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Leaders and students from Upper East Side after-school programs rally to keep them off the budget chopping block “Invest in us; we’ll rise to the top. Give us a little, we’ll grow a lot!” This was the rally cry of the 700 children and after-school advocates that attended the March 28th rally outside City Hall
On March 18th, a 31-year-old woman from New Jersey discovered that not one or two, but 21 unauthorized transactions had occurred from her primary checking account. The victim states that in total, almost $4,100 was taken from her checking account without her permission. The transactions occurred on Columbus Avenue. The victim stated that she had
A teenage girl was walking North on Amsterdam Avenue on March 14th around 4 p.m. when she observed a group of male youths fighting. As she crossed the street, she was approached from behind by one of the boys who grabbed her cell phone. The victim grabbed her assailant by the jacket sleeve, and fell
For one 42-year-old Bronx woman, her stolen credit card problems won’t go away. On January 24th, the victim last saw her wallet at West 72nd Street and Broadway. While eating dinner, she received a fraud alert from her bank, informing her of unauthorized credit card transactions. She immediately canceled her credit cards, and did not
A 24-year-old man was walking through a park late at night near West 63rd Street on March 15th when he came upon an unknown group of males. They started shooting. Alarmingly, the victim was shot, and sustained a wound to his left thigh. The perpetrators fled. After calling 911, the victim was taken to the
An accident last week left a construction worker stuck in a pit of mud and lucky to be alive. What does this incident tell us about the safety of the massive project? Last Tuesday, New Yorkers held their breaths as FDNY workers spent four hours rescuing a 2nd Avenue subway construction worker stuck in the