New York news

• 4 People, Including Child, Rescued From Apartment Fire: FDNY

  05-01-2019 23:57 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Firefighters rescued a family, including a child, from a burning apartment building in the Bronx on Saturday morning, officials said.Photo Credit: Citizen App
  
  Read more

• Cops Rescue Another Ring from an NYC Sewer Grate

  05-01-2019 23:27 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  New York City's sewers have been seeing a lot of bling lately.Photo Credit: NYPDThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Photos: Albany Curling Club open house

  05-01-2019 23:04 via timesunion.com
  The Albany Curling Club held its annual open house Saturday at the club's facility at 117 West McKown Road. Visitors got out on the ice to try the sport as experienced curlers showed them how to deliver the curling stone and sweep it down the ice.
  
  Read more

• Churchill: Fired for confronting racism, Maurice Rucker lands on his feet

  05-01-2019 22:36 via timesunion.com
  Albany
  Nothing I wrote last year generated as much attention, or anger, as the columns about what happened to Maurice Rucker.
  Rucker was an employee at the Home Depot on Central Avenue. On a day in July, he encountered an unpleasant (to put it mildly) customer, who was standing in Rucker's line in the Albany store's garden center.I hate to repeat it all again, but the man called Rucker slow, said he owed his job to Donald Trump and hit him with an additional string of ugly insults."You're from t
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• I-90 rollover in Albany backs up traffic

  05-01-2019 22:28 via timesunion.com
  A pickup truck that rolled over on Interstate-90 in Albany caused traffic delays Saturday afternoon.
  
  Read more

• Doctor accused of gross negligence, lying on job applications

  05-01-2019 21:21 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY — A doctor accused of gross negligence and fraud allegedly lied on his job application while trying to get hospital privileges at Ellis Medicine in 2016.Denny J. Pacheco, who previously worked in emergency rooms in Poughkeepsie and Elmira, has been charged by the state Office of Professional and Medical Conduct with committing professional misconduct for allegedly discharging five severely-ill patients between 2012 and 2016 who needed immediate care, according to a hearing noti
  
  Read more

• 4 Injured After Fire Breaks Out at Apartment Building: FDNY

  05-01-2019 19:56 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  One person was critically injured and three others were in serious condition after a fire broke out at a Bronx apartment building, the FDNY said.Photo Credit: Valeria Gonzalez
  
  Read more

• Report: 'Co-sleeping' baby deaths rise in New York

  05-01-2019 19:40 via timesunion.com
  Unsafe sleep environments are increasingly to blame for infant deaths in New York, according to new state data released this week.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Man Who Escaped Police Through Window Caught 2 Days Later

  05-01-2019 19:38 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A suspect who escaped from police by leaping out of the second-floor window of an NYPD Precinct station in Brooklyn has been arrested, police said.Photo Credit: NYPD
  
  Read more

• Albany man arrested in Delaware Ave. stabbing

  05-01-2019 19:27 via timesunion.com
  Albany police have arrested a 27-year-old city man in connection with a Dec. 29 stabbing on Delaware Avenue.
  
  Read more

• Volunteer Firefighter Hits 2 With Car; Woman Dead, Man Hurt

  05-01-2019 19:22 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A woman died and a man suffered serious injuries — including a broken spine — after a car driven by a volunteer firefighter hit them as they crossed the street, officials said.
  
  Read more

• Mystery Still Surrounds Toddler Found Dead in Camden Alley

  05-01-2019 19:02 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  What happened in the time between Aug. 20, when Jah'vi Brown was last officially seen, until Dec. 6 when his father walked into Bellmawr's police department, was a mystery — until now.Photo Credit: Jim Friedman/NBC10
  
  Read more

• Albany police investigate reported attack near Buckingham Lake

  05-01-2019 18:29 via timesunion.com
  Albany police are investigating after a woman reported being attacked while walking around her Buckingham Lake neighborhood with her husband Friday morning.
  
  Read more

• North Greenbush also gets AG subpoena related to Desso

  05-01-2019 18:21 via timesunion.com
  NORTH GREENBUSH –The state Attorney General's Public Integrity unit has now subpoenaed records from the town regarding the sewer line that was run to Supervisor Louis Desso's property.
  
  Read more

• NY Middle School Teacher Raped Former Student: Police

  05-01-2019 16:40 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A Long Island middle school teacher has been arrested for allegedly raping a former student, police said.Photo Credit: Suffolk County Police
  
  Read more

• Cohoes fire displaces two families Friday night

  05-01-2019 16:32 via timesunion.com
  Two families were displaced from a two-story apartment building in Cohoes Friday night after an electrical fire broke out in the attic.
  
  Read more

• Woman Dies, Man’s Spine Broken After Car Hits Them: Police

  05-01-2019 16:23 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A woman died and a man suffered serious injuries — including a broken spine — after a car hit them as they crossed the street, police said.
  
  Read more

• Jailing the Wrong Man: Mug Shot Searches Persist in New York, Despite Serious Risks

  05-01-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Many big police departments will not use open-ended mug shot searches because of the chance of a mistaken identification. But New York City detectives turn to them routinely.
  
  Read more

• Are Those Noisy Houseguests Upstairs, or an Airbnb?

  05-01-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Noise complaints are notoriously hard to win in New York because courts generally argue that the city is noisy, and tolerating stomping feet is part of living there.
  
  Read more

• Suspect in Sex Attack Pattern Dating to 2014 Arrested: NYPD

  05-01-2019 15:58 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A man wanted in connection with at least three sexual assaults dating back to 2014 and 2015 in Manhattan has been arrested, the NYPD said.Photo Credit: NYPD
  
  Read more

• Boy Who Died in Apparent Fish Allergy Remembered at Vigil

  05-01-2019 05:34 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The 11-year-old boy who died suddenly in an apparent food allergy-related death at his grandmother's home in Brooklyn was mourned Friday night as a funny, uplifting kid who loved to play football.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
  Read more

• Firefighters Respond to House Fire in East Hanover

  05-01-2019 05:25 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Authorities are investigating what caused a house fire in East Hanover, New Jersey. It's not clear what caused the blaze at 3 Kimble Place Friday night. Investigators from the prosecutor's office...Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
  Read more

• What Have the Elites Ever Done for Fox?

  05-01-2019 03:15 via nytimes.com
  With apologies to the People’s Front of Judea.
  
  Read more

• NYC Family Searches for Dog Snatched off Doorstep

  05-01-2019 03:05 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A Staten Island family is desperately trying to get their stolen Yorkie pup returned to them after surveillance video showed a woman snatching him off their front porch.Photo Credit: Provided to News 4 NY
  
  Read more

• Man Wanted for Exposing Himself to Teen Girl on Subway

  05-01-2019 03:01 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police are looking for a man accused of exposing himself to a 16-year-old girl on the subway last week.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
  Read more

• Troy woman charged in Halfmoon Walmart thefts

  05-01-2019 02:57 via timesunion.com
  A Troy woman was arrested Thursday following an investigation into multiple larcenies at a Halfmoon Walmart.
  
  Read more

• A Eureka Moment for the Subway?

  05-01-2019 02:55 via nytimes.com
  But why did it take so long to find light at the end of the tunnel for L train commuters?
  
  Read more

• Falcon Stuck on Balcony Rescued by NYPD Officers

  05-01-2019 02:37 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A falcon was rescued by NYPD officers after it got stuck on a balcony in Midtown.Photo Credit: Michael DwyerThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Naked Man Apprehended in Harlem

  05-01-2019 00:38 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An emotionally disturbed man ran atop a truck and stripped naked in Harlem, causing a huge scene as officers swarmed him and bystanders gaped.
  
  Read more

• Brazen Thieves Hit More Than 20 Cars in Bergen County

  05-01-2019 00:37 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Thieves broke into more than 20 cars and actually stole three of them in Bergen County, New Jersey, on Friday morning. Brian Thompson reports.
  
  Read more

• Long Wait for Promised Incentives by Verizon Fios

  05-01-2019 00:30 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A Westchester man was lured by deals as part of an incentive to switch to Verizon Fios on Black Friday, but never got the promised bonuses. Lynda Baquero reports.
  
  Read more

• They Upended Their Lives to Avoid the L Train Shutdown. Then There Was No Shutdown.

  05-01-2019 00:24 via nytimes.com
  When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a new plan on Thursday, Brooklyn residents past and present were perplexed, frustrated and relieved.
  
  Read more

• NYC Street Caves in After Gas Line, Water Main Burst

  05-01-2019 00:23 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A part of busy Northern Boulevard in Queens is shut down indefinitely after a gas main exploded and a water main burst, causing the road to collapse, fire officials said.
  
  Read more

• As cabs struggle in Schenectady, is fare hike next?

  05-01-2019 00:22 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY – While Phil Gibbs with Electric City Taxi rattled off a variety of reasons the city should raise cab fares, he said it boils down to basic economics."If you're not taking in more money than you're spending out that you're paying people then you can't stay in business," he said Friday, noting the increases over the last few years in the minimum wage. "How can we afford to give our employees the pay raise to meet minimum wage if we're locked into a wage that we don't have any co
  
  Read more

• Three Kings Day Parade in NYC Marks End of Holidays

  05-01-2019 00:19 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The Three Kings Day celebration in East Harlem brought kids and families out to mark the end of the holiday season. It's also a celebration of Latin American cultures. Gaby Acevedo reports.
  
  Read more

• Robbers Use Popular LetGo App to Target Long Islanders

  05-01-2019 00:14 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A popular app used for selling and buying used items is being used by robbers in Mastic Beach and other parts of Long Island. Here are the major red flags to look for when using apps like LetGo.
  
  Read more

• High Flu Activity in NYC and New Jersey

  05-01-2019 00:12 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The flu is spreading across the country, and New York City and New Jersey are measuring high activity. Doctors say it's not too late to get a flu shot. Pat Battle reports.
  
  Read more

• Cresskill Police Cars Crash With Getaway Driver

  05-01-2019 00:07 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Two police cars were involved in a crash in Cresskill, New Jersey, when a driver tried to flee a motor vehicle stop. Brian Thompson reports.
  
  Read more

Follow @News_NY_state on Twitter!