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Michael Griffith (March 2, 1963 – December 20, 1986) was a 23-year-old black man who was killed on December 20, 1986, in Howard Beach, in Queens, New York City, in a racially motivated attack. [1] Griffith and two other black men were set upon by a group of white youths outside a pizza parlor. Two of the victims, including Griffith, were ...
The victim, 28-year-old O'Shae Sibley, was a professional dancer and choreographer born on September 1, 1994. [1] [2] He was one of eleven siblings in his family. [3]Prior to moving from Philadelphia to Brownsville, Brooklyn in 2020 to pursue career opportunities, [3] [4] [5] he had been a part of Philadanco since his teenage years.
A 14-year-old girl jumped to her death from a luxury Soho apartment building on Sunday, police and sources said. The tragedy unfolded at about 7:20 am when police were notified of an unconscious ...
Two former New York City jail guards have avoided prison time for what authorities called their failure to intervene in a teenage inmate's suicide attempt for nearly eight minutes until it was too ...
The elderly woman was the second jumper who plunged to their death on Saturday. Police said a 52-year-old man jumped from a 17th floor balcony of his 22-story building in Chelsea in an apparent ...
Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and former police officer who has served as the 110th mayor of New York City since 2022. Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain.
Two teens were stabbed when a fight broke out on John Street in Manhattan’s Financial District around 7:39 p.m., according to the NYPD. ... A 17-year-old boy was killed and another teen wounded ...
As mayor, de Blasio's signature initiative was the implementation of Universal Pre-K, i.e. publicly funded pre-kindergarten for all New York City residents. [163] He sought to fund the program by increasing taxes on New York City residents earning $500,000 or more. [ 164 ]