Author: Newyorki

Two firefighters and another person were injured after an early-morning fire spread through two homes in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, according to authorities. The blaze broke out shortly before 4:45 a.m. Thursday on 110th Street. Video from the scene showed intense flames engulfing the residential properties as firefighters worked to prevent the fire from spreading farther through the neighborhood. Emergency crews responded to the scene and launched an extensive effort to bring the flames under control. Two firefighters and one other person sustained injuries during the incident. Officials said all three injured people were expected to recover. Authorities…

New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office, accusing it of refusing to terminate an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite a new state law prohibiting such partnerships. The lawsuit, announced alongside Governor Kathy Hochul, seeks a court order compelling the Sheriff’s Office to end its agreement with ICE under Section 287(g) of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act. Section 287(g) agreements allow selected state and local officers to perform certain federal civil immigration enforcement functions. Depending on the arrangement, participating officers may be authorized to question, arrest or detain…

New York City police are searching for a man accused of stabbing a Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee following a confrontation on a subway platform in Times Square. The attack occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. on a platform inside the busy Times Square–42nd Street subway station, according to police and local reports. Investigators said the 30-year-old MTA cleaner confronted the man after allegedly seeing him urinate on the platform. The encounter reportedly escalated into a physical confrontation, during which the suspect allegedly stabbed the employee in the left arm before fleeing. Emergency responders transported the injured worker to Bellevue Hospital for…

A New York City public school employee was killed and his friend seriously injured in a stabbing attack in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx, according to police. The attack occurred at approximately 3:30 p.m. near Davidson and West Tremont avenues. Emergency responders transported both victims to St. Barnabas Hospital, where 32-year-old Rashaun Shettlewood was pronounced dead. The second victim, a 33-year-old friend of Shettlewood, sustained serious injuries. He was later reported to be in stable condition. Shettlewood worked as a paraprofessional for the New York City Department of Education. Paraprofessionals support teachers and provide educational and behavioral assistance…

Residents across several neighborhoods in Queens are preparing for another period of heavy rain and possible flooding as storms threaten the New York City area. The latest weather warnings have renewed anxiety in communities that have already endured repeated flooding throughout the summer. Some homeowners say their properties have been flooded several times in recent weeks, forcing them to repeatedly clean basements, replace damaged belongings and take additional measures to protect their homes. Ahead of the approaching storms, residents are moving valuable items to higher floors, placing sandbags near entrances and checking drains around their properties. Others are monitoring weather…

A federal investigation has found that two air traffic controllers left their posts approximately one hour before the end of their scheduled shifts on the night of a deadly collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration is now moving to terminate the employment of the two controllers following its review of the circumstances surrounding the March accident, in which an Air Canada aircraft collided with a Port Authority fire vehicle on the runway. The crash killed the aircraft’s pilot and co-pilot and injured 41 other people. The plane reportedly struck the emergency vehicle at high speed, severely…

A shooting outside New York City’s Penn Station that left an innocent bystander wounded prompted a major police investigation and the questioning of a person of interest as authorities worked to determine who fired the shot and what led to the violence. The incident occurred near West 31st Street and Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, just outside one of the busiest transportation hubs in the United States. A 58-year-old man who was waiting for a cab was struck in the leg by a bullet. Investigators said the wounded man was not believed to have been the intended target. Police determined…

New York City is continuing to deal with the aftermath of a series of powerful storms that brought heavy rain, flash flooding and transportation disruptions across the region, with parts of Queens among the areas hit particularly hard. Severe thunderstorms swept through the city on Thursday, August 20, producing intense rainfall that overwhelmed streets and drainage systems. Flooding was reported across several boroughs, while the storm also caused damage and significant travel problems throughout the wider New York metropolitan area. Queens experienced some of the most visible transportation disruption. Floodwater forced authorities to shut down both directions of the Long…

A new law restricting New York state and local law-enforcement agencies from entering into agreements with federal immigration authorities has taken effect, opening a fresh political and legal battle over the role local police should play in immigration enforcement. The Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul in May, prohibits state and local law-enforcement agencies and local governments from entering into or maintaining agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Existing agreements became void and unenforceable on August 25. Under 287(g), ICE can enter agreements that allow designated…

New York City police are continuing their search for a driver who struck and killed a 22-year-old Brooklyn woman in a hit-and-run crash in Manhattan’s West Village, as investigators work to identify the person responsible. The NYPD identified the victim as Destiny Murrell, 22, of Brooklyn. Police said Murrell was crossing Sixth Avenue near Washington Place when she was struck by a gray vehicle, described in reports as an SUV, during the early morning hours of Saturday, August 22. She was inside a crosswalk when the collision occurred. According to investigators, the driver did not stop after hitting Murrell. CBS…