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Mayor Adams noted that, even if a scheduled inspection had taken place at the Twin Parks tower before the Bronx building erupted into flames, it would not have prevented the blaze. But one fire inspector suggested it would've mitigated the tragic result.
“They went to prison, lost all of that time, lost their youth, lost the events in their lives,” said lawyer Bruce Barket. “And the entire time they were there, it was not clear that they were ever going to be released.”
Ex-con Daequan Woods was nabbed Saturday and charged with murder and gun possession for allegedly killing 28-year-old Daquan Blount about 1:20 a.m. Aug. 12, 2020.
Paul Capotosto had been treasurer from 2017 to 2021 before switching to citywide secretary after the FBI raided the home of President Ed Mullins and the SBA headquarters in October.
Twenty-six people who didn’t know their assailants were slain in the city last year — making up 5.3% of the 488 homicides counted by police. In 2020, homicide victims didn't know 3% of their assailants, NYPD data shows.