Adams tapped ‘serious player’ Tom Donlon  as interim NYPD commish to restore department’s tarnished image: sources
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Adams tapped ‘serious player’ Tom Donlon  as interim NYPD commish to restore department’s tarnished image: sources

ByNews Polite

The appointment of retired FBI official Tom Donlon as interim NYPD commissioner Thursday is move meant to help rebuild the department’s image amid a federal investigation ensnaring several police officials, insiders say. Mayor Eric Adams’ pick of an outsider to the NYPD was specifically intended to regain the public’s trust…

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein slapped with new charges ahead of highly anticipated NY sex crimes trial
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Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein slapped with new charges ahead of highly anticipated NY sex crimes trial

ByNews Polite

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on new charges by a Manhattan grand jury ahead of his highly anticipated second sex crimes trial in the city, prosecutors said Thursday. “The Grand Jury has indicted Mr. Weinstein,” said Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg in a morning court hearing….

74-year-old woman slugged in face in unprovoked attack on NYC subway: cops
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74-year-old woman slugged in face in unprovoked attack on NYC subway: cops

ByNews Polite

A 74-year-old woman was punched in the face by a violent brute on a Queens subway train in an unprovoked attack Wednesday afternoon, police said. The elderly straphanger was assaulted on a southbound A train as it approached the 104th and Liberty Avenue station in Ozone Park around 4:20 p.m.,…

NYC teacher choked, dragged 5-year-old across class in rage as boy cried ‘I can’t breathe’: prosecutors
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NYC teacher choked, dragged 5-year-old across class in rage as boy cried ‘I can’t breathe’: prosecutors

ByNews Polite

A Manhattan teacher accused of strangling a 5-year-old student dragged the boy across a classroom in a rage as the terrified kid pleaded “I can’t breathe,” according to prosecutors.  Special education teacher Anthony Wicks, 46, was ordered to stay away from the boy at his Manhattan Criminal Court arraignment Tuesday…

NYPD seeks suspect who started foot chase that led to Martha Rodriguez’s death
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NYPD seeks suspect who started foot chase that led to Martha Rodriguez’s death

ByNews Polite

Authorities are on the hunt for a knife-wielding goon who set off a foot chase that led to the death of an innocent bystander when she was knocked over during the violent pursuit on a Harlem sidewalk last month. Beloved nurse practitioner Martha Rodriguez, 72, of the Upper East Side,…

Perfect storm of traffic snafus drives some NJ commuters back home
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Perfect storm of traffic snafus drives some NJ commuters back home

ByNews Polite

It was the perfect storm of traffic nightmares for some New Jersey commuters. Page Six Managing Editor Ally D’Aluisio started out Tuesday morning driving to the Lincoln Tunnel, then spent another nearly hour and a half diverting to the Secaucus train station, only to pay $30 for parking there, activate…

Century-old WWI memorial left overgrown, ignored in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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Century-old WWI memorial left overgrown, ignored in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

ByNews Polite

A tiny green refuge in Brooklyn honoring locals who died fighting in World War I is tucked away in a 3,000-square-foot park – mysteriously padlocked most days and hidden under overgrown brush. Few get to enjoy the city-owned Memorial Gore’s beauty since its biggest backers died, as the Williamsburg park…

NYC woman, 57, shot in the face, killed inside lower Manhattan condo building
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NYC woman, 57, shot in the face, killed inside lower Manhattan condo building

ByNews Polite

A 57-year-old woman was killed when she was shot in the face inside a lower Manhattan condo building Monday night. The woman was found dead inside the eighth-floor hallway of the Two Bridges building located at 44 Market St. just after 11 p.m., police said. A 57-year-old woman was killed…