A bolt of lightning illuminates the early evening sky over Manorville on Tuesday. Photo Credit: LiHotShots/LiHotShots via NewsdayAs a line of strong thunderstorms rolled through Long Island Tuesday night, hundreds of lightning bolts streaked through the sky. Dazzling in their brilliance, the electric charges — caused when water and ice collide in clouds — wreaked havoc on the ground, setting fire […]
Not even torrential rain and thunder on Tuesday could keep Nancy Timerell from honoring the memory of her brother, who was killed in the TWA Flight 800 crash 22 years ago. Every year on the anniversary of the crash, Timerell makes the three-hour trip from Berlin, Connecticut to Long Island to join friends and family of those who died at the TWA Flight 800 International […]
For newly graduated Nassau County Police Officer Lauren J. Jacobs, law enforcement is a family affair. Jacobs, who was one of 81 officers to graduate from the Nassau County Police Academy on Wednesday, follows in the footsteps of her brother, Officer Matthew Friedrich, and her father, retired Lt. Greg Friedrich, a 36-year Nassau veteran. “After watching my dad and […]
The heated debate over legalizing marijuana still polarizes the country. While supporters fight to decriminalize cannabis, citing its associations with institutional racism, others brandish the plant as a gateway to more dangerous substances. But for New York, legalization looks promising. On #420, some supporters used their celebrity to advocate for nationwide legalization via social media. Many newsrooms dedicated coverage to the […]
In what is expected to be a hotly contested race for the 46th assembly seat, Mathylde Frontus of Coney Island will be the first of many to officially announce her candidacy tomorrow. Pamela Harris, who faces several charges for misappropriating city and federal funds, abandoned the assembly seat last week. The district includes Coney Island and Sea Gate and parts […]
Shola Olatoye, the embattled New York City Housing Authority chair is slated to step down from her post today according to several reports. Olatoye first came under fire after last year when reports confirmed the public housing chair falsely signed documents confirming annual lead inspections. The incident preceded a series of NYCHA administrative and operational setbacks including failed boilers and […]
CONEY ISLAND – The embattled Assemblymember Pamela Harris has resigned. Harris represented the 46th Assembly district which includes Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Coney Island, Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Sea Gate. Reportedly, Harris submitted her letter of resignation to Speaker Carl E. Heastie yesterday. The former assemblymember is accused of misappropriating city and federal funds, charges that lend themselves to 11 federal charges […]
BROWNSVILLE – A day after officially announcing her New York State gubernatorial run, Cynthia Nixon delivered a fiery speech in front of almost 100 local residents and reporters in Brownsville yesterday. Following months of a rumored gubernatorial run, Nixon, best known for her role as Miranda Hobbes on the HBO series, Sex and The City, released a video on Monday […]
Members of the Brooklyn Teen Republican Club (BTRC) rallied in front of embattled Assemblymember Pamela Harris’ (D-Coney Island Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights) Bay Ridge office yesterday to call for her resignation in light of several federal indictments the lawmaker faces. Harris is facing a number of felony corruption charges and remains in office while she is awaiting her day in […]
The city admitted Friday it was guilty of violating its own illegal housing conversion law in housing homeless people in a Bedford-Stuyvesant four-story walk-up approved for 14-units of housing illegally converted into a 43-unit single room occupancy (SRO) building. According to city records, Monroe Lewis LLC acquired the 529 Monroe Street building in May 2016 for $1.7 million, and between […]