A night of fireworks and shootings, a typical 4th of July in New York City. Yet even for the big apple, forty one people shot is excessive, and worrying.
A bullet pierced the windshield of a marked NYPD vehicle in the Bronx Saturday night as two officers sat inside — but neither was struck. The bullet traveled through the windshield and lodged in the divider between the back seats.
Following a cut of a billion dollars from the NYPD budget and massive protests against police brutality, the Brooklyn Borough President said officials need to investigate response times to crimes and make better use of resources.
To all those young people out there, this should be a lesson in not playing with fireworks. A Brooklynite decided to not follow this advise, shooting off the flaming rockets in his driveway until one flew into his home. When the Firefighters were finished,the home was completely destroyed.
Mayor Bill De Blasio has announced that schools will be opening in September, with extra percautions.
A three story building that housed a gym in Brooklyn collapsed Wednesday afternoon, thankfully not causing any serious injuries or fatalities.
The New York City Council passed an $88 billion budget just after midnight Wednesday, which included slashing the $1 billion NYPD budget.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday, presented a plan that would shift $1 billion away from the NYPD. De Blasio also announced that the city is moving to end solitary confinement in city jails.
It appears that the mayors fireworks task force is seeing some success, as both the FDNY an Sheriffs announced significant busts.
In less than 24 hours, NYC saw a wave of violence that left at least 18 people shot across the city, making it a total of 70 people reported shot in just one week. That’s in comparison to just 26 people shot in the same week last year.
NYPD Commissioner Dormont Shea has announced a fireworks bust worth $30,000. This is the second fireworks bust that has taken place this week, immediately following a protest against the nightly fireworks that has plagued the Boroughs.
A top Justice Department official sent a letter to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio last week that claims the mayor has enforced uneven social distancing rules that “favor certain secular gatherings and disfavor religious gatherings.”
Yvette Clarke, a longtime congresswoman from Brooklyn’s 9th congressional district defeated multiple Democratic primary challengers this year, incuding New York City Councilman Chaim Deutsch.
Two men were arrested on Staten Island Tuesday for allegedly possessing a trove of illegal fireworks, the FDNY said.
We honked, and something must have gotten through. New York City’s mayor, Bill DeBlasio announced the creation of a new unit to fight the surge in illegal fireworks that have plagued the city for two weeks.
Mayor Bill DeBlasio has announced that alternate side parking has been reduced to only once a week, a change that has been advocated for for many years.
Two weeks after entering New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Phase 1 of reopening, New York City successfully reached Phase 2. But now that we are here, what has changed? Lets take a look at what will be opening and what will not.
