NYPD: 3 Suspects Assaulted, Robbed Victim At Bronx Park
The suspects repeatedly punched and assaulted a 26-year-old woman with a stick before fleeing with the victim's cellphone, police said.
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The suspects repeatedly punched and assaulted a 26-year-old woman with a stick before fleeing with the victim's cellphone, police said.
The shooting took place at around 9:30 a.m. The man's wounds are not considered life-threatening, according to EMS. He has been transported to an area hospital.
"He is just as intent as ever on using his wealth to determine the outcome. It's almost like he can't let go, like he doesn't understand it's over. It's time for the people to make decisions in this town again, not billionaires," said mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio.
It happened just before 1 a.m. Sunday on East 52 Street in East Flatbush following a dispute between two men.
Shortly after takeoff, the helicopter landed upright in the water near 79th Street around noon and was drifting south. A family of four Swedish tourists and the pilot were rescued, as the chopper was safely towed to shore.
Four men and four women were injured in the shooting. They are all expected to recover from their injuries.
CBS 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer stopped by to explain the measures have veto-proof support.
Saul Alvarez, 21, grabbed his would-be victim from behind and covered her mouth as he dragged her into a wooded area near Lasker Pool at the northern edge of the park around 10:45 Friday night.
The suspect with a gun forced the five Asian male victims to the floor while the other suspects took their cash, debit cards and cell phones, police said.
Among the guns taken off the streets and turned in were 17 revolvers, eight semi-automatics and a rifle.
The NYPD is asking the public for help in tracking down a pair of suspects wanted in connection with the robbery of a livery cab in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn on Saturday morning.
African-American mayoral candidate Bill Thompson supports the NYPD stop-and-frisk policy, but he called Mayor Michael Bloomberg's remarks about how officers stop "whites too much" insulting and outrageous.
Police on Saturday released a sketch of a suspect who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy at the South Street Seaport earlier this week.
Even the NYPD was surprised upon learning that the murder rate has dropped 25 percent for the first half of 2013 – coming off a record low last year.
"They just keep saying, 'Oh, it's a disproportionate percentage of a particular ethnic group.' That may be, but it's not a disproportionate percentage of those who witnesses and victims describe as committing the murders," Bloomberg said. "In that case, incidentally, I think we disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little."
PBA President Patrick Lynch said if the bills become law, the PBA intends to target the "pro-crime council members for defeat in the upcoming election.''
The 40- to 50-year-old man was found unconscious and unresponsive with multiple stab wounds to his torso, police said.
Early Thursday morning, the City Council voted to create an inspector general to review and monitor the NYPD and expand the definition of racial profiling to include age, gender, sexual orientation and immigrant status.
Early Thursday morning the New York City Council voted on and passed two bills that will potentially impact how the NYPD operates on a day-to-day basis.
Federal authorities announced Wednesday a high school student from Long Island pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his plans to travel to Yemen to volunteer to fight for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
A NYPD K-9 is returning to full duty after being kicked twice in the mouth while assisting officers breaking up a subway brawl.
The FBI is investigating whether the cash disappeared from the cargo hold in Zurich, Switzerland, where Flight 17 originated, or after it landed.
New York City Public Advocate and mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio has called for the richest New Yorkers to pay a little more in taxes.
Lawrence Mason was arrested Tuesday and charged with reckless endangerment, obstructing governmental administration, escape, bail jumping, criminal mischief, intent to fraudulently obtain transportation without payment and resisting arrest.
Aerialist Nik Wallenda drew awe Sunday night as he successfully walked across the Grand Canyon without a harness, and now his sights are set on two of the most iconic buildings in New York City.
