WHEREAS, the public safety was imperiled by a flash flood emergency caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida that flooded roads, impacted mass transit, stranded motorists, and caused widespread damage to residential and commercial buildings throughout the City, causing unsafe conditions in those buildings and imperiling health and safety; and WHEREAS, the state of emergency…
Moderator: Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for joining us for today’s Public Safety Briefing led by Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, Phil Banks. Following our last speaker, we will take a few questions from the media followed by some questions that have been submitted by the public ahead of today’s briefing. I would now like…
A 65-year-old woman was in critical condition following a shark attack in Queens, New York, closing Rockaway Beach.On video NBC News’ reporter Stephanie Gosk unpacks what this means for beachgoers, and what it tells us about our ecosystem. Video NBC News
A crane crashed into New York City’s iconic Brooklyn Bridge, cracking and splitting a steel beam on the landmark. The crane was being transported on a barge passing through the East River. Despite the impact, the bridge hasn’t sustained any structural damage. The footage shows a barge passing under the bridge, seemingly getting the crane…
A scooter-riding gunman, killed an 87-year-old man and wounded 3 others in a string of random shootings across Queens and Brooklyn,. Thomas Abreu, 25, was taken into custody by police and on Sunday was charged with murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon.Video Eyewitness News ABC7NY
“It has been observed by an honorable gentleman, that a pure democracy, if it were practicable, would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved, that no position in politics is more false than this. The ancient democracies, in which the people themselves deliberated, never possessed one feature of good government. Their very character was…