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Canoodling Couple Slugged Firefighter in Little Italy During Feast - NYPD Says The NYPD is searching for this couple in connection with an assault on an on-duty firefighter. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice September 30, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - A couple is being sought by cops for allegedly attacking a firefighter in Little Italy during the San Gennaro Feast.  The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspects. The video shows a man and a woman walking arm and arm and holding plastic cups of an unknown liquid while walking through Little Italy. Cops said this couple attacked a member of the FDNY during the massive feast.  At around 11:30 pm on September 20, an on-duty firefighter was in front of a store at 197 Hester Street when the couple approached him. Cops said the suspects suddenly began arguing with the firefighter. Then the pair began punching the on duty FDNY member before running off.  Cops said the firefighter suffered mino...

Attacked Biker on Bridge The NYPD is searching for four men on two mopeds who beat and robbed a man riding an e-bike on the Willis Avenue Bridge. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice September 27, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a group of moped riding muggers who pulled a gun and a knife on a man and then beat him for his e-bike. At around 11:30 am on September 20, a 25-year-old male was riding his e-bike across the Willis Avenue Bridge. Cops said four men on two mopeds pulled up alongside the bike rider. They pulled the mopeds in front and alongside the bike rider blocking him in. Cops said one man pulled a gun and another displayed a knife. The attackers then threw the victim to the ground. Two of the attackers began repeatedly punching the victim as he lay on the concrete. The attackers then picked up the e-bike and rode off with it and the other mopeds. Cops said the stolen e-bike is valued at $2,850. The victim suffered injuries b...

Subway Sex Attack on Teen Heading to School  The NYPD is searching for this man who is wanted in connection with a sexual assault on the subway. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice September 26, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - A teenager on her way to school was sexually assaulted inside a subway car on the Lexington Avenue line, cops said. At around 7 am on September 23, a 14-year-old girl was riding a southbound Number 6 train. Near the 77th Street station a man came up behind the girl and pressed his groin against the girl while grabbing her buttocks, cops said. When the train pulled into the station he ran off. The NYPD released surveillance video from inside the subway car.  The suspect is described as a male with a light complexion, dark hair and a beard. He was last seen wearing a button down blue work shirt and a black baseball cap. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at...

The mayor sought the refuge of longtime allies in the Black clergy and civil-rights world, but it was Black Lives Matter-aligned protesters who drowned them out. By Katie Honan , and Samantha Maldonado Sep 26 2:36pm EDT Want more reporting from THE CITY? Sign up for Scoop , our free weekday newsletter, to have our latest news delivered right to your inbox. Mayor Eric Adams surrounded himself outside Gracie Mansion with some of his longest-standing allies on Thursday, asking New Yorkers to “wait to hear our defense” just minutes after federal prosecutors unsealed their indictment against him on  bribery and other charges . “We are not surprised,” he said, surrounded by New York State NAACP president Hazel Dukes, the Rev. Herbert Daughtry, his longtime mentor, and other allies, most of whom were Black community leaders.  “We expected this,” the mayor added. But Adams’ message of resiliency — as the first sitting mayor in New York City’s history to be crim...

NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a grand jury in connection with the numerous federal investigations into members of his administration, The NY Times is reporting. According to published reports the indictment can be unsealed as soon as tomorrow. The NY Post is reporting that Adams could surrender next week. No word on the exact charges but officials say it could be related to the investigations swirling around a slew of City Hall officials including the former Police Commissioner and his brother. Developing…

Women Targeted by Mobile Muggers The NYPD is searching for mulitple suspects in a string of chain snatchings using e-bikes. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice September 25, 2024 Follow @x MANHATTAN - A crew of e-bike riding thieves have been ripping necklaces off women near Lincoln Center and Hell’s Kitchen, cops said. The NYPD announced yesterday that they are searching for a group of five young men for at least three chain snatchings. Investigators said in each case the suspects used either a moped or an e-bike to target women in Hell’s Kitchen and around Lincoln Center. In the first case, a 64-year-old woman was injured during the mobile mugging. At around 8 pm on August 5, the woman was walking near the corner of West 65 Street and West End Avenue . Cops said a pair on a moped rode up behind her. The passenger on the bike ripped the necklace off the woman and then pushed her to the ground. The thieves rode off in an unknown direction. The victim was...

Another Official Leaves Administration  Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks has announced his retirement for December 31. NEW YORK . - The following is a statement issued by the Mayor’s office:   “I am immensely grateful and proud of the work accomplished in New York City Public Schools under Chancellor David Banks. In less than three years, our city’s public schools have transformed — from ensuring schools were safe and open coming out of the pandemic to a space that has increased our students’ reading scores, math scores, and graduation rates. We’ve implemented critical initiatives like ‘NYC Reads,’ ‘NYC Solves,’ and universal dyslexia screenings, while also ensuring a seamless and timely coordination with partners to welcome, enroll, and support thousands of newly-arriving students and their families on a citywide scale. We’ve done all this and more on behalf of nearly 1 million public school students, and Chancellor Banks was cruc...