Man rents space on Times Square, Manhattan billboard to propose to longtime girlfriend
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Man rents space on Times Square, Manhattan billboard to propose to longtime girlfriend

ByNews Polite

In a sea of glimmering Broadway lights and advertisements in Times Square, one man had a special request for his girlfriend of six years. Jose Negron of Waterbury, Conn. wanted to give his long-term girlfriend Alicia Cartigila a marriage proposal that would be as large as his love for her — so…

Princeton student Larry Fife Giberson charged for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
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Princeton student Larry Fife Giberson charged for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

ByNews Polite

A Princeton University student was arrested Tuesday for allegedly engaging in a “violent assault” against police officers outside the US Capitol Building during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Ivy Leaguer Larry Fife Giberson was seen on footage near the front of a mob of law breakers trying to push their…

Julia Fox co-signed brother’s $450K bail bond in NYC ghost gun peddling bust
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Julia Fox co-signed brother’s $450K bail bond in NYC ghost gun peddling bust

ByNews Polite

Julia Fox’s brother posted bail Monday after getting busted for allegedly running a ghost gun peddling operation out of his Upper East Side apartment — getting a helping hand from his famous sister, The Post has learned. The “Uncut Gems” actress co-signed the $450,000 bond to get her kid brother…

Rochester concert venue where 2 died in stampede has license denied
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Rochester concert venue where 2 died in stampede has license denied

ByNews Polite

The license of a Rochester, New York, concert venue was revoked Wednesday while authorities investigate the circumstances of a stampede after a rap concert that left two women dead and injured several other concertgoers. “It is one step we can immediately take to ensure that the events of Sunday night are not…

Democratic state Sen. Jeremy Cooney reverses bail stance after lefty criticism
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Democratic state Sen. Jeremy Cooney reverses bail stance after lefty criticism

ByNews Polite

Not exactly a profile in courage … State Sen. Jeremy Cooney (D-Rochester) caved to pressure from the political left late Tuesday night — just hours after Gov. Kathy Hochul sang his praises for being “courageous” enough to back a key change to bail reform. “Our state law allows for those…

E-bike battery sparks another huge NYC blaze, guts grocery store and injures 7
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E-bike battery sparks another huge NYC blaze, guts grocery store and injures 7

ByNews Polite

An e-bike sparked a massive hours-long blaze that gutted a Bronx grocery store and injured seven people — two seriously — on Sunday, officials said. An EMS worker and a civilian were seriously hurt when flames broke out around 10:40 a.m. at the Concourse Food Plaza at 2096 Grand Concourse…

Dozens of demonstrators protest NYC Chinese police station
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Dozens of demonstrators protest NYC Chinese police station

ByNews Polite

Dozens of demonstrators protested outside a Chinatown building housing a foreign police station accused of harassing and spying on Chinese nationals in the city. More than 60 protestors gathered Saturday morning outside 107 East Broadway where the ChangLe Association Inc, a non-profit, owns and operates a “service station” above a…

Timothy Gritman impersonated dead dad amid pension ripoff
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Timothy Gritman impersonated dead dad amid pension ripoff

ByNews Polite

He was “dad” on arrival. A Pennsylvania man was so intent on stealing his dead dad’s pension and Social Security payments that he even used make-up to “whiten his hair and eyebrows” to impersonate his elderly father to skeptical authorities. The grifter, Timothy Gritman, 55, stole $204,985 in NY state…