Acid Attack Survivor Nafiah Ikram Speaks Out As Police Hunt For Her Attacker: 'My Whole Life Changed... I Can Just See Colors, That's It'
Acid was thrown in her face. By whom, and why, remains a mystery.
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Acid was thrown in her face. By whom, and why, remains a mystery.
Police said the bullets damaged the windshield of a car parked nearby. Fortunately, no one was inside and there were no injuries.
Police say a witness noticed what was happening, and the suspect took off into a nearby subway station.
Call it the retaking of Manhattan. A new NYPD unit will flood Times Square and other business hubs with officers to convince workers and tourists the city is a safe place to be.
"Unless we can convince more people who are sitting on the sidelines now, we're not gonna have enough people vaccinated to hit herd immunity," said Larry Levitt, with the Kaiser Family Foundation.
If George Floyd's murder became the rallying cry for police reform, then Chauvin's conviction is widely believed to be the example of accountability.
He was killed at a playground in East Harlem on March 29.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement Wednesday.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office wanted the cases dropped, saying the accused were exploited sex workers and unfairly targeted.
Rivera, who is from the Bronx, is going to be the first in her family to go to college.
The project was the first renovation for the playground in more than 20 years.
Even as she celebrated the verdict in the Floyd case, she says it was also complicated -- a feeling of elation for the Floyd family but also reflection on what's happened to others.
Pre-COVID, in 2019, the city saw some 66 million tourists. In 2020, that number plunged to 22 million.
There was a call Monday to ease COVID-19 restrictions for some of our most vulnerable New Yorkers.
According to police, authorities responded Tuesday at around 5:40 p.m. after a 911 call from the Premier Fashion store on New Main Street.
