New York can try to sue gun manufacturers over harm caused by their products under legislation that Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed Tuesday. The new law comes at a time when New York City in particular is facing a rise in shootings. Overall, violence is well short of the historic highs of the 1990s, or even in the New York of the early 2000s. But the Democratic-led Legislature has pushed to pass several gun control measures this year, including legislation that would prohibit the sale, purchase or transfer of firearms to anyone with an outstanding warrant for a felony or serious offense. The federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005 gave gun manufacturers immunity from lawsuits related to the criminal misuse of their products.

rooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City after appealing to the political center and promising to strike the right balance between fighting crime and ending racial injustice in policing. A former police captain, Adams would be the city’s second Black mayor if elected. He triumphed over a large Democratic field in New York’s first major race to use ranked choice voting. Results from the latest tabulations released Tuesday showed him leading former city sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia by 8,426 votes, or a little more than 1 percentage point.

A 21-year-old driver and his passenger were critically injured when their speeding BMW crashed into a city a bus on Staten Island, police said Tuesday. The crash happened shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Richmond Avenue, a police spokesperson said. The BMW was traveling “at a high rate of speed” when it hit the rear of the bus, the spokesperson said. The driver and his 19-year-old passenger suffered traumatic injuries and were taken to a hospital, police said. The driver’s injuries were life-threatening, while his passenger was in critical but stable condition, they said. The driver and two passengers from the bus were treated for minor injuries, police said. Photos from the scene show the front of the red BMW crumpled from the impact with the bus. The crash is under investigation. (AP)

On a sun-soaked morning last month, a dozen mourners gathered by a freshly dug grave to bury four people who were cast into limbo as New York City contended with COVID-19. Each was among hundreds of people whose bodies have lingered in a temporary morgue that was set up at the height of the city’s coronavirus crisis last year and where about 200 bodies remain, not all of them virus victims. The fenced-off temporary morgue on a pier in an industrial part of Brooklyn is out of sight and mind for many as the city celebrates its pandemic progress by dropping restrictions and even setting off fireworks. But the facility — which the city plans to close by the end of the summer — stands as a reminder of the loss, upheaval and wrenching choices the virus inflicted in one of its deadliest U.S.

At least 150 people were killed by gun violence in more than 400 shootings across the country during the Fourth of July weekend as major cities nationwide confront a surge in violent crime, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive. The data, which includes the number of shooting incidents and gun violence victims nationally over a 72-hour period from Friday through Sunday, is still evolving and will be updated. In New York, where gun violence has been rising to levels not seen in years, there were 26 victims from 21 shootings from Friday to Sunday, a decrease from the same period last year when 30 people were shot in 25 shootings, the New York Police Department said. (Source: CNN)

A young man from Williamsburg is fighting for his life after he was involved in a serious crash overnight. Sources tell YWN that the accident happened on the Interstate 287 in New Jersey. The 30-year-old man was the only occupant in the vehicle. He was airlifted to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Patterson, NJ, where he is listed in critical condition. Please say Tehillim for Shlomo ben Rochel. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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The NYPD and Williamsburg Shomrim are investigating a disturbing incident, where multiple vehicles were found vandalized on Sunday. The vehicles were parked in a lot on Division Avenue and Kent Avenue. All the vehicle had their windows smashed, and graffiti sprayed on the inside and outside of the vehicles. Many of the vehicle are buses owned by local Yeshivas. Security camera footage captured some of the perps on one of the buses.
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New York City Police announced Saturday that $54,000 worth of illegal fireworks have been seized in recent weeks, ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. The fireworks were collected in three NYPD Intelligence Bureau operations conducted in June and early July, involving multiple city offices and the NYC Fireworks Task Force, which includes the New York State Police, New Jersey State Police and the Port Authority Police. Investigators made 22 fireworks-related arrests and seized six illegal firearms. Nearly half of those arrested live in Brooklyn, including two individuals with 42 and 33 prior arrests, respectively. This Sunday is the Annual @Macys Fireworks Display on the East River. There will be road closures starting at approximately 3:00 pm.

The Coast Guard and local authorities are searching off Long Island for a boater who fell overboard Saturday. The man, identified by Suffolk County Police as 50-year-old Christopher Calma, was out with his 14-year-old son on a 2020 22-foot Sea Fox Commander, in the vicinity of Northport Bay, when he fell in the water at about 9:30 a.m., according to police and the Coast Guard said. The man was not wearing a life jacket. The Coast Guard identified the missing father as a 52-year-old man. A Coast Guard helicopter and response boat are involved in the search, along with the Suffolk County police, including the department’s police divers, Nassau County police, multiple fire departments, and the Huntington harbormaster, Suffolk County Police said Calma’s son was not injured. (AP)

New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and some relatives received COVID-19 testing from the state at her private Long Island residence last summer after a member of the family tested positive, according to a court official. Reports of preferential testing for people connected to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration when testing was scarce are part of an an ongoing impeachment investigation into the governor. A spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration confirmed that DiFiore and family members had been tested at her Southampton residence, the Times Union of Albany reported Friday. “It was the one and only time,” Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the Office of Court Administration, said.