Man Attacked In Possible Bias Incident In Union Square Dies
Jeffrey Babbitt slipped into a coma and had been declared brain-dead at Bellevue Hospital after he was randomly attacked in Union Square last week, police said.
Jeffrey Babbitt slipped into a coma and had been declared brain-dead at Bellevue Hospital after he was randomly attacked in Union Square last week, police said.
A suspect could face hate crime charges in a random act of violence that reportedly left a man brain dead in Union Square Park this week.
It came out of nowhere. A man allegedly went on a rampage in Union Square on Wednesday afternoon and left a complete stranger brain dead in the process.
Marcelo Lucero's family had appealed last year's decision by federal Judge Leonard Wexler to throw out the lawsuit. The suit against the Suffolk County and its police department claims authorities failed to prevent the killing.
Police say the victim, 21-year-old Islan Nettles, died Thursday night, five days after she was attacked in Harlem.
The vicious attack took place around midnight Tuesday, shortly after Peter Notman and Michael Felenchak left the Chelsea Bowtie Cinemas on 23rd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.
A hate crimes investigation has been launched in southern Brooklyn, after vandals desecrated several religious sites.
Four young men were charged Monday in an alleged anti-gay attack on Long Island that left one of the victims seriously injured.
The NYPD is asking the public for help in identifying and tracking down a man wanted in connection with an assault that took place in Midtown South on Sunday morning.
Enright pleaded guilty to attempted murder and assault as hate crimes for the Aug. 24, 2010 attack against Bangladeshi cab driver Ahmed Sharif.
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The NYPD has just released new surveillance images of three suspects wanted in connection with the beating of a gay couple near Madison Square Garden last month.
Kevin Kiadii is a 25-year-old freelance make-up artist. He said it's a relief arrests were made, and that he wasn't more seriously hurt.
It happened just after 3 a.m. on Saturday; Lovendusky told 1010 WINS Reporter Sonia Rincon that he was walking down the street with a group of friends when a gang of teenagers approached them from behind and taunted them with a homophobic slur.
Gornell Roman was charged Wednesday with assault and aggravated harassment, both as hate crimes, police said.
The incident happened around 5:20 a.m. Tuesday. Police said a gay couple, ages 41 and 42, were walking on Broadway near Prince Street when two men began yelling anti-gay slurs.
A community is rallying against hate, and police are increasing patrols in some neighborhoods – in the wake of five anti-gay attacks in the past two weeks.
The incident occurred just days after another gay couple was beaten near Madison Square Garden following a New York Knicks playoff game on May 5.
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Investigators are looking for four men who allegedly yelled anti-gay remarks at two men who were walking near Madison Square Garden.
Police have launched a hate crime investigation, following a broad daylight attack on a gay couple this past weekend on busy Eighth Avenue just steps from Madison Square Garden.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said Monday that he believes the burning of mezuzot in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Holocaust Remembrance Day was a hate crime.
A reputed member of a white supremacist pleaded guilty to hate crime charges Tuesday, after be beat two Middle Eastern men in New Jersey.
The attack happened around 6 p.m. Monday after the victim boarded a downtown No. 2 train at 125th Street, police said.
Jabbar Campbell's attorney claims the officers illegally searched his client's home. The police complaint against Campbell said he resisted arrest and was in possession of marijuana and ecstasy at the time of the incident.
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There will be no shortage of sunshine and warmth on Monday! Expect the same around the Tri-State Area for the next few days too!
The Yankees advanced to their 41st World Series by beating the Guardians in Game 5 of the ALCS on Saturday night.
There will be no shortage of sunshine and warmth on Monday! Expect the same around the Tri-State Area for the next few days too!
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A superb weather weekend in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut is underway, perfect for enjoying the fall foliage!
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Two girls, 6 and 8, died in a fire that tore through a multi-family home in Newark, New Jersey overnight, Essex County investigators said.
There will be no shortage of sunshine and warmth on Monday! Expect the same around the Tri-State Area for the next few days too!
The Orionid meteor shower peaked over the weekend. Here's when and where to look, and the viewing forecast for the Tri-State Area.
A superb weather weekend in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut is underway, perfect for enjoying the fall foliage!
New Jersey raised penalties for home invasions, but some argue they still don't go far enough as criminals increasingly target homes with high-end cars.
There will be no shortage of sunshine and warmth on Monday! Expect the same around the Tri-State Area for the next few days too!
A superb weather weekend in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut is underway, perfect for enjoying the fall foliage!
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Kamala Harris insisted it was time to "end the suffering" in the Middle East while Donald Trump visited one of the nation's only Muslim-majority cities on Friday as the dueling presidential contenders fought for a small but pivotal bloc of Arab American voters in swing-state Michigan.
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A lawyer for former President Donald Trump asked Stormy Daniels to promise not to speak about her "interactions" with Trump or question "his suitability as a candidate for president," documents show.
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Rwanda says it's gaining control of a Marburg outbreak, but U.S. authorities are taking no chances as another killer virus spreads fast.
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Fans of former One Direction member Liam Payne held a memorial at Washington Square Park on Saturday to honor the late pop star.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class included Mary J. Blige, Foreigner, the late Jimmy Buffett and A Tribe Called Quest, among others.
The cast of "Blue Bloods" visited the Empire State Building for a special lighting ceremony with the families of fallen NYPD officers Friday.
New York Comic Con was held over the weekend at Manhattan's Javits Center.
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Four members of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church filed a lawsuit Friday, claiming flaws with the process to select a new senior pastor.
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