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 15-year-old boy died early Friday as he tried to ride the top of a subway train at a Queens station, police said. Cops called to the Queensboro Plaza station found the teen lying unconscious on the train tracks for the No. 7 line at about 2:45 a.m., police said. EMS rushed the teen to … 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
One could argue, as his lawyers have for months, that Luis Bernier should be out of prison by now. Instead he has languished on Rikers Island since March 12 because he can’t get transferred to prison due to the ripples still emanating from the state prison guards strike that ended in March. Bernier, 34, is … Read more