Police: Torching Of Brooklyn Cars May Have Been Insurance Scam
Police sources said the firebombing was not likely a hate crime, but an insurance scam, and could have manufactured by someone outside the community.
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Police sources said the firebombing was not likely a hate crime, but an insurance scam, and could have manufactured by someone outside the community.
New Yorkers are poised at the pump for pain the pocketbook, as gasoline prices reach their highest point in years in January.
"My mother's death and my two little sisters' deaths, I would rather get cancer over again," said Dionis Guerrero Baez.
Police say that criminals targeting the elderly have struck twice over the last week.
A man's ring tone certainly wasn't music to the ears of New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert.
Parents behaving badly at their kids' games is nothing new. Coaches, referees and even other parents can be the target of irate dads and moms, upset that their children have been benched or been the victim of a bad call.
Maksim Gelman pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in a February 2011 spree that included fatally running down a pedestrian, carjacking and attacking a subway rider.
Jay Walder, the last guy in charge of the MTA, called the New York City transit system terrible after he got a new job in Hong Kong. Today, WCBS 880 anchors Steve Scott and Wayne Cabot spoke with the new guy in charge - Joseph Lhota - to get his take.
A New York pediatrician already charged in state court with sexually abusing young female patients is now facing federal charges.
Trains currently go 135 miles per hour on that section of the Northeast Corridor.
Schools Special Commissioner of Investigation Richard Condon is recommending that P.S. 31 principal Liza Cruz Diaz be fired and made ineligible for future work with the Department of Education.
A professional skateboarder who tore paintings off the walls of a New York City hotel is blaming his bizarre, naked ruckus on drinking and what he thought were anti-hangover pills.
The program allows commuters to track every bus on every route in real time on the MTA website or by using their smartphone.
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn says she's been hearing a steady drumbeat of complaints from eatery owners about the health department's restaurant letter grading system.
The winning ticket, worth more than $208 million, for the Dec. 27 Mega Millions drawing was bought at the King Kullen supermarket located at 1235 Middle Country Road in Middle Island.
