NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio has named the head of Maine’s corrections department to head New York City’s jails. Joseph Ponte was presented as the new commissioner of the nation’s second largest jails system at a City Hall press conference Tuesday. “Every resident of this city deserves to be treated with dignity and […]
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Charges stand vs. officer in NYC biker melee
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday they have changed their minds about reducing charges against an undercover police detective accused of taking part in a motorcyclists-versus-SUV driver melee that was caught on video. The Manhattan district attorney’s office had said in December that the SUV driver’s facial injuries were healing and might not warrant […]
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Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in NYC apartment
NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote and created a gallery of other vivid characters, many of them slovenly and somewhat dissipated, was found dead Sunday in his apartment with what officials said was a needle in his arm. […]
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NYPD undercover officer accused of punching SUV window in biker melee
NEW YORK (AP) — An undercover police detective accused of punching out an SUV window during a motorcycle rally that descended into violence was unmasked Wednesday in a courtroom where he was confronted with serious assault charges. But Detective Wojciech Braszczok’s lawyer insisted he would be exonerated by the very video prosecutors say incriminates him […]
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‘We miss you’: 9/11 families, friends mark 12th anniversary with somber tributes to victims
NEW YORK (AP) — Life in lower Manhattan resembled any ordinary day on Wednesday as workers rushed to their jobs in the muggy heat, but time stood still at the World Trade Center site while families wept for loved ones who perished in the terror attacks 12 years ago. For the families, the memories of […]
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NYC officials don’t embrace ‘body cameras’ for police
NEW YORK — Police officers around the country have been able to protect themselves against citizen complaints by wearing tiny body cameras, but a federal judge’s plan to force some New York officers to start wearing the devices has angered the city’s mayor and police unions. Mayor Michael Bloomberg criticized the cameras unnecessary for the […]
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World Trade Center Transportation hub taking shape
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of workers are busy around the clock building the nearly $4 billion World Trade Center transportation hub, its white steel wings starting to rise into the Manhattan sky as a remembrance to those who died at the site on 9/11. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the complex will be […]