New York Weather: Heat Wave, Thunderstorm Pack One-Two Punch For Con Ed Customers
Many lost power during Sunday's heat wave. Others had theirs knocked out by Monday's storms.
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Many lost power during Sunday's heat wave. Others had theirs knocked out by Monday's storms.
Police said the suspect pointed a gun at a 45-year-old woman outside her Ozone Park home and pulled the trigger.
Crews have been working around the clock to bring customers back online. Meanwhile, thousands of residents spent the sweltering night in the dark.
A Queens woman stared down the barrel of a gun and watched her life flash before her eyes when the suspect's pistol jammed.
State officials have vowed to subject the utility to a strenuous investigation of why it intentionally threw the switch that left tens of thousands without power in the middle of a heat wave.
Police say a panhandler approached a vehicle that was in the drive-thru and asked for money.
Tragedy hit a Queens neighborhood on Sunday morning. Two people -- one of them a child-- were killed in a house fire.
Thousands of people in Queens, Brooklyn and on Long Island were without power Sunday night as the heat wave that hit the Tri-State Area finished up its third day.
The NYPD says the suspects have struck homes on 196th Place, 189th Street, 184th Street and 205th Street at least six times since May.
According to PSEG Long Island, over 9,000 customers lost power Saturday afternoon in Far Rockaway, Queens and on Long Island.
Forty-year-old Fausto Lopez was arrested Wednesday in connection to the July 5 incident.
Flames broke out around 2:30 a.m. on Gipson Street in Far Rockaway.
The NYPD has made an arrest in the case of an attempted rape in Queens.
The NYPD wants your help identifying a man wanted for a burglary in Auburndale, Queens.
Some people in Queens have been without power since last night.
Police say the suspect forced his way into the victim's apartment and hit her in the head with a glass bottle.
Police sources say it was a stranger who forced his way into a woman's apartment in Corona.
The crash happened around 4 a.m. near Kissena Boulevard and 73rd Avenue in the Kew Gardens neighborhood.
The burglaries took place between June 5 and July 12 in Astoria, generally between 33rd and 45th streets and Broadway and 25th avenues.
The woman allegedly said she had borrowed the bag and didn't know there was a gun inside.
Police say an unidentified male suspect tried to pay using a fake $100 bill.
Police say if the bullet had struck at even a tiny bit of a different angle, it could have killed her.
According to police, an individual got into an argument with a 23-year-old waitress after he was told the restaurant was closed.
Heavily armed police officers surrounded the home on 195th Street, where the burglary suspect had taken refuge.
A woman is recovering after being hit by a flying wrench on a subway platform in Queens.
