Feds: 2nd Man Charged In Alleged Terror Plot By ISIS Against NYC Target
A second college student was arrested Wednesday in the investigation of an alleged plot to stage a pressure-cooker bomb attack in New York City on behalf of the Islamic State terror group.
Fereed Mumuni, 21, was ordered held without bail on attempted murder charges that accuse him of trying to kill an FBI agent with a large kitchen knife when agents tried to execute a search warrant at his Staten Island home. He became the latest defendant in the spate of cases in the city and elsewhere ...
NY Lawmakers Expected To Stay Past Expected Adjournment
Wednesday is supposed to be the day New York state lawmakers adjourned their 2015 session, but their failure to reach a compromise on extending New York City's rent regulations is sending them into overtime.
Lawmakers remain far apart on dueling proposals to renew the rent regulations that cover more than 1 million rent-controlled and rent-stabilized units in and around New York City. The law expired Monday at midnight when lawmakers couldn't negotiate a deal to renew the rules.
Assembly ...
NY Assembly Backs Special Unit To Probe Police Killings
New York's Assembly has passed legislation to establish a new unit in the state attorney general's office to investigate and prosecute alleged crimes by police in fatal encounters.
Assemblyman Keith Wright, a Manhattan Democrat and the bill's lead sponsor, says Tuesday there's an inherent conflict of interest when county district attorneys investigate police, who they work with in most cases.
Several lawmakers referred to the case of Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who died in a police ...
Feds Accuse Queens College Student Of Plotting ISIS Attack In NYC
Court papers say a college student inspired by the Islamic State terror group has been arrested on charges he was planning an attack in New York City.
Munther Omar Saleh was named in a criminal complaint unsealed on Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn. The papers identify Saleh as a 20-year-student enrolled at an unidentified college in Queens.
The complaint says an investigation revealed that Saleh is a "fervent supporter" of the Islamic State. It says he searched the Internet for ...
Search Area For Escaped Murderers Expands On Day 12
State police expanded the search Wednesday for two escaped murderers beyond a 16-square-mile area of woods, fields and swamps where the manhunt has been most intense.
Clinton County Sheriff David Favro said Tuesday that rain in recent days has been washing away any scent dogs might find and interfering with thermal imaging devices used to detect body heat.
No vehicles were reported stolen in the area, which leads searchers to believe convicts David Sweat and Richard Matt were still near ...
NYPD: 2 Officers Struck By Car During Traffic Stop
The NYPD says two officers were hit by a car during a traffic stop on Staten Island.
It happened at about 1 a.m. Tuesday after the officers stopped a late-model Nissan Altima for running a red light. As they were approaching the car, it shifted into reverse and hit the officers before taking off.
Police say one officer was hit in the right knee and the other was struck in the right hip. Both officers were treated at a hospital and released.
Investigators are looking for three men who ...
Agudath Israel Representatives Relentless in Advocacy in Albany for Tuition Relief Bill
With the New York Legislative session drawing to a close and passage of an education tax credit bill still in play, Agudath Israel of America representatives traveled to Albany again today. Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, executive vice president; Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz, Vice President for Community Affairs; Chaskel Bennett and Leon Goldenberg, both members of the Board of Trustees, met with Senate Leadership, including Senate Majority leader John Flanagan and Senators Jeff Klein, Dean Skelos, ...
FJCC Meets Brooklyn Boro President Adams
Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition, (FJCC) leaders met on Sunday with Borough President Eric Adams on a slew of timely issues affecting the boroughs growing Orthodox Jewish Community.
The Albany battle to achieve tax credits for Yeshiva parents was highest on the busy agenda. The Borough President is recognized as the political leader of Kings County, a borough with the states largest Assembly delegation. FJCC activists feel that it is imperative to bring the Borough President's voice ...
Escaped Killers Elude Capture In New York
Two murderers who escaped from an upstate New York prison remain at large as the manhunt enters its 11th day.
More than 800 law enforcement officers are keeping up an intense search for Richard Matt and David Sweat, who escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility near the Canadian border June 6.
On Monday, a woman charged with helping the killers flee the maximum-security prison by providing them hacksaw blades, chisels and other tools made a second court appearance.
Joyce Mitchell ...
NY Senator Wants Airlines To Scrap Carry-On Luggage Proposal
New York Sen. Charles Schumer wants airlines to scrap a proposal to reduce the allowed size of carry-on luggage.
He warns that a 20 percent reduction would force travelers to pay more for check-in fees or spend money on millions of pieces of new luggage.
The Democratic senator says it's just another way for airlines to make money at the expense of travelers.
Schumer says customers deserve a break, especially since airline profits are expected to soar this year.
The current maximum ...
Prison Worker Joyce Mitchell Arrested For Escape Role
A northern New York prison worker accused of helping two killers escape last weekend gave the men hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch and a screwdriver bit, according to criminal complaints.
Prison tailor shop instructor Joyce Mitchell is accused of befriending inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora and giving them contraband.
Mitchell's hands were cuffed in front of her and she stared straight ahead while she was arraigned Friday night in ...
US To Judge: Uphold Charges Against Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
Federal prosecutors have urged a judge to reject former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's bid to throw out criminal charges he faces.
The government made arguments in papers filed Friday in Manhattan federal court. Two weeks ago, the Democrat's lawyers had asked Judge Valerie Caproni to throw out the case. They wrote that the charges do not allege a crime, but rather describe longstanding features of New York state government that a prosecutor finds distasteful.
But ...
NYPD: Man Suspected Of Stealing Tires Shot By Officer, Flees
Police say a man suspected of stealing tires off a car in Brooklyn was shot by an officer but escaped.
A suspected accomplice was arrested on charges including grand larceny and auto stripping.
Police say a plainclothes sergeant spotted 25-year-old Arthur Whaley and 26-year-old Corey Prescod removing the tires from a parked car in Flatbush at Glenwood Road and east 19th Street early Friday.
Police say Whaley was shot in the arm after he menaced the sergeant with a knife and ignored ...
The Latest On Prison Escape: No New Leads In Manhunt
Eight days into the massive manhunt in upstate New York for two convicted killers, state police say they have no new leads.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers blanketed a wooded area Saturday southeast of the maximum-security prison where David Sweat and Richard Matt escaped using power tools and leaving dummies under covers on their prison cots.
By late evening, about 30 officers emerged from the woods along Route 3, a few miles south of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora. ...
VIDEO: Hikind Disappointed With Assembly Passage Of East Ramapo Monitor Bill
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Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) expressed his disappointment with the NYS Assembly’s passage of the East Ramapo Monitor Bill this afternoon, which he called “a sad day for Democracy.” Hikind delivered an impassioned speech to his colleagues from the floor of the Assembly, prior to casting his vote, where he made it clear that the bill is unprecedented and is unfairly targeting Hassidic Jews rather than addressing the real issue—the community’s lack ...
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