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  By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice December 17, 2022 MANHATTAN - A deliveryman was slashed in the head by “bagman” who tried to steal his moped in the Garment District. At around 2:30 pm on November 10, a 58-year-old deliveryman was on his moped in front of 505 West 37 Street, when a man carrying bags approached him. The man pulled out a knife and demanded the deliveryman’s moped. He then slashed the worker in the head. The attacker tried to remove the moped but the deliveryman fought him off. The attacker only ran off with the keys to the moped. He fled eastbound on 10th Avenue and 36th Street. The victim refused medical attention. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at  1-800-577-TIPS  (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at  https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/  or on Twitter @NYPDTips.  All ca...

Homicide Investigation GoFundMe By Dan Gesslein  Manhattan Voice  December 16, 2022  MANHATTAN - A two-year-old girl living in a homeless shelter died from a drug overdose in June, the medical examiner’s office determined. The girl’s death has been ruled a homicide.  A final report by the city’s medical examiner’s office determined that 2-year-old Mariya Huebler died due to a drug overdose from ingesting methadone. The child’s unresponsive body was found inside a room at a Harlem homeless shelter, at 30 Hamilton Place, around 11:40 pm on June 7. The case is being investigated as a homicide. No arrests have been made at this time and police have been tight lipped about the investigation.  At the time of Mariya’s death, investigators said there were no obvious signs of trauma on the child’s body and waited for the toxicology report before categorizing the investigation as a homicide.  ME officials said the child had ingested a large about of methad...

By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice December 15, 2022 MANHATTAN - Cops say they have arrested a homeless man for the subway slashing in which an elderly man was slashed in the head and ear on the Number 6 train.  The NYPD announced the arrested of Sergio Garvin, 42, who is homeless. He has been charged with assault. At around 3 am on December 8, a 66-year-old man was on board a southbound Number 6 train. As the train approached the 33rd Street and Park Avenue Station, a man in a brown coat with fur hood and wearing a black mask approached him. Without a word or warning he pulled out a sharp object and slashed the straphanger in the head and ear.  When the train stopped at the station the attacker jumped off and fled to the street above.  The victim was rushed to Bellevue Hospital where he is listed in stable condition.

Anti-Semitic Rants in Unprovoked Attack Police are searching for this man with a bicycle and trailer with a sign that reads "hungry disabled." The suspect is wanted in connection with a hate crime assault. By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice December 15, 2022 MANHATTAN - A man claiming to be homeless and disabled, is being sought by police for attacking an Upper East Side man and shouting Anti-Semitic remarks near Central Park.  At around 7:30 pm on December 14, a 63-year-old man was walking to the Central Park entrance at Terrace Drive and East Drive. Suddenly the man was struck from behind and he fell to the ground. The elderly man chipped his tooth and suffered a broken hand.  As the victim tried to get up, his attacker began shouting Anti-Semitic remarks before he hopped on his bike with his attached trailer. The victim told police that a sign on the back of the bike trailer read “Hungry Disabled.”  The victim went to a nearby hospital by private means. H...

Be mindful of tips to avoid getting the holiday blues. Photo by VNS By Susan Clayton Meyer, Program Manager, Behavioral Health at VNS Health  HEALTH - We all know the stereotype of the “perfect” winter holiday season—family coming together from across the country, extravagant gifts, huge meals with everyone around the table, decorations, parties, social gatherings, and of course the requisite perfect winter weather. However, life is a lot more complicated than a Hallmark holiday movie (for starters, how DOES the hair of those Hallmark movie heroines always stay so perfect in the snow?).  The truth is, for many people the holidays can be a trigger for feelings of grief, loneliness, stress, and fatigue. As the National Alliance on Mental Illness found , 64% of those with a mental illness say the holidays exacerbated their symptoms, while three out five Americans report that their mental health is negatively impacted by the holidays.  It’s important to remembe...

Photo by  Diane Bondareff/Mayoral Photography Office By Mayor Eric Adams NEW YORK - While I was on the campaign trail, I met many New Yorkers who expressed their desire for a safer city.   New Yorkers want to feel safe in their neighborhoods, at their places of worship, in the subway and on the streets. I vowed to make public safety my top priority, and under the bold leadership of NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell, our efforts are paying off. We have a lot more work to do, but I want to be clear to New Yorkers: we are making progress.   For the first time this year, we saw a drop of 1.2% in overall index crimes in November compared to November of 2021.  What does that mean? It means that in November of 2022 compared to November of 2021, we saw a 32.8% decrease in shootings, a 14.1% decrease in rapes, a 6% decrease in burglary, and a 5.5% in grand larceny.   We have also removed more than 6,750 guns from our streets so far this y...

Police are searching for this man in connection with a slashing on the Number 6 train. By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice December 12, 2022  MANHATTAN - Police released new images of a man wanted in connection with the senseless subway slashing of an elderly man on the Number 6 train.  Police initially released a photo which showed that the suspect wore a long dark coat with a brown fur hood. The new photo shows the suspect had underneath the coat a thin multi-colored hoodie jacket.  In addition the new photo shows the suspect to have a thin build with more of his face exposed peaking out from beneath the hood and face mask. The older photo showed the man zipped up with the layers of jackets which made the suspect to appear to have a larger frame. At around 3 am on December 8, a 66-year-old man was on board a southbound Number 6 train. As the train approached the 33rd Street and Park Avenue Station, a man in a brown coat with fur hood and wearing a black mask appro...