard Arce, 54 sold his police shield for cheap, typically taking $40 to $50 for each search, according to Brooklyn prosecutors. He fed his … Read more
A man in a “Ghost Face” sweatshirt from the “Scream” horror movie franchise raped a 50-year-old woman on a secluded residential block in Queens, police said Saturday. The victim was nearing the corner of 162nd St. and 89th Ave. in Jamaica at about 3 a.m. Friday when the suspect grabbed her from behind, cops said. … Read more
A man riding an electric scooter fatally shot a 45-year-old man just steps from the victim’s Brighton Beach apartment, police said Saturday. Elijah Scott was outside an apartment building on Brighton 12th St. near Oceanview Ave. just before 10 p.m. Friday when an unidentified gunman opened fire, hitting him multiple times, cops said. A neighbor … Read more
Puzzling and vaguely threatening graffiti appeared overnight around a Manhattan luxury townhouse once occupied by President Trump’s former wife Ivana Trump, including the ominous message, “We killing u for Ivana Trump.” The graffiti, which also referenced the first daughter, with “My queen Ivanka Trump,” was scrawled in yellow spray paint across five buildings on the … Read more
A man was stabbed numerous times during a broad-daylight mugging Wednesday afternoon in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, cops said. The 33-year-old victim was walking at 32nd St. and Fifth Ave., just a block from the tourist-destination Empire State Building, around 12:31 p.m. when an unidentified man pushed him to the ground and stabbed him … Read more
An elderly orthopedic surgeon admitted his love of birds turned into a dark obsession, telling a Brooklyn judge that he’s done with collecting stuffed endangered species for good. John Waldrop, 76, of Georgia, amassed a staggering collection of 1,401 taxidermy mounts and 2,594 eggs, most of them through smuggling or unauthorized means, before federal authorities … Read more
A Brooklyn hospital is facing scrutiny over an array of issues from potential overtime abuse to allegations of improper selling of equipment, the Daily News has learned. The probe at South Brooklyn Health — formerly known as Coney Island Hospital — started several months ago following a meeting between a trio of city Health and … Read more
Police arrested a man who stabbed a 57-year-old woman in the face early Friday morning at the World Trade Center Memorial, cops said. Just before 2 a.m. Amir Thompson walked up to the victim near Liberty St. and Greenwich St. in lower Manhattan and reportedly said, “I know you from somewhere,” before punching her and … Read more