• Long Island City Man With Drug History Arrested In Connection With Punching Death

  Police said Nicholas Nowillo got into a confrontation with 43-year-old Eric Cherry after escorting a female neighbor to her car late Wednesday night in Long Island City.

  Published by WNBC on September 5, 2008.

• Lincoln Terrace Park Brooklyn Mom Accused Of Murder Appears In Court

  Nickey allegedly shot Butler in the chest in Lincoln Terrace Park in Brooklyn in late June.

  Published by WNBC on September 5, 2008.

• Times Square Cyclist Body-Checked By Officer Seen On YouTube Due In Court

  The policeman was stripped of his badge and gun after the July video showed him violently knocking Long to the ground in Times Square. The officer said Long tried to hit him with his bike.

  Published by WNBC on September 5, 2008.

• Flushing NYPD: Man Stabbed, Killed By Roommate

  A man was stabbed to death in Flushing, Queens early Friday, and police said the attacker and victim were roommates.

  Published by WNBC on September 5, 2008.

• Rockefeller Center Man Tossed From Mechanical Bull Sues

  Attorney Lawrence Saftler said his 38-year-old client had been drinking at Johnny Utah's near Rockefeller Center when injured May 7.

  Published by WNBC on September 5, 2008.

• Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Friday Traffic Nightmare Expected Around Flushing Park

  Major sports events being held in Queens are expected to cause a traffic nightmare for motorists surrounding Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

  Published by WNBC on September 5, 2008.

• Hamilton Terrace Police Search For Missing Teacher

  Detectives are asking the public's help in finding a 23-year-old public school teacher missing from her Manhattan apartment since Friday.Hannah Emily Upp, who teaches Spanish at the Thurgood Marshall Academy in Harlem, left behind her purse, wallet, passport, credit card, keys and cell phone when she vanished Friday afternoon from her Hamilton Terrace apartment, police said.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Upper East Side Woman, 77, Stabbed During Mugging; Chases Attacker

  A 77-year-old woman who was stabbed during a mugging on the Upper Ease Side gave her attacker chase even after he had wounded her with a pocketknife, police said.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Flushing U.S. Open Worker Charged With Making Bomb Threats

  Mehmet M. Kadayifci, 19, of Elmhurst, made the threats while working early Wednesday morning at the U.S. Tennis Association's fire command center in Flushing Meadows where he was supposed to be monitoring surveillance cameras for signs of fire, said

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Elmhurst U.S. Open Worker Charged With Making Bomb Threats

  Mehmet M. Kadayifci, 19, of Elmhurst, made the threats while working early Wednesday morning at the U.S. Tennis Association's fire command center in Flushing Meadows where he was supposed to be monitoring surveillance cameras for signs of fire, said

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Astroland Coney Island's Astroland Owner Calls It Quits

  The owner of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park is calling it quits -- and this time she says it's for real.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• 41st Street and 11th Avenue Man Falls To Death At Midtown Construction Site

  A construction worker died Thursday after falling more than 500 feet from scaffolding on the side of a Midtown, Manhattan building, the FDNY said.The incident happened at a construction site 41st Street and 11th Avenue around 9:20 a.m., police said.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Achievement First Bus Driver Suspended After Circling With Children On Board

  Authorities say the 53-year-old driver claimed he had gotten lost Wednesday while ferrying the children from the Achievement First Brownsville Charter School to their homes.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills Temple Worker Charged With Stealing 8 Torahs

  The Torahs are valued at around $500,000. They were taken in August from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills in Queens.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Jamaica NYPD Probes Sexual Attack In Queens

  The NYPD said it does not think the attack is related to the other rape patterns in Jamaica Springfield Gardens and St. Albans sections of Queens.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Springfield Gardens NYPD Probes Sexual Attack In Queens

  The NYPD said it does not think the attack is related to the other rape patterns in Jamaica Springfield Gardens and St. Albans sections of Queens.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• St. Albans NYPD Probes Sexual Attack In Queens

  The NYPD said it does not think the attack is related to the other rape patterns in Jamaica Springfield Gardens and St. Albans sections of Queens.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Woodhaven NYPD Probes Sexual Attack In Queens

  Police are investigating a rape in Woodhaven, Queens late Wednesday night on a quiet residential block.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Columbus Circle NFL To Kick-Off New Season With Star-Studded NYC Concert

  The event will kick-off with a free concert and special pre-game event at Columbus Circle to celebrate the New York Giants Super Bowl Championship and introduce the

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Long Island City Queens Man Dies From Punch To Face, Police Say

  The 66-year-old victim, Nick Nowillo, was allegedly escorting a neighborhood woman home on Cresent Avenue in Long Island City late Wednesday. The woman told police she had asked for the help because the suspect, who has not been identified, was seen in the street acting strangely.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• Port Washington Dogs Rescued From Puppy Mill Adopted

  Adoptions began Wednesday for the dachshunds, shih-tzus, cocker spaniels and Chinese cresteds at the North Shore Animal League America rescue shelter in Port Washington Shelter spokeswoman Devera Lynn said 45 dogs, mostly female dachshunds in the 5-to-6-year-old range, have been adopted on the first day they were available.

  Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

• 1 Police Plaza Residents Sue Over NYPD Plan To Build Bunker

  Three nearby residential cooperatives contend in the lawsuit that the construction of the multimillion-dollar bunker at the NYPD's 1 Police Plaza complex must undergo environmental and land use reviews.

  Published by WNBC on September 3, 2008.

• Harlem Man Stabbed By Transit Worker Was Innocent Bystander

  Parks, a jujitsu-trained New York City subway worker, fought back during an attempted mugging and has been indicted on a murder charge on accusations of fatally stabbing Byas. Parks had just finished his late-night shift on Jan. 10 and was walking home to his Harlem apartment when a group of men intending to rob him attacked him from behind.

  Published by WNBC on September 3, 2008.

• PS 62 Kids Head Back To School As Bloomberg Fights To Keep Control

  Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be starting his day at PS 62 in the Longwood section of the Bronx.

  Published by WNBC on September 2, 2008.

• Bedford-Stuyvesant Report: Videos Emerge Of Happy Nixzmary Months Before Slaying

  The Daily News said the DVDs contain about 45 minutes of home movies that show the 7-year-old dancing and singing with her family just months before she was slain in her Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn, apartment, sources said.

  Published by WNBC on September 2, 2008.

• Astroland Coney Island's Astroland Faces Shut Down

  This summer could mark the end of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park.

  Published by WNBC on September 2, 2008.

• Chelsea Pace Student Found Dead In Chelsea Apartment

  Police are looking for clues in the death of a Pace University honor student who was discovered dead in his Chelsea apartment, strangled with an electrical cord that was still wrapped around his neck.

  Published by WNBC on September 2, 2008.

• ground zero 1st Column For Memorial To Be Placed At WTC Site

  The National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum raised $350 million to build the twin reflecting pools built over the twin towers' footprints at ground zero. Construction began in 2006, but its opening date is uncertain.

  Published by WNBC on September 2, 2008.

• Queens Village DoD: Queens Village Soldier Dies In Iraq

  The Department of Defense announced Monday the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Jorge L. Feliz Nieve, 26, of Queens Village, N.Y., died on Aug. 28 of injuries suffered in a vehicle incident in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. The incident is under investigation.

  Published by WNBC on September 1, 2008.

• Coney Island Beach Attendance Down 48 Percent

  The Parks Department said there were 9 million visitors this year, compared to 20 million in 2006. At Coney Island, there were 4.5 million visitors this year, compared to 8.6 million last year and 15.5 million in 2006.

  Published by WNBC on August 31, 2008.

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