NEW YORK (VINnews) — After being punched and having his neck held by police on a New York subway, a homeless man was also charged with assault by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Joseph, a 30-year-old Bronx hair stylist was riding the 6 train on Monday May 25 on his way to Brooklyn, when he […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — At least 3 police officers were left with serious injuries on the Brooklyn Bridge during a Black Lives Matter demonstration on Wednesday. According to reports, the event was supposed to be a “peace march” across the Brooklyn Bridge in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, with clergy and parishioners in […]

ALBANY (VINnews) — In a statement issued on Wednesday by the head of the New York State Troopers PBA, “demanded” that state troopers be removed from New York City “and cease any law enforcement activities within that jurisdiction.” “We have arrived at this unfortunate decision due to the hastily written so-called police reform legislation recently […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The dismembered body of a 33-year-old tech entrepreneur was found inside his luxury Manhattan condo, police said Wednesday. The victim, identified as Fahim Saleh, was found at around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday inside his apartment on the Lower East Side. Saleh was the chief executive officer of a ride-hailing motorcycle startup called […]

NEW YORK (JNS/Laureen Lipsky) – Instead of working towards securing the safety of New York City’s residents after a wave of Black Lives Matter riots targeted businesses, instead of protecting inner-city areas of New York where shootings are at a rise not seen in decades, instead of safely opening up the city to invite back […]

BROOKLYN, NY (JTA) – An Orthodox Jewish man in Brooklyn said he was beaten by three young men who had yelled anti-Semitic slurs at him. His finger was broken and he needed stitches to his face following the attack on Saturday afternoon, WCBS-TV reported. The alleged victim, 51, was walking home when the attackers, aged […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing blistering criticism over an internal report that found no strong link between a controversial state directive that sent thousands of recovering coronavirus patients into nursing homes and some of the nation’s deadliest nursing home outbreaks. Scientists, health care professionals and elected officials assailed the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Mass transit systems around the world have taken unprecedented — and expensive — steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus, including New York shutting down its subways overnight and testing powerful ultraviolet lamps to disinfect seats, poles and floors. The cleaning measures produced something commuters have not seen in a […]

NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Decades after allegedly being molested by a yeshiva guidance counselor, a Monsey man is filing suit against the school, its spiritual advisor and his abuser under New York State’s Child Victims Act. The legislation, which went into effect last August, lifted the statute of limitations on child sex abuse lawsuits […]

NEW YORK (Newsmax) – New York City reported no new coronavirus deaths on Saturday for the first time since early March, according to Sunday’s preliminary health data from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The Big Apple was the epicenter early on when the coronavirus first hit the United States. The city’s health […]