Hit-and-run in Brooklyn kills 75-year-old grandmother
Police say Judith Byron died after the SUV blew through a red light while she was in the crosswalk at Seventh and 41st Street in Sunset Park on Saturday night.
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Police say Judith Byron died after the SUV blew through a red light while she was in the crosswalk at Seventh and 41st Street in Sunset Park on Saturday night.
The crash happened on Saturday at around 9:30 p.m. in Sunset Park, at 7th Avenue and 41st Street. Police say the driver was in a gray or silver Toyota SUV. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
The woman was found in Brooklyn near Seventh Avenue and 41st Street in Sunset Park.
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After two pedestrians were killed in a hit-and-run, traffic safety advocates are urging the city to act on long-promised safety upgrades along Brooklyn's Third Avenue corridor.
Traffic safety leaders are calling on New York City to keep its promise to redesign Brooklyn's Third Avenue corridor after two people were killed in a violent hit-and-run. CBS News New York's Hannah Kliger reports.
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A rally was held Friday in support of United Senior Center of Sunset Park, which is facing what a steep rent increase and is in danger of having to relocate, or close.
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Vicky Dennis went to the hospital with strange symptoms when she had COVID. Doctors found she had two undiagnosed, life-threatening diseases and needed a liver transplant to survive.
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A vacate order has been issued, along with a violation for failing to maintain the building.
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Police said it happened at around 12:30 p.m. at the corner of 54th Street and 6th Avenue. CBS New York's Alice Gainer reports.
Jalen Brunson scored 33 points, including a 3-pointer that capped the Knicks' opening 23-point run, and New York beat the Jazz 146-112 on Friday.
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A judge ruled Menendez, the former U.S. Senator, is no longer eligible for public employment after a bribery conviction.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued executive orders Thursday designed to protect Israel and appeal to the Jewish community.
Federal prosecutors on Thursday presented an indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James to a grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia.
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