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September 29, 2003
Fear of Terrorism "About a
Fear of Terrorism "About a month after 9/11, I decided that, after having lived in New York for 12 years, I wanted to move." David Bassine tells Gotham Gazette readers why he left New York City. In a word, he's...Posted by at 6:24 PM
Stabbing Outside High School Cafeteria
Stabbing Outside High School Cafeteria "One teenager stabbed another in the back today in a Brooklyn high school, police said." Jesus, school's back in session I guess. "The suspect, who fled, has not been identified and officials do not know...Posted by at 6:20 PM
Pedestrian Killed as Collision Sends
Pedestrian Killed as Collision Sends Car Onto Sidewalk "A wild car accident on the streets of Manhattan kills an innocent person walking down the sidewalk. It happened in an instant -- an out of control car careened into people walking...Posted by at 6:18 PM
September 28, 2003
A Community in Crosshairs "When
A Community in Crosshairs "When Alexander Aguilar was fatally shot in the chest on Sept. 20 on the corner of 171st Street and 89th Avenue, he became the 25th homicide victim in the tiny 103rd Precinct this year, making it...Posted by at 11:12 PM
Possible Bias Crimes Reported in
Possible Bias Crimes Reported in Manhattan, the Bronx Your daily bias update. "According to police, a 28-year-old Asian woman reported that Woo threatened and harassed her, on Aug. 27 and on the same block, by making anti-Asian remarks before pushing...Posted by at 11:00 PM
Bandits Make More Easy Withdrawals
Bandits Make More Easy Withdrawals "The number of robberies at banks in the city is up 148 percent from last year, according to new NYPD statistics." I generally stay away from bank robbery stuff, but I have noticed a ton...Posted by at 10:51 PM
September 27, 2003
NY police's inefficiency keeps Musharraf
NY police's inefficiency keeps Musharraf from meeting Putin Pakistan is pissed at us. "Musharraf blamed the New York Police for failing to provide passage for his motorcade for earlier planned meeting with Putin."...Posted by at 12:44 AM
September 26, 2003
Down 42nd Street: Sex, Money,
Down 42nd Street: Sex, Money, Culture, and Politics at the Crossroads of the World I'm only 77 pages into it, but so far it's been interesting enough for me to push it on all 4 of you who read ScaryNY....Posted by at 10:55 PM
Police Investigate Assault As Bias
Police Investigate Assault As Bias Crime "A Brooklyn man was arrested early Friday on charges that he used racial slurs and assaulted three Sikh men on Mott Street in lower Manhattan, police said." More bias. "William Beanley, 29, who is...Posted by at 10:43 PM
Massive brawl frightens shoppers Man,
Massive brawl frightens shoppers Man, lots of fights and stuff between students. "Shortly after dismissal on Friday, Sept. 19, over a hundred students converged at the gas station, where numerous fistfights were taking place. The fighting began near the candy...Posted by at 10:31 PM
September 25, 2003
Skinny Woman Gets Away Scroll
Skinny Woman Gets Away Scroll to Brooklyn: "A super-skinny woman slithered out of her handcuffs and away from a Brooklyn precinct station house last night, cops said." Not only that, she "shimmied her way past a narrow window grate and...Posted by at 7:02 PM
NYPD Officer Marries Oregon Girl
NYPD Officer Marries Oregon Girl He Allegedly Abused Remember that NYPD cop that got busted with the 17 year old girl? Well... "A New York City police officer has married the former Oregon high school student he is accused of...Posted by at 6:57 PM
Dan's Papers - Police Blotter
Dan's Papers - Police Blotter I try to keep ScaryNY New York City centric, and I hate Dan's Paper (I read it once on the train -- worst train ride of my life), but these are pretty funny. Sent in...Posted by at 4:30 PM
Brothers stabbed during attempted robbery
Brothers stabbed during attempted robbery on subway "A man was killed and his brother severely injured early Thursday during an attempted robbery on a subway train in Harlem."...Posted by at 1:17 PM
Subway mom had tot in
Subway mom had tot in her tote "Good Samaritans called 911 yesterday after they spotted a woman passed out on a staircase in a Harlem subway station - and noticed that the large bag next to her was making noises...Posted by at 1:15 PM
Pedestrian Killed by Truck Hauling
Pedestrian Killed by Truck Hauling Portable Toilets "An [sic] man was accidentally crushed to death by a flatbed truck hauling portable toilets to Central Park for the Dave Matthews free concert, just hours before the band took the stage last...Posted by at 8:36 AM
September 24, 2003
Two Students Struck by Car
Two Students Struck by Car "Two NYU students were rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village Sunday night after being struck by a car on the perimeter of Washington Square Park." Quote of the week goes to this witness:...Posted by at 1:08 PM
Here, Murder Dials 'R' for
Here, Murder Dials 'R' for Routine "Murder was on the docket in State Supreme Court in Queens yesterday, lots of it. This meant that one judge in a third-floor courtroom faced a full morning of cases involving truncated lives." Dan...Posted by at 11:30 AM
September 23, 2003
Summer internship allows a satisfying
Summer internship allows a satisfying taste of The Big Apple I don't know why, but I just had a blast reading this. I can picture all the people in her Kansas hometown (all 15 of them) gathering around the counter...Posted by at 4:56 PM
Boy, 14, is Stabbed as
Boy, 14, is Stabbed as Teenagers Clash "A 14-year-old boy was hospitalized in critical condition late yesterday after he was attacked in Brooklyn during what the police described as a confrontation between two groups of young people." Ok, the story...Posted by at 1:53 AM
September 22, 2003
Where Corner Tobacconists Sell From
Where Corner Tobacconists Sell From the Sidewalk "Tobacco corners like this one have sprung up across the city, from the South Bronx to Chelsea. Like the sale of single cigarettes, or loosies, at bodegas and elsewhere, these exchanges have been...Posted by at 3:49 PM
September 20, 2003
City Council wants to prevent
City Council wants to prevent UPS and others like them from posting notices that say, "Unable to Deliver Mail" on your door. "It is hereby declared that the posting of notification of the inability to deliver mail on the front...Posted by at 9:18 PM
Bronx Man Killed 6 Days
Bronx Man Killed 6 Days Out Of Prison "A Bronx man who was about to become a father was shot dead in his neighborhood — just six days after being released from prison."...Posted by at 1:33 PM
9 Busted in HS "Gang"
9 Busted in HS "Gang" Beating "A gang of nine teens were busted at a Queens high school yesterday after a melee in which one student was pummeled with a cue ball wrapped in a sock, authorities said." Remember Homey...Posted by at 1:29 PM
News Woman in Van Horror
News Woman in Van Horror "A New York 1 reporter suffered multiple skull fractures in a freak accident yesterday when the mirror of a passing van hit her as she was covering a news story in Harlem."...Posted by at 1:24 PM
September 19, 2003
Live Fight in Union Squre
Live Fight in Union Squre I'm watching a fight (kind of) between one drunk guy and two other drunk guys live, as I type from Union Square. I love New York. I don't really know what's going on, but here's...Posted by at 6:23 PM
MTA NYC Transit - Rules
MTA NYC Transit - Rules of Conduct "Rules governing the conduct and safety of the public in the use of the facilities of the New York City Transit Authority and Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority" This is just...Posted by at 3:01 PM
September 18, 2003
Knife Fight in Nightclub Lands
Knife Fight in Nightclub Lands Six in Hospitals "Six men were stabbed during a melee in the popular midtown nightclub Le Bar Bat early yesterday." I went to college right around Le Bar Bat. I'd walk by it all the...Posted by at 4:38 PM
Runaway Flushing Girl Feared 9-11
Runaway Flushing Girl Feared 9-11 Terrorism, Mom Said "A relieved Flushing mother said on Monday that her teenage daughter, who was found last Thursday in New Jersey after five days, ran away from home because of fears relating to September...Posted by at 4:20 PM
September 17, 2003
Death in Stormy Marriage Results
Death in Stormy Marriage Results in No Charges Filed "For three and a half years, Mrs. Silecchia said, the couple lived on opposite sides of a cramped studio apartment in Far Rockaway, Queens, with drapes hung from the ceiling so...Posted by at 3:52 PM
Scooters, Long a Nuisance, Draw
Scooters, Long a Nuisance, Draw Anger as a Safety Risk The man in the Brooklyn accident, Stanislav Lazarovsky, 24, lay near death last night at Lutheran Medical Center after his gas-powered scooter collided with a van in Sunset Park shortly...Posted by at 3:29 PM
A Fatal Trip Home I
A Fatal Trip Home I missed this sad story the first time around. A 90-year-old man named Louis Caprio Sr. was killed when a pickpocket tried to steal his wallet on a Port Authority escalator. Caprio turned around in time...Posted by at 3:25 PM
September 16, 2003
Central Park Fireworks Scare Some
Central Park Fireworks Scare Some Neighbors "Dozens of people called the police last night after hearing the loud booms of a fireworks display in Central Park." And here it is. Your obligatory "New Yorkers are still scared that everything is...Posted by at 1:40 PM
September 15, 2003
The Observer - Crime Blotter
The Observer - Crime Blotter Scroll to August 7: "George Henshaw, FCLC's associate director of security, observed three men, not associated with the University, loitering in the alleyway between McMahon and the athletic courts. Drug use was suspected after one...Posted by at 8:58 PM
Officer, Horse Hurt in LIE
Officer, Horse Hurt in LIE Accident "A police horse considered to be one of the best in the Mounted Unit was injured Saturday night when a car cut off a police sport utility vehicle hauling a trailer, causing both to...Posted by at 8:45 PM
Hurricane Evacuation I linked to
Hurricane Evacuation I linked to this a few months ago, sort of as a joke. I guess it might come in handy now. "To find out whether your address falls within one of New York City's hurricane evacuation zones, enter...Posted by at 11:01 AM
September 13, 2003
I'm a Business Traveler So
I'm a Business Traveler So I'm <air quotes>away on business</air quotes> in San Francisco this weekend. I use the air quotes because I think it's hilarious. I sound like some middle-aged father of 3 or something. But anyway, let me...Posted by at 3:20 AM
September 10, 2003
American Red Cross - Credit
American Red Cross - Credit Card Contribution Ok, no posts from me on September 11th. I don't really know why. It's not really a statement or anything unless you want it to be, and if you do, you get to...Posted by at 11:57 PM
2 Sanitation workers are sickened
2 Sanitation workers are sickened "Two Sanitation workers were sickened yesterday morning when they inhaled fumes that leaked from two discarded refrigerators as the appliances were crushed in the back of their collection truck."...Posted by at 9:10 PM
4 Found Dead Inside a
4 Found Dead Inside a Home in Queens "Four people were found fatally stabbed last night in their house in Queens, including a woman in her 80's known for the treats she gave neighborhood children, as well as her 21-year-old...Posted by at 9:00 PM
September 9, 2003
DefenseLINK News: Navy Hospital Ship
DefenseLINK News: Navy Hospital Ship Underway to Aid New York Rescue Effort "WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2001 -- The Navy has activated the hospital ship USNS Comfort to support New York City responders in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist...Posted by at 11:55 PM
Man Pleads Guilty in Boss'
Man Pleads Guilty in Boss' Pickax Murder "A construction worker, accused of driving a pickax into the head of his boss in a dispute over money, pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder." This guy almost got away with this: "Racins,...Posted by at 5:34 PM
National Guard Leaves Subways "Gun-toting
National Guard Leaves Subways "Gun-toting National Guard soldiers who patrolled subways since the Sept. 11 attacks were quietly pared back in early July at the behest of the city Police Department, state officials said." Not to be cynical or nothing,...Posted by at 5:23 PM
Health Premiums Swell, as Does
Health Premiums Swell, as Does Public Concern "Politicians take note: Americans fret more about losing their health insurance than being a victim of a terrorist attack, according to the results of a poll released on Tuesday." Like I've been saying,...Posted by at 12:39 PM
September 8, 2003
The Ride a Boy Can't
The Ride a Boy Can't Forget This is a sad story. Boy sees death of train conductor. Boy no longer rides the subway or leaves neighborhood. Linked from Transit Blog, a new daily read for me....Posted by at 5:50 PM
September 7, 2003
9/11 Still Strains New York
9/11 Still Strains New York Psyche "A New York Times poll of 976 adult New Yorkers, taken last week, underscores how much lasting damage 9/11 inflicted on the city's psyche. Two-thirds of the people questioned said they were very concerned...Posted by at 11:18 PM
Bloody 24 hours on city
Bloody 24 hours on city streets "Allison was one of 15 New Yorkers struck when more than three dozen bullets were fired in 24 hours spanning June 26 and 27, stark testimony to a still vibrant illegal gun trade." The...Posted by at 7:00 PM
About 300 people show up
About 300 people show up for Million Youth March repeat "The Million Youth March, a flash point for controversy just five years ago, stepped off quietly Saturday with about 300 people joining in the six-block trek in Brooklyn." This reminds...Posted by at 6:52 PM
Cop Charged with Sex Crimes
Cop Charged with Sex Crimes "A veteran city police officer has been arrested in connection with an Internet-related sex offense, police said yesterday." Listen, I'm no fan of sexual abuse of any sort, but I have the feeling this cop...Posted by at 6:49 PM
The flinch factor: New York
The flinch factor: New York since the attack "Nearly two years after two hijacked jets smashed into the World Trade Center, many New Yorkers continue to feel reverberations from the attack." A story from San Francisco about how us New...Posted by at 2:15 PM
September 5, 2003
Rapper gunned down on Queens
Rapper gunned down on Queens street "A little-known rapper with Murder Inc. records died early Friday after being shot on a Queens street, police said." Man, that hurts. Not getting shot so much as being called a "little-known rapper."...Posted by at 10:43 PM
722 Miles: The Building of
722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York Not exactly scary stuff related, but I'm about 20 pages away from finishing this book. It's a great read. While it focuses mostly on the development of...Posted by at 5:03 PM
Dung Flung in Silo Blast
Dung Flung in Silo Blast "A huge silo filled with treated human feces for use as fertilizer exploded early yesterday, sending an unpleasant wave of burnt fecal odor into the Hunts Point section of The Bronx." No comment needed....Posted by at 12:42 PM
September 4, 2003
Queens Murder Rate on Rise
Queens Murder Rate on Rise "The murder rate in Queens continued to mount yesterday to more than 33 percent over last year after a man shot in Jamaica died of his injuries and officials ruled the death of a 6-month-old...Posted by at 4:47 PM
Deliveryman Shot, Robbed In Rego
Deliveryman Shot, Robbed In Rego Park Subway Station "A Queens deliveryman was robbed and shot in the hand inside an empty Rego Park subway station on Thursday night, police said." The best part about this story... the deliveryman didn't give...Posted by at 4:43 PM
2-Man Crime Wave "A gun-toting
2-Man Crime Wave "A gun-toting team of push-in bandits is being sought for sticking up half a dozen Manhattan residents in five incidents since March, police sources said yesterday." These guys are going to get caught because they got greedy....Posted by at 4:38 PM
Police State? Hmm... Why the
Police State? Hmm... Why the ScaryNY silence for the last week? See previous post. I say one thing about New York City being a police state and I "disappear" for more than a week. Coincidence? I think not. Ok, fine....Posted by at 12:08 AM