Overall crime is up 2.4 percent from the same time last year
There is a 36 percent increase in murders and 35 percent hike in auto thefts
On Monday, a five-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet in a random shooting
A tourist from Kansas City was also recently grazed by a bullet in Times Square
Meanwhile, a retired crime reporter was beaten on Easter Sunday in Harlem
Over the summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $1 billion cut to the NYPD
This week, de Blasio claimed that New Yorkers were not living in fear amid the current surge in crime, which shows no signs of dwindling soon
Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared to walk back his fear comment on Thursday
On Wednesday, de Blasio claimed that New Yorkers were not living in fear amid the current surge in crime, which shows no signs of dwindling soon
But on Thursday he admitted there is fear but said New Yorkers fight back
Overall crime is up 2.4 percent from the same time last year
There is a 36 percent increase in murders and 35 percent hike in auto thefts
On Monday, a five-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet in a random shooting
A tourist from Kansas City was also recently grazed by a bullet in Times Square
arrow A healthcare professional cries in front of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, a safety-net hospital in Brooklyn, April 7, 2021. Vanessa Carvalho/Shutterstock
When COVID-19 swept through the Rockaway peninsula last spring, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital was alone to weather the storm. Those who live nearby suffer disproportionately from conditions like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension that make people more vulnerable to severe cases of COVID-19, and St. John’s has been the sole medical center serving the isolated beach community since Peninsula Hospital closed in 2012. After the pandemic hit, St. John’s quickly tripled its ICU capacity but was still pushed to its limits as the virus overwhelmed Queens.
Dec 21, 2020
A 32-year-old man was pronounced dead after colliding with a sanitation truck in Brooklyn, New York.
On Sunday, Dec. 20 around 4 a.m., Kenneth Pamphile crashed into the back of the truck. Firefighters were able to remove him from the wreckage, but Pamphile was pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital. The sanitation workers were not injured.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is still ongoing.
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