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Police seek 2 suspects after a sleeping man is set on fire near New York's Penn Station
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (189+ words) NEW YORK " Police were searching Tuesday for two suspects believed to have been involved in an attack near Manhattan's Penn Station when a 37-year-old man was set on fire as he slept. New York City Police said three men approached…...
Sleeping homeless man set on fire by 3 men at Penn Station, NYPD says
16+ hour, 2+ min ago (152+ words) The NYPD responded to the incident on Monday night. Credit: AP / Julia Demaree Nikhinson NYPD detectives are looking'for three men who set a sleeping homeless man on fire at Penn Station on Monday night. Police were called'around'8:40 p.m. after, they said,…...
The Chocolate Expo moves to Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (242+ words) Strawberries are dipped into dark chocolate syrup at the Chocolate Expo. Credit: James Carbone The Chocolate Expo is dipping into a new venue. After many years at Hofstra University in Hempstead, the annual event, which has been a spring staple…...
NYC, Suffolk weighing protest restrictions outside houses of worship
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (720+ words) Police outside the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan, where a demonstration took place in November. Credit: Associated Press/Neil Constantine With Nassau County already imposing protest restrictions near houses of worship and Suffolk County considering doing the same, the New…...
Snowball attack: 2 NYPD officers recovering at home
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (330+ words) NYPD officers'walk on Broadway at 49th Street in Times Square on Tuesday. Credit: Allison Hunter Two NYPD officers were recovering'at home Tuesday after they were injured during a snowball fight that turned and targeted the officers, officials said. A law enforcement…...
3 new tenants headed to Samanea New York
1+ week, 4+ day ago (771+ words) Patrons take lessons at I.FLY Trapeze, an indoor trapeze school, at Samanea New York'in Westbury. Credit: Jeff Bachner Three new tenants are set to open by this spring at Samanea New York, as the Westbury mall's owner continues pushing to…...
Black history, ideas to stop LIRR fare evaders
1+ week, 5+ day ago (332+ words) A Long Island Rail Road train at the Wyandanch LIRR station. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost Think of the word history as a two-part description of what the Black person endured chronologically after being uprooted, stolen, and dispersed across lands far…...
Man who lived rent-free in New Yorker Hotel, then claimed to own it, pleads guilty to fraud charge
1+ week, 6+ day ago (396+ words) The New Yorker Hotel, center, is seen in New York, Nov. 8, 2013. A man who succeeded in using a New York City housing law to live rent-free in the iconic hotel has been charged with fraud after he claimed to own…...
LIRR bathroom stowaways a stubborn problem amid fare evasion crackdown
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1160+ words) LIRR rider Stuart Greenberg for years'shared his morning Ronkonkoma train with a commuter he called "Mr. Regularity." As soon as the man boarded, he headed for the bathroom,'and wouldn't come out until a ticket collector passed. Greenberg suspects the…...
Michael Izzo, NYPD officer and Huntington resident, dies at 42
2+ week, 3+ day ago (674+ words) Michael Izzo, 42, of Huntington, who died Tuesday, occasionally enjoyed a homecooked meal from his mother, an Italian immigrant, while patrolling the NYPD's 111th Precinct. Credit: Michael Izzo Michael Izzo could not wait to share with his family how he felt his…...