NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
‘LONG OVERDUE’: RAP ROYALTY GATHERS IN THE BRONX AT GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR HIP HOP MUSEUM
May 20, 2021
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. served as master of ceremonies in the unveiling of a $349 million South Bronx development on the Hudson River, with the museum and 500 permanent affordable housing units included in the plan.
TO MASK OR NOT TO MASK: BIG APPLE LIFTS PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS, BUT SOME NEW YORKERS ARE STILL LEERY
May 19, 2021
“New York is coming back, and it’s a testament to the strength and grit of New Yorkers who banded together, stayed tough, and fought as one to defeat this COVID beast,” an exuberant Gov. Cuomo said.
CUOMO SAYS VACCINATED NEW YORKERS CAN GO MASK-FREE, ADOPTS CDC GUIDANCE
May 17, 2021
Fully vaccinated New Yorkers can ditch their masks in most circumstances starting Wednesday as the Empire State adopts guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The seismic shift will come the same day that a majority of COVID capacity limits are scrapped and New York takes a major step toward returning to normal, Gov. Cuomo said Monday.
MAYOR DE BLASIO OFFERS COVID VAX WITH BURGER AND FRIES FROM SHAKE SHACK
May 13, 2021
Want fries with that?
Mayor de Blasio took vaccination incentivization to the next level during his morning news briefing, munching on a hamburger and fries and regaling the city’s press corps about how he might fulfill his mayoral bucket list in his final year at City Hall.
‘I’M GLAD THEY SAW ME GO DOWN’: HARLEM SUBWAY PUSH VICTIM THANKS THREE MEN WHO JUMPED ON THE TRACKS TO SAVE HIM
May 10, 2021
A city parks worker shoved onto the subway tracks at a Harlem station said he might not be alive if three fellow commuters hadn’t jumped down to pull him to safety.
Randall Weaver, 60, said he barely had time to react when a crazed attacker shoved him onto the Brooklyn-bound No. 2 tracks at the 135th St. station about 5:15 a.m. on Saturday
‘I JUST WANTED TO HELP THIS CHILD’: HERO COP WHO HELPED SAVE 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL WOUNDED BY TIMES SQUARE STRAY BULLETS IS A NEW MOM HERSELF
May 10, 2021
As a former school teacher, NYPD Officer Alyssa Vogel said she is used to dealing with children on the job.
But she never expected to deal with a little girl getting shot in Times Square.
BRONX PARKS DEPT. WORKER SLASHED DURING QUARREL
May 3, 2021
A seasonal Parks Department worker was slashed in the face and chest during a confrontation on a Bronx street, police said Monday.
The employee got into a quarrel with the stabber on the perimeter of St. James Park at Jerome Ave. near W. 192nd St. in Fordham about 2:45 p.m. Sunday, cops said.
ONE MAN DEAD AND ANOTHER CRITICAL IN UPPER EAST SIDE FIRE
April 21, 2021
A deadly fire tore through an Upper East Side apartment building Wednesday morning, authorities said.
The blaze broke out in a second floor apartment inside the E. 82st St. building near Second Ave. at about 8:30 a.m. and quickly spread to the third floor of the four-story building, the FDNY said.
‘IF THEY DO, SHAME ON THEM’: SCHUMER, MENG DARE REPUBLICANS TO OPPOSE COVID HATE CRIMES ACT AS VOTE LOOMS
April 19, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned his Republican colleagues on Monday that they’ll make fools of themselves if they vote against a bill introduced by a fellow New York Democrat that would give the feds more tools to crack down on coronavirus-related hate crimes against Asian-Americans.
Schumer put GOP senators on notice while appearing in Manhattan’s Koreatown with Rep. Grace Meng, the lead House sponsor of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, to promote the measure ahead of an expected Senate vote this week.
TEEN SHOT IN HAND BY PAL PLAYING WITH GUN ON UPPER EAST SIDE ROOFTOP
April 12, 2021
A teenager accidentally shot his buddy in the hand as they played with a gun on an Upper East Side rooftop Monday morning, police said.
The 18-year-old victim was shot in his right hand on top of the five-story apartment building on E. 78th St. near Second Ave. about 8:20 a.m., police said. The teenagers were playing with the gun when it went off.