NYC Metro area news thread Aug 22.

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Police, S.I. Businesses and Residents Prepare for Garner Rally


NY1
The New York City Police Department, along with businesses and residents in the North Shore section of Staten Island, are preparing in advance of Saturday's rally in honor of Eric Garner, which is expected to draw thousands of people.

The "We Will Not Go Back" march is set to begin at noon at Victory Boulevard and Bay Street.

Marchers will then make their way to the Staten Island district attorney's office on Stuyvesant Place before wrapping up with a rally at Richmond Terrace and Hamilton Avenue.


http://www.ny1.com/content/news/214310/police--s-i--businesses-and-residents-prepare-for-garner-rally/

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1. Number of Green Taxicabs Expected to Double

http://www.ny1.com/content/news/214319/number-of-green-taxicabs-expected-to-double/

Short article

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2. Police Seek Man Behind Bronx Armed Robbery

NY1
Police are asking for the public's help in finding an armed robber in the Bronx.

Investigators say a masked man walked into the Black Era clothing store on Melrose Avenue around 10 a.m. last Friday, pulled out a gun, and demanded the owner fill a knapsack with money.

http://www.ny1.com/content/news/214320/police-seek-man-behind-bronx-armed-robbery/

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3. Police Investigate Baby's Death After Mother Claims 911 Operator Wasted Time

Lori Chung

An investigation is underway after a Bronx baby died while her mother waited almost a half hour for help to arrive.

Julia Knight says she put baby Isabella Glover to sleep on her back, sources say, in the same bed she slept in.

http://www.ny1.com/content/news/214288/police-investigate-baby-s-death-after-mother-claims-911-operator-wasted-time/

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4. Rockaway Residents Take To City Hall In Fight To Keep Ferry

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Residents of the Rockaway Peninsula took their battle to City Hall Thursday as they fight to keep their ferry service.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/08/21/rockaway-residents-take-to-city-hall-in-fight-to-keep-ferry/

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5. De Blasio rolls out $12.7 m plan to curb gun violence citywide

Khorri Atkinson

Just past the halfway point of his first year as mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio is now counting on “violence interrupters”—most of whom are former gang members—to help his administration prevent gun violence in some of the city’s most crime-infested neighborhoods.

This move has led to the creation of the “Gun Violence Crisis Management System,” an initiative that will cost the city $12.7 million. It will focus primarily on 14 precincts across the five boroughs—two in Manhattan, four in Bronx and Brooklyn, three in Queens and one in Staten Island—which account for 51 percent of shootings across the city.

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2014/aug/21/de-blasio-rolls-out-127-m-plan-curb-gun-violence-c/

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6. Brooklyn borough president announces affordable housing for Brooklynites

Craig D. Frazier

In May, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced construction of affordable housing units over the next decade in Ocean Hill, with commercial space and community facility use. Last week, joined by elected officials, developers and community leaders from across the borough, Adams outlined the details of his $3.3million in allocations to develop projects across Brooklyn.

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2014/aug/21/brooklyn-borough-president-announces-affordable-ho/

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7. Family, politicians, community demand justice for police-slain Ramarley Graham

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2014/aug/21/family-politicians-community-demand-justice-police/


Short article.

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8. De Blasio Attends Crime Data Briefing

YONI BASHAN and MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday attended his first CompStat meeting—a crime statistics briefing with top police officials—at a time when the city is grappling with a new wave of gun violence.

Mr. de Blasio's spokesman said the mayor planned to attend one of the data-driven meetings since he took office Jan. 1 and that the timing was a result of workable scheduling.

But analysts said Mr. de Blasio's appearance also sent a deliberate message: that he is engaged and is taking trends in public safety seriously.

So far this year, the city has seen reductions in most major crime categories. But shootings are at their highest levels since 2012, according to New York Police Department data.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/mayor-de-blasio-attends-top-crime-data-briefing-as-new-york-struggles-with-increase-in-shootings-1408668373

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9. D.A. drops assault charge against former Council finance director

Sally Goldenberg

Prosecutors dismissed felony assault charges against the former New York City Council finance director, Preston Niblack, on Friday morning.

Niblack, who was hired in 2008 as former Council speaker Christine Quinn's budget chief, was arrested in February after his domestic partner accused him of attacking him with a statue and a picture frame inside his Upper West Side apartment.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/08/8551234/da-drops-assault-charge-against-former-council-finance-director?top-featured-2

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10. Fake 911 Calls Could Land Man Behind Bars For 7 Years

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/08/21/fake-911-calls-could-land-man-behind-bars-for-7-years/

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — One man’s 400 phone calls to 911 could land him behind bars for 7 years.

Louis Segna of Williamsburg, Brooklyn was found guilty on Thursday, of concealing his identity while making a series of fake calls to 911.

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11. Gas Leak Shuts Down Flatbush Avenue, Belt Parkway Exit In Southern Brooklyn

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/08/21/gas-leak-shuts-down-flatbush-avenue-belt-parkway-exit-in-southern-brooklyn/


Short article

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12. Queens Bees: Woman finds bees, lots of honey in apartment ceiling

Josh Einiger
Friday, August 22, 2014
QUEENS, N.Y. (WABC) -- She thought she saw a few bees flying around.

But Frieda Turkmenilli had no idea that 50,000 of them were calling the ceiling of her Elmhurst apartment, home.

"How did they get there? Where did they come from?" she said Thursday. "I was shocked."

http://7online.com/pets/queens-bees-woman-finds-bees-lots-of-honey-in-apartment-ceiling/275795/#gallery-1

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13. Manhattan man, 84, left bloodied after encounter with cops in jaywalking arrest says he’s now ‘scare

JOHN MARZULLI

Seven months after he was left bloodied following an encounter with NYPD cops for jaywalking, 84-year-old Kang Chun Wong said walking it’s “very scary” crossing the streets of his Upper West Side neighborhood.

Wong said he was hunkered down in his W. 97th St. apartment for two months after the harrowing incident in January in which the retired restaurant owner walked into a ticket blitz targeting jaywalkers.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/man-84-left-bloodied-encounter-cops-scared-cross-street-article-1.1913345

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14. Not Your Average Summer, But New Yorkers Aren’t Complaining

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — In a summer of people dumping buckets of ice water over their head, New York City has endured just four days of 90-degree weather.

By this time last summer, the city had been through 16, according to The New York Times.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/08/22/not-your-average-summer-but-new-yorkers-arent-complaining/

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15. Street Closures, Transit Changes For Eric Garner Protest March On Staten Island

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The NYPD announced the following street closures for the “We Will Not Go Back” march and rally for Eric Garner on Staten Island Saturday.

Buses and vans will transport marchers to 204 Bay Street, “Little Bay Street,” from Bay Ridge Brooklyn

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/08/22/street-closures-for-eric-garner-protest-march-on-staten-island/

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16. 5 INJURED AFTER CAR CRASHES INTO HARLEM BUILDING

http://7online.com/news/5-injured-after-car-crashes-into-harlem-building/277209/

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17. Don't pay that Nassau County speeding ticket until you read this

Stacey Sager

MINEOLA, N.Y. (WABC) -- Nearly 40,000 speed-camera tickets have been issued in Nassau County so far this summer and none of them count. Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is declaring amnesty for all speed-camera tickets issued in Nassau this summer.

Doreen Delach is glad it's happening, because she got 11 speeding tickets in a school zone in Bethpage. Delach presumed there was no school, and she was doing the regular speed limit - under 40 miles per hour, and not 25 miles per hour.

http://7online.com/news/dont-pay-that-nassau-county-speeding-ticket-until-you-read-this/276538/