Sikh Community Calls For NYPD To Investigate Queens Attack As Hate Crime
Members of the Sikh community are calling for justice after a Queens man was hospitalized in an apparent bias attack.
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Members of the Sikh community are calling for justice after a Queens man was hospitalized in an apparent bias attack.
Police on Tuesday were asking the public to help them find between two and four suspects in a string of robberies in South Richmond Hill, Queens.
The suspect is a Hispanic man who last seen wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and a dark colored baseball hat.
Police on Wednesday were asking for help from the public in finding developmentally disabled a man who has been missing since Monday.
Two men are wanted in connection with a series of robberies at bodegas and other small businesses that began in August.
Richard A. Brown says two men have been indicted on charges that they forced three teenage girls to work as prostitutes.
A man was found beaten to death Wednesday in the Richmond Hill section of Queens.
Four children and more than a dozen pets were discovered living in squalor at a Queens apartment this past weekend, police said.
In the wake of a suspected bias attack on a Columbia University professor earlier this month, state Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Queens) joined members of the Sikh Cultural Society Sunday in a rally against hate crimes.
The family of a young woman who was electrocuted during Superstorm Sandy has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Con Edison, claiming the utility failed to act to prevent the tragedy.
A woman was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash in the Richmond Hill section of the borough on Friday night.
No one was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon when a truck and a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus collided head-on.
The firebombing happened just after midnight on May 24 in Richmond Hill, police said.
The incident occurred shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday at 98th Street and 97th Avenue in Richmond Hill.
Police are giving some residents in New York City a heads-up.
An off-duty New York City safety school agent was charged with assault in Queens Wednesday.
Ganesh Seelall, 39, was arraigned last week on charges of second-degree murder, aggravated criminal contempt and tampering with physical evidence in the death of his wife, 29-year-old Samantha Seelall.
Ganesh Seelall, 39, faces murder and other charges in the death of his wife, 29-year-old Samantha Seelall.
As police step up security at Sikh temples across New York City and Long Island, authorities have released new details about Sunday's mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
Officers first showed up on July 20 in response to the suicide of Devendra Autar. Autar's brother, who is a New York City police officer, was cleaning out his brother's apartment this weekend when he made a horrific discovery.
Police also said the suspect had spiked hair and was wearing a tank top with characters from the show Family Guy along with cargo shorts.
Wanda Serra says she's rented the top floor of a home on 150th Avenue in South Ozone Park near JFK to pilot Clayton Osbon for nearly a decade.
A 4-alarm fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. Monday at 112-12 Jamaica Avenue, a commercial building, near 113th Street in Richmond Hill. Firefighters were still on the scene late Monday night battling pockets of fire.
