A teenager was killed Wednesday after he was fired in the Bronx apartment building during a quarrel, cops said. The 18-year-old victim, identified by police as Winston Ortiz, was stabbed three times and then fired with gasoline and fired with a match on the fifth floor of 1045 Woodycrest Ave. …
Read More »Family of Queens who remain powerless for one week Con Ed
A Queen family of five – including a 6-year-old cancer survivor – ripped Con Edison off for leaving her in a ‘dangerous’ situation by failing to restore power for a full week after Tropical Storm Isaias. The Singhs in Queens Village are among some 5,300 New Yorkers who were stuck …
Read More »The Brooklyn neighborhood sees an ‘uptick’ in COVID-19 cases
Sunset Park in Brooklyn sees an “uptick” in cases of coronavirus – with 228 people testing positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday. The mayor said the pocket of positive cases was found through “hyperlocal testing” by the city’s Test and Trace Corps. …
Read More »Connecticut is issuing initial fines of $ 1K to residents who violate travel advice
Connecticut on Monday handed out its first $ 1,000 fines to two residents who failed to fill out health forms upon returning home from states with high rates of coronavirus infection. The residents, who were fined, traveled back to Connecticut from Louisiana and Florida several weeks ago, God Ned Lamont …
Read More »New York bracing for 5M post-in-ballots for elections in 2020
New York State expects to be neglected with up to 5 million mail-in votes in the November general election amid the coronavirus pandemic, four times more than the 1.2 million received in the primary June 23, said the state’s official election. “That will result in a slower count,” state election …
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