News articles on April 26, 2008

72 news articles

  • Marine Park Driver Strikes, Kills Teenage Girl In Brooklyn

    The driver hasn't been charged in the accident. It happened just after midnight today on Avenue U by Brooklyn Marine Park.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 26, 2008.

  • Harlem Sean Bell's Family, Friends Launch Massive Protest

    Protesters made a 50-block loop around Harlem spreading the word. Future marches will likely take place further downtown, and possibly during rush hour.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 26, 2008.

  • The Food Bank of New York City Food Prices Rise, Send NYC Food Bank Into Crisis

    The Food Bank of New York City reports the number of hungry people relying on the charity has risen by 24 percent in a year as the cost of bread, milk and eggs have skyrocketed.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 26, 2008.

  • Sen. Chuck Schumer's Manhattan office Kids of illegal-immigrants rally for law to protect their parents

    Youngsters and advocates from Families for Freedom held signs reading "Don't Take Away My Mommy" outside of Sen. Chuck Schumer's Manhattan office, calling on the Democrat to support the "Child Citizen Protection Act."

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Mill Basin Car kills teen after she dashes into Brooklyn street

    Highway cops investigate the scene of a fatal accident in Mill Basin as the sheet-draped body of 17-year-old Brunida Santiago lies in the street.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Queens Criminal Court Judge Acquits Detectives in Bell’s 50-Shot Killing

    Except for a few scuffles outside the Queens Criminal Court building and shouted displays of disbelief and outrage, the day passed peacefully amid calls for calm delivered by the mayor, the police commissioner and other officials.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • Jamaica Judge Acquits Detectives in Bell’s 50-Shot Killing

    The shooting of Mr. Bell, 23, outside a nightclub in Jamaica, Queens, early on Nov. 25, 2006, the morning of the day he was to be married, was the city’s latest crucible for distilling questions about police treatment of people of color and the use of excessive force on unarmed black men. The shooting lasted seconds, but offered a glimpse of what it is to live in a neighborhood where black men and women are stopped and frisked at a higher rate than elsewhere in the city.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • Kalua Judge Acquits Detectives in Bell’s 50-Shot Killing

    The shooting followed a confrontation between Mr. Bell and a stranger outside the Club Kalua, where Mr. Bell had attended his bachelor party. During the confrontation, Detective Isnora said, he heard the threat about getting the gun.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • Brearley School In School’s Effort to Grow, Fear That an Ideal Has Faded

    On the surface, it is a simple real estate conflict. But to some members of the greater Brearley School community, what is happening suggests an identity crisis.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • South Jamaica In Black Voices, a Range of Views in Police Verdict

    “How many shots have to be fired for things to change?” asked Torrell Marsalis, 35, of South Jamaica, on Friday.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • Queens Criminal Court In Black Voices, a Range of Views in Police Verdict

    The verdict indeed set off visible outrage. There were scuffles outside the Queens Criminal Court building, a few marches and rallies in Queens on Friday night, and later, angry denunciations among some black activists, including the Rev. Al Sharpton.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • Harlem In Black Voices, a Range of Views in Police Verdict

    In Harlem, Willie Rainey, 60, a Vietnam veteran and retired airport worker, said on Friday that he believed the detectives should have been found guilty, but that he saw the case through a prism not of race, but of police conduct.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • St. Albans In Black Voices, a Range of Views in Police Verdict

    Elliott Clark of St. Albans, Queens, said he disagreed with the judge’s verdict, but felt more resigned than angry about it.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center M. Lois Murphy, 91, Dies; Leader in Cancer Research

    Her death was confirmed by a spokeswoman from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, where Dr. Murphy conducted research for four decades and was chairwoman of the department of pediatrics from 1966 to 1976.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • American Academy of Dramatic Arts Kate Phillips, Actress Who Christened ‘The Blob,’ Is Dead at 94

    Mary Katherine Linaker was born on July 19, 1913. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York during the day while taking classes at New York University at night.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • Tribeca Aspiring Filmmakers Rub Elbows at Festival

    For 20 New York City high schoolers, ages 15 to 19, the Tribeca Film Festival was a deep-end-of-the-pool immersion into the modern film business.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • Club Kalua Outrage and Uncertainty After Verdict in Bell Case

    The first hint of which way the verdict was heading may have come, to some alert ears, soon after, when the judge seemed to pause to point out that “establishments known as ‘strip clubs’ often generate criminal activity including prostitution and narcotics.” If he had decided to convict the detectives, it would seem unlikely that he would point out valid reasons they had for being at Club Kalua that night.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • Club Kalua Witnesses May Have Been Flawed, but Prosecutor Played Hand He Was Dealt

    Monday-morning lawyering is, of course, a significantly painless task, and nothing about the Bell case was painless for those who were directly involved. After the shooting, outside the Club Kalua in Jamaica, the city felt the wrath of a storm of community outrage and racial anger.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • Greenwich Village Sports of The Times: No More Cappuccinos or Corner Kicks

    L’Angolo, a soccer café where Italian tifosi (fans) of all regions, all dialects and all teams hung out in Greenwich Village, is finito.

    Published by New York Times on April 26, 2008.

  • East Tremont Sketch released of Bronx robber

    Police have released a sketch of the man they say knocked on the door of a home in the East Tremont section and then busted in with a gun.

    Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on April 26, 2008.

  • Kalua TEXT OF THE JUDGE'S COMMENTS IN SEAN BELL CASE

    So it was that the detectives charged in this case found themselves in the vicinity of Club Kalua in the early morning of Nov. 25, 2006. And as a result of the events of that morning, they are accused of the crimes alleged in the indictment.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • AKA Sutton Place RATTY HOTEL POISONED MY CATS

    A Manhattan couple says their three cats were lucky to get out of the AKA Sutton Place with their 27 collective lives intact - after dining on rat poison left in their room by the hotel staff.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Whitestone NO GUNS, NO GLORY FOR NEW DESK JOCKEYS

    Richard Neri, never indicted in the 2004 Brooklyn rooftop shooting death of unarmed teen Timothy Stansbury, is in the Property Clerk's Office in Whitestone, Queens.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Central Park ROPE-A-DOPE QUEST ENTERS DRUG REHAB

    Cops busted Quest in Central Park after curfew in the early-morning hours of April 18, in possession of methamphetamine, while wearing a rope tied to his neck and genitals. Officers also found a sex toy in his boot.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Far Rockaway COP SAYS 'SORRY' AFTER COURT WIN

    In Far Rockaway, Bell's father, William, called the verdict "a slap in the face and a kick in the ass," according to WABC/Channel 7.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Far Rockaway TEARS & RAGE OVER VERDICT

    "It's a slap in the face and a kick in the ass," he told WABC/Channel 7 outside Paultre-Bell's Far Rockaway, Queens, home. "Here's a judge that says he didn't care about the law. All he care about is what he felt . . . To me, what's that supposed to mean, we're back in Alabama?"

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Kalua TEARS & RAGE OVER VERDICT

    Trent Benefield, a friend of Bell who was also shot outside club Kalua, yelled, "Not guilty. Not guilty. It's real."

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Plaza Hotel WELCOME NOD FOR THE PLAZA

    The Plaza and two other Big Apple hotels, The Bowery and The Duane Street, are among 136 from 53 countries that appear on Conde Nast Traveler's annual "Hot List" of hotels that opened in the past year.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • The Bowery Hotel WELCOME NOD FOR THE PLAZA

    The Plaza and two other Big Apple hotels, The Bowery and The Duane Street, are among 136 from 53 countries that appear on Conde Nast Traveler's annual "Hot List" of hotels that opened in the past year.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Duane Street Hotel WELCOME NOD FOR THE PLAZA

    The Plaza and two other Big Apple hotels, The Bowery and The Duane Street, are among 136 from 53 countries that appear on Conde Nast Traveler's annual "Hot List" of hotels that opened in the past year.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Kings County Hospital TRUCK KILLS PEDESTRIAN

    Anthony Dename was in the crosswalk on New York Avenue near Kings County Hospital in East Flatbush when the truck, headed eastbound on Parkside, made a left turn.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Midtown PALACE OF PAIN SPANKED

    The naughty mistresses at one Midtown S&M club were being way too nice to their customers, court papers say.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Bloomingdale's BLOOMIE WALKOUT IN STORE

    Bloomingdale's employees authorized a strike yesterday - threatening to walk off the job at the chain's East Side flagship store for the first time in four decades if contract negotiations aren't hammered out by next week.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Columbia University TEARS AT COLUMBIA MEMORIAL

    The girlfriend of a Columbia University student can still feel his "warmth and power" nearly three weeks after he was chased into traffic by a thug and killed in Morningside Heights.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Brooklyn Armory BELLEVUE SHELTER-SHUTDOWN PLAN

    The city Department of Homeless Services will create a Manhattan nightmare in the summer of 2009 when it shuts down its homeless shelter at the former Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital - forcing nearly 600 clients to roam the streets or head to the Brooklyn Armory.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital BELLEVUE SHELTER-SHUTDOWN PLAN

    The city Department of Homeless Services will create a Manhattan nightmare in the summer of 2009 when it shuts down its homeless shelter at the former Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital - forcing nearly 600 clients to roam the streets or head to the Brooklyn Armory.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Avenue U and E. 33rd Street VAN KILLS B'KLYN PEDESTRIAN

    The unidentified victims were struck by a gray van on Avenue U, near E. 33rd Street, in Marine Park just after midnight.

    Published by New York Post on April 26, 2008.

  • Far Rockaway Nicole Bell flees court in tears; hit by taunts

    "Anybody would be devastated," her father, Les Paultre, said outside his Far Rockaway home.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Kew Gardens Nicole Bell flees court in tears; hit by taunts

    Paultre Bell, 23, began the day with a tearful prayer with the Rev. Al Sharpton at a diner near the courthouse in Kew Gardens.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Kalua Nicole Bell flees court in tears; hit by taunts

    She was soon followed by Trent Benefield, who was with Bell at the Kalua Cabaret and was wounded in the hail of gunfire that killed his buddy.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Kalua Sean Bell's dad rages as cops go free

    Bell, a 23-year-old father of two, was sitting in his car with two pals, Benefield and Joseph Guzman, when he was killed. They had just been at the Kalua Cabaret, a strip joint in Jamaica, Queens, for Bell's bachelor party.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • lower Manhattan Sean Bell's dad rages as cops go free

    More than 100 blocks away in lower Manhattan, Michael Palladino, the president of the Detectives' Endowment Association, praised the verdict while Detectives Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora and Marc Cooper spoke publicly for the first time since the Nov. 25, 2006, shooting.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Kalua Louis: It's our right and duty to protest terrible decision

    Sitting in the front row of the courtroom as the verdict was read, I was amazed at how Cooperman gave the case a narrow reading that mentioned the flaws and inconsistencies of the prosecution case, but ignored the gaping holes in the defense version of what happened outside the Kalua that fateful night in 2006.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Kew Gardens Hamill: Godlike judge delivers Sean Bell verdict

    Scores more line the hallways; others secure the front and back entrances. Police helicopters circle the baby blue skies over Kew Gardens. Cops clog Queens Blvd.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Kalua Hamill: Godlike judge delivers Sean Bell verdict

    There was a confrontation about a gun in front of Kalua Cabaret on Nov. 25, 2006, and an undercover cop followed Bell, Guzman and Benefield around the corner. The undercover ordered them to freeze. Instead, Bell slammed his car into him, backed up and raced forward again, hitting a police van. Then the shooting started, but it was not unlawful or excessive.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Crescent Beach Park Bias crime revisits Staten Island park

    A 27-year-old black man and his 21-year-old white girlfriend were sitting in Crescent Beach Park in Great Kills when two white men approached them about 11:30 p.m., police said.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • midtown Spank heavens! 6 snared in sex raid

    Six mistresses at midtown S&M club Rebecca's Hidden Chamber agreed to supplement their $220 spankings with sex, according to court documents.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • East Flatbush Rookie NYPD police officer nabbed in Brooklyn car-vandal spree

    Efren Alvarez, 24, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief after a neighbor spotted him about 3 a.m. fiddling with the side-view mirrors of a car on Troy Ave. in East Flatbush.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Red Hook Rookie NYPD police officer nabbed in Brooklyn car-vandal spree

    Alvarez, who graduated from the Police Academy last July was assigned to a housing precinct in Red Hook.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • First Ave. and 28th St. City to ax homeless shelter; hotel on tap

    The center, located in the former Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital building on First Ave. and 28th St., is the intake center for all the city's homeless men. About 600 stay there now.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Bedford-Atlantic Armory City to ax homeless shelter; hotel on tap

    The Department of Homeless Services will likely move the intake center to the Bedford-Atlantic Armory shelter in Brooklyn, one of the city's largest that has been the subject of frequent complaints.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Midtown City to ax homeless shelter; hotel on tap

    "Any attempt to move the intake center to the Bedford-Atlantic Armory in Brooklyn or another site far from midtown Manhattan, where most street homelessness is concentrated, will lead to more homeless people sleeping on our streets," Markee said.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Brighton Beach Brooklyn hero from WWII is found at last

    Charles Schechner was in the Army when Irving, 28, was reported missing, and it devastated the Brighton Beach family.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Food Bank for New York City High prices gnawing at food banks

    The numbers of hungry people relying on the Food Bank for New York City have risen by 24% in only one year as costs for basics - including bread, eggs and milk - have skyrocketed.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • strip club in Queens 'Not Guilty' Just The Beginning For Sean Bell Cops

    Bell, a 23-year-old black man, was killed outside a seedy strip club in Queens in 2006 as he was leaving his bachelor party. The officers -- undercover detectives who were investigating reports of prostitution at the club -- said they thought one of the men had a gun.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 26, 2008.

  • Harlem Most New Yorkers Apalled With Bell Verdict

    While protesters have made their views clear, even the ordinary New Yorkers who aren't marching down the streets of Harlem held similar views.

    Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on April 26, 2008.

  • flatbush Slain Correction Officer's motorcycle among those most stolen

    The gunman used a snub-nosed silver pistol to shoot Duncan outside his East Flatbush home last Tuesday. The killer was wearing a Carhartt jacket, and his accomplice, an 18- to 20-year-old black man, was wearing white Air Force Nike sneakers, police said. No arrests have been made.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Mill Basin Car kills teen on Brooklyn street in possible game of 'chicken'

    Brunida Santiago was crushed by a 2008 Mazda that swerved to avoid her three pals who were running in the left lane of Avenue U in Mill Basin just after midnight Saturday, police said.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Eighth Ave. and W. 155th St Harlem robbery victim in critical after being doused with gasoline and burned

    A robbery victim was doused with gasoline and set on fire in the hallway of a Harlem housing project building early Saturday morning, investigators believe.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Polo Grounds Harlem robbery victim in critical after being doused with gasoline and burned

    "He's a sweetheart," said Erica Olgood, 32, who lives in the Polo Grounds building. "He always says hi."

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Radio City Music Hall Draft die-hard waits all night to watch NFL teams make their picks

    Walsh was the first of hundreds of football fanatics who waited all night outside Radio City Music Hall for a coveted seat inside the 73rd NFL Draft.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • Radio City Music Hall Draft die-hards wait all night to watch NFL teams make their picks

    Walsh was the first of hundreds of football fanatics who waited all night outside Radio City Music Hall for a coveted seat inside the 73rd NFL Draft.

    Published by New York Daily News on April 26, 2008.

  • St. Nick’s Pub Damaa

    The other week we shared Amanda Diva’s single “Windows Over Harlem”. Now we have the accompanying video which was shot at St. Nick’s Pub and other familiar locations throughout Harlem.

    Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 26, 2008.

  • 25 East 104th Street Damaa

    25 East 104th Street (just blocks from the #6 train stop at 103rd and Lexington)

    Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 26, 2008.

  • 103rd and Lexington Damaa

    25 East 104th Street (just blocks from the #6 train stop at 103rd and Lexington)

    Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 26, 2008.

  • Harlem Damaa

    -Celebrating the historic role played by the arts in defining the East Harlem we know today

    Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 26, 2008.

  • 217 East 42nd Street Damaa

    The top ten films will be publicly screened over three days, May 30 - June 1, 2008, at chashama’s flagship space, 217 East 42nd Street in New York. Tickets for the screenings will be available for purchase online or by phone beginning May 16th.

    Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 26, 2008.

  • 415 West 43rd St Damaa

    chashama Film Fest 415 West 43rd St.

    Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 26, 2008.

  • 125th Street Damaa

    The Mt. Morris Baths didn’t start out as a gay bath house and surprisingly didn’t close as a result of it’s conversion to one. The bathhouse was closed by the City in 2003 due to structural problems and sits dormant on Madison near 125th Street.

    Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 26, 2008.

  • Harlem Damaa

    Fifth Annual East Harlem Arts Festival

    Published by UPTOWNflavor on April 26, 2008.

  • Marine Park Girl, 17, Killed As Driver Swerves To Spare Others

    The driver has not been charged in the accident, police said. It happened just after midnight Saturday on Avenue U by Brooklyn Marine Park.

    Published by WNBC on April 26, 2008.

  • 125th Street Sharpton, Bell Family Hold Rally For 'Justice'

    The rally was followed by a 20-block march down to Harlem's main business thoroughfare, 125th Street, where some bystanders yelled out "Kill the police!" as protesters passed. Fifty of the marchers carried white placards with big black numbers, each referring to one of the police bullets fired at Bell and his friends.

    Published by WNBC on April 26, 2008.