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Woman Clinging to Life After Getting Shot in Neck in ENY

Woman Clinging to Life After Getting Shot in Neck in ENY

The 29-year-old victim was hit in the neck by gunfire on Dumont Ave. near Vermont Ave. in East New York about 8:20 p.m. Sunday, cops said. Medics [...] Click here to view original web page at www.nydailynews.com
NYPD Hunts Armed Robbers Who Have Held Up 21 Local Stores in 3 Months

NYPD Hunts Armed Robbers Who Have Held Up 21 Local Stores in 3 Months

A pair of crooks have held up 21 stores at gunpoint over the past three months in a spree that has spanned three New York City boroughs, police said Sunday.
Drunk Driver Charged in Bay Ridge Wrong-Way Crash

Drunk Driver Charged in Bay Ridge Wrong-Way Crash

Detectives have charged the boozed-up driver who killed his passenger during a wild wrong-way crash on a Brooklyn highway, police said Saturday.
A Housing Crisis Has More BK Politicians Saying Yes to Big Real Estate

A Housing Crisis Has More BK Politicians Saying Yes to Big Real Estate

Lawmakers on the left are fierce critics of the real estate industry. But some are embracing new housing development, even if it’s not fully affordable.
Brooklyn Borough President Fires Deputy Over Toxic Work Environment

Brooklyn Borough President Fires Deputy Over Toxic Work Environment

Diana Richardson, a former Crown Heights assemblywoman, has effectively been terminated from her job as Brooklyn’s deputy borough president following a string of staff and constituent complaints about her behavior, the Brooklyn Borough President conf
MTA Bus Fatally Strikes Elderly Woman in East Flatbush

MTA Bus Fatally Strikes Elderly Woman in East Flatbush

An elderly woman died Thursday after she was struck by an MTA bus on a Brooklyn street, police said. The 79-year-old pedestrian was crossing Glenwood Road near Flatbush Ave. in East Flatbush mid-block around 6:20 p.m., according to cops.
4 Men Were Shot Overnight in NYC, 1 Critically

4 Men Were Shot Overnight in NYC, 1 Critically

Four men were shot overnight in the Big Apple – including one left clinging to life in Brooklyn on Thursday, authorities said. A 28-year-old man was blasted in the head on Pacific Street near Utica Avenue in Crown Heights just before 10 p.m.
Bed-Stuy Bar 'Oddly Enough' Workers File Union Application

Bed-Stuy Bar 'Oddly Enough' Workers File Union Application

Workers at a Bed-Stuy bar are saying "enough!" Servers, bartenders, and kitchen employees of the queer bar Oddly Enough on Tompkins Avenue have filed for a union election with the National Labor Review Board. That means that the union, called [...

Brooklyn Parents, Educators Split on Reinstated Middle School Screenings as Applications Open

Parents are split on the return of screened middle school admissions in New York City — some say the process is unfair and discriminatory, while others say the pandemic-era lottery system kept some kids out of their preferred schools.
Brooklyn Doctor, Pharmacists Charged with Running $24 Million Oxycodone Ring out of East NY Clinic

Brooklyn Doctor, Pharmacists Charged with Running $24 Million Oxycodone Ring out of East NY Clinic

A doctor, her staff and a group of pharmacists ran a $24 million drug ring out of a Brooklyn medical clinic that doled out more than 1 million oxycodone pills with bogus prescriptions, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.