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The blitz began about 8:20 p.m. Tuesday when the crooks hopped out of a gray Toyota Camry on West End Ave. near W. 62nd St. on the Upper West Side, snuck up behind a 50-year-old woman, pushed her to the ground and snatched her purse, which contained her credit cards, police said.

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On Wednesday, the City Council takes up a bill that would remove central role of the NYPD in crash investigations and give that responsibility to the Department of Transportation, a bill that supporters say will increase the likelihood that crash analyses will lead to safer road designs. In addition, victims of crashes have long complained that the NYPD does a poor and insensitive job of investigating road violence. We asked a victim for her thoughts. Bernadette Karna. Photo: Jonah Markowitz On...

Published: February 1, 2021 BERWICK — A man told police someone stole his bicycle, so he stole someone else’s, charges allege. Danny Lee Garcia, 52, of 1521 Rear Third Ave., Berwick,... Subscribe Today!

TOP Restaurants Top Sushi Restaurants in the Bay Area From homestyle nigiri plates to luxurious omakase, there are plenty of ways to do sushi in the Bay Area. By Soleil Ho |  Updated: Feb. 4, 2021 11:04 AM When daring to put together a list of the best sushi restaurants in the Bay Area, I had a lot of variables to consider. Do I focus on those bijou spots where finance guys used to commingle over omakase meals after notable sales at the office? Or the mom-and-pops, like San Francisco...

The Danville Fire Department responded to 8,456 calls in 2020, a few less than 2019. This marked a drop in calls of just 1.9 percent.

Salvation Army to host Christmas toy distribution TUCSON (KVOA) - The Salvation Army is set to hold its annual Christmas Angel Tree Toy distribution on Tuesday and Wednesday, helping families in need from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Salvation Army South Corps Community Center at 1625 S Third Ave.   The Salvation Army said families in need with children ages 12 and under can benefit from this Christmas program. This two-day event provides toys for families and child...

It’s our December donation drive. Your gift helps us do these kinds of stories. So please click here. With 211,038 crashes in the city in 2019, which killed 243 individuals and injured 61,265 (that’s an average of 578 crashes and 169 casualties a day, but who’s counting?), stopping reckless drivers from killing and maiming is an urgent public-health priority for the next mayor. So Streetsblog asked those who would lead us out of this crisis to detail their street-safety bona fides. Of the...

Car hits anti-ICE march in New York Cit By G. Dunkel posted on December 17, 2020 New York Since the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2014, there have been at least 100 car attacks on protesters in the U.S. Most recently, in Manhattan near 39th St. and Third Ave., a car plowed at high speed through a group of  protesters on Dec. 12. They had been marching in solidarity with a hunger strike by people incarcerated at the ICE detention center in Bergen County, N.J. The jail is jus...

Minneapolis retailers window display wins national award MartinPatrick3 teamed up with the Minnesota Dance Theatre on the display. Author: A "Nutcracker" window display in Minneapolis North Loop neighborhood won the Judges Choice Award in a national contest.  MartinPatrick3, at 212 N Third Ave., teamed up with the Minnesota Dance Theatre to display costumes from "The Nutcracker Fantasy" in its windows, which earned the retailer the inaugural Judges Choice Award in the Winning Windows of North ...