Bronx detectives are searching for a perp who fatally shot one man and left another one in critical condition on Tuesday night.  Officers from the 46th Precinct responded to a 911 call, as well as an alert from the city’s Shot Spotter system, of two people shot in front of a two-story building at 2449 Morris Ave. in Fordham at approximately 9:49 p.m., law enforcement sources said. ShotSpotter is the NYPD’s network of sensors designed to detective possible sounds of gunfire, and evoke a rapid response. When cops arrived at the scene, officers found a 33-year-old male with gunshots to his s ..read more

Police have arrested a parolee who allegedly stalked and then brutally raped a woman inside her SoHo apartment building over the weekend, authorities confirmed. According to police sources, 30-year-old Ellow Williams allegedly spotted his 23-year-old victim as she left a cab in the area of Thompson and Prince Streets at around 4:10 a.m. on April 21. Ducking behind a parked car, law enforcement sources said, Williams allegedly followed the young woman into her apartment building where he made the attack on the second floor. “She’s put into a chokehold. The perp threatens to shoot her. She is se ..read more

Welcome to our final Giants mock draft of the year before Big Blue is on the clock at No. 6 overall on Thursday night in Detroit. General manager Joe Schoen has a multitude of options to consider at the 2024 NFL Draft, which further confirms just how many holes must be filled along the roster before a legitimate contender is built. Saquon Barkley is gone and Daniel Jones’ future with the Giants remains uncertain. The possibility of trading up into the top four or five still exists to take one of the marquee quarterbacks of the draft, but given the amount of needs that must be addressed, partin ..read more

For most CUNY students, attending college would be impossible without financial aid. But this year, the chaotic rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form threatens to derail the educational journeys of many current and prospective CUNY students.  That’s why we’re doing all we can to help students and their families overcome the glitches and complete the FAFSA form.  The new streamlined application was meant to be easier to complete when it launched in December – after a long-needed overhaul that sought to be especially beneficial for students ..read more

They called this Bronx-based tax preparer “the Magician,” but the Department of Justice is now calling him a fraud.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York announced on April 15 that Rafael Alvarez — owner of ATAX New York, LLC and its location in Marble Hill — was arrested charged for allegedly swindling the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) out of more than $100 million in tax revenue by falsifying his clients’ tax returns from 2010-2020.  Damian Williams, the attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in the announcement that the charges “should ser ..read more

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers withstood the strong bounce-back effort they anticipated from the Washington Capitals and held on to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. Vincent Trocheck and Mika Zibanejad each had a goal and an assist and the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Rangers beat the scrappy Capitals 4-3 Tuesday night. “I expected that tonight, the way it played out, physical and some attitude and directness inside of the game,” New York coach Peter Laviolette said. “I thought our guys responded well, it was a hard-fought game.” Jack Roslovic and K’Andre Miller also sco ..read more

As was said once before – George Santos, we hardly knew ye. Santos, the disgraced former U.S. congressman who was expelled from the House of Representatives in December, has – unsurprisingly – ended his long shot, third party bid in New York’s first Congressional district, where he was challenging incumbent Rep. Nick LaLota (R-Rocky Point) and looking at a three-way race between himself, LaLota, and whoever the Democratic candidate will be. That primary is between former CNN anchor John Avlon and Stony Brook professor Nancy Goroff, who lost in a race to Lee Zeldin for the seat back in 2020. Sa ..read more

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