BREAKING: Man attempted to rape a 25-year-old at 11 Saturday on the 63/Lexington St Q platform in Manhattan—bystanders recorded—suspect ran away. Details on
#TODAYinNewYork
at 9:30a.
Members of the
#CentralPark5
participating in the painting of
#BLM
outside Trump Tower.
@realDonaldTrump
of course took out a full page AD calling for their executions.
#BREAKING
: US Supreme Court blocks NY from enforcing COVID restrictions on churches. The court apparently divided 5-4, with Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissenting.
.
@NYCMayor
went off on a woman during his town hall tonight: "I'm the mayor of this city and treat me with the respect that would deserve to be treated. I'm speaking to you as an adult. Don't stand in front like you treated someone that's on the plantation that you own."
BREAKING: Patricia Okoumou sentenced to 5 years probation and 200 hours of community service, for climbing the Statue of Liberty during the 4th of July.
SEE IT: Man gets out of his car with a knife contraption and tries to attack
#BLM
protestors in Whitestone, Queens. Police say “no arrests at this time and the investigation is ongoing.”
BREAKING:
@NYPDDetectives
have arrested Geoffrey Young, 38, of the Proud Boys in connection with brawl last week, according to law enforcement sources. He’s charged with attempted assault and riot.
Middle Collegiate Church has a history that dates back to 1628 — this morning as a result of a fire in a neighboring building that was vacant, the church is no more.
The court said the restrictions would violate religious freedom and are not neutral because they “single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment.”
BREAKING: Gambino crime boss Frank Cali, murdered outside his Staten Island home, law enforcement sources said. The suspect shot Cali outside his car and fled in a blue pickup truck.
The NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating whether
@NYPD72Pct
commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Emanuel Gonzalez directed cops at roll call to shoot
@50cent
“on sight,” according to a department spokesperson.
Merck & Co. will help make Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine — an unusual pact between fierce competitors that could sharply boost the supply of the newly authorized vaccine, according to senior administration officials.
The looting in SoHo Is quite an elaborate scheme. it’s a complicated web of cars with out-of-state plates, the use of
@Revel
scooters,
@CitiBikeNYC
’s and
@Uber
’s to get away. But most that i’ve observed have been waking away with the goods in hand past cops.
At the scene of tonight’s shooting, a woman was standing outside with a police radio listening to what happened. A cop came up to her and snatched it, said what are you doing with this. She’s a Sgt, the rank above him. She’s black, he’s white. We’ve all got to do better.
.
@NYPDSVU
arrests Jose Reyes in attempted rape; facial recognition aided in the arrest, he was previously arrested earlier this year and matched the mugshot, according to
@NYPDDetectives
.
BREAKING: Man attempted to rape a 25-year-old at 11 Saturday on the 63/Lexington St Q platform in Manhattan—bystanders recorded—suspect ran away. Details on
#TODAYinNewYork
at 9:30a.
After
@NBCNewYork
started asking
@NYPDDetectives
about why a man who tried to run over and stab protestors in Queens wasn’t in custody,
@NYPD109Pct
investigated, went to his house upstate and charged him with attempted murder.
BREAKING: Actor Michael K. Williams death was accidental and came after ingesting fentanyl laced heroin and cocaine, the city’s chief medical examiner announced this afternoon.
UPDATE: Two senior officials MTA & NYPD tell me a suspect is in custody after he was seen placing a object over the track bed prior to the train entering the station. He’s also believed to have placed a sandbag on the tracks at Fulton Street.
BREAKING:
@NYCTSubway
A train appears to have jumped the tracks and smacked into pylons at the 14th Street station. 3 patients with non-life-threatening injuries approximately 30 passengers on board, per
@FDNY
.
NEW: Suspect Frank James’ MetroCard purchased with a credit card linked to him was swiped around 6PM at a Brooklyn subway station. It's believed he may have still been riding the train yesterday, two law enforcement sources told myself and
@jonathan4ny
.
#BREAKING
: Several shot and seriously injured near
@RutgersU
off-campus housing,
@Rutgers_PD
say. Police processing the crime scene logged 43 shell casings.
For those who don't know, Squirrel Hill is Pittsburgh's largest Jewish neighborhood. Tree of Life * Or L'Simcha is perhaps the biggest congregation in the area.
Very cute of
@NYCMayorsOffice
not to take any questions today from TV outlets who were there last night. We were in Flatbush and saw what happened,
@NYCMayorMayor
should explain what he did in Flatbush. Brooklyn was burning last night, what did he do to stop that?
David Dinkins called this city a “gorgeous mosaic.” He lead the crackdown on violence crime, revitalization of Times Square, established “Restaurant Week” and “Fashion Week.”
A cop was shot in the Bronx this evening, police said. The officer was struck in the back and is expected to survive.
@NYCMayor
is en route to Jacobi Hospital where the officer was transported by fellow officers.
Members of
@FDNY
Ladder 113 drove their truck to
@zellnor4ny
's office and threatened his staff, telling them they'd have "blood on their hands" on Monday, because of the vaccine mandate. Commish Nigro tells
@NBCNewYork
they've been relieved of duty and will face discipline.
BREAKING: An NYPD sergeant investigating reports of break-ins on Walton Ave in the Bronx, was the victim of a hit-and-run around 12:45a, police said. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital and is in serious but stable condition. No arrests. Viewer sent me video of the incident:
NEW: Anthony Robinson was walking across 170th Street, waking hand in hand with a 4-year-old girl, when the suspect in the passenger seat of this black car shot and killed him in Mount Eden.
During the dignified transfer of
@NYPD32Pct
Officer Jason Rivera's remains, his brother shared this poignant message to all of the cops and firefighters who stood at attention: “Never forget my brother, because he loved all of you. He loved all of you. Never forget my brother.”
.
@NYPD19Pct
officers responded to his Upper East Side home, after his home health aide discovered he wasn’t breathing just after nine this evening. EMS pronounced him dead shortly thereafter.
@jenchung
most shocking part about all of this is that I’m Jewish and approach covering the shutdown here with ton of respect. There were high profile deaths in the Haredi community from COVID, namely Rabbi Mertz. This has to be covered.
JUST IN:
@NYPD1Pct
arrests Roger Alvarado for breaking into
@taylorswift13
's Tribeca apartment, showering and sleeping there. He's charged with Stalking, Burglary, Criminal Mischief and Criminal Trespassing.
At Heschy’s urging, the crowd just surrounded and attacked journalist
@jacobkornbluh
. They pinned him against a wall and shouted “moyser” (“snitch”) as NYPD lost control of the situation. Really scary scene. Jacob is a pro
BREAKING: NXIVM founder Keith Raniere, was arrested in Mexico last night and will presented in a federal court in Fort Worth on sex trafficking and force labor charges. He'll ultimately be extradited to Brooklyn federal court.
Why won’t he directly address the widespread looting happening I’m the heart of Manhattan? The Chrysler Pacifica’s windows aren’t that tinted dark enough for him not to see those running with loot.
These protests have power and meaning. But as the night wears on we are seeing groups use them to incite violence and destroy property.
Our first priority is keeping people safe, so I’m extending the curfew to Tuesday. It will begin at 8pm.
Project Veritas, which has long occupied a gray area between investigative journalism and political spying, worked with lawyers to gauge how far its deceptive reporting practices could go before running afoul of federal laws, internal documents show.
“This is a highly inappropriate act by on duty members of this Department who should only be concerned with responding to emergencies and helping New Yorkers and not harassing an elected official and his staff," Nigro said.
As a Black reporter, last week was one of the hardest of my career. But I persevered because I stand on the shoulders of giants. My grandmother whose parents were among the first Blacks in White Plains, and my grandfather who was among the first Blacks to work for
@NYCTSubway
.
I know I’m doing something right when
@TuckerCarlson
is threatened by my reporting and making baseless claims about bad grammar.
As the great Beyoncé said, “Boy bye.”
BREAKING: Two senior law enforcement sources tells me a suspect is in custody in connection with packages sent to several prominent Democratic officials across the county.
BREAKING: Two senior law enforcement sources tells me a suspect is in custody in connection with packages sent to several prominent Democratic officials across the county.