Health
Governor Andrew Cuomo at his 2016 State of the State speech. (Photo: PROgovernorandrewcuomo [https://www.flickr.com/photos/governorandrewcuomo/23994415209/] / Flickr) Several Albany Legislators called out Governor Andrew Cuomo for stripping a law from his executive budget that protects seniors from losing their savings when a spouse falls ill. They
Police & Fire
Police arrested a 28-year-old man Wednesday who allegedly assisted teenager Destiny Garcia in the grisly murder [/15-year-old-girl-taken-into-custody-after-cops-find-two-bullet-riddled-bodies-at-the-sheepshead-bay-houses/] her mother and mother’s boyfriend in the Sheepshead Bay Houses. Authorities charged
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Food & Drink
The samsas at Tandoori. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A new Uzbek restaurant has set up shop in Sheepshead Bay — joining the neighborhood’s already plentiful number of eateries specializing in Middle Asian/Eastern European cuisines. Tandoori, named after the dome-like tandoor brick ovens used to bake some of
Education
P.S. 255’s Student Council with some of their teachers, administrators and City Councilman Chaim Deutsch. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Children at P.S. 255 [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/22/K255/default.htm] proudly displayed the contributions for their winter sock drive — which will go to local
Police & Fire
(Photo provided by the NYPD)Three punks ambushed a man last week in an attempted robbery at an apartment building in Coney Island, cops say. The suspects stalked their victim, a 24-year-old man, onto an elevator in a building on West 23rd Street on January 24, according to
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(Photo provided by the NYPD)Three punks ambushed a man last week in an attempted robbery at an apartment building in Coney Island, cops say. The suspects stalked their victim, a 24-year-old man, onto an elevator in a building on West 23rd Street on January 24, according to
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Police & Fire
Photo provided by the NYPD.Cops are searching for a tattooed thief who last month used a stolen credit card to withdraw hundreds of dollars from a woman’s bank account. During the middle of the afternoon on January 5, the suspect, who authorities say has tattoos on his forearms,
Business
(Photo: Andy [https://www.flickr.com/photos/athrasher/2823255013/] / Flickr)A bookkeeper was indicted Monday for syphoning more than $750,000 from a Brooklyn property management company and using the stolen funds to pay down mortgages and maintain her own properties in Syracuse, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney. Jennifer
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Police & Fire
https://youtu.be/j63IosVxsMw Two famished cops who parked their patrol car outside a bagel shop this morning blocked a bus full of rush-hour commuters while the officers bagged breakfast. Neighbor Edward Ioffe sent us the above video, showing two officers strolling out of the Bagel Boy on Avenue
Business
(Photo: Andy [https://www.flickr.com/photos/athrasher/2823255013/] / Flickr)A bookkeeper was indicted Monday for syphoning more than $750,000 from a Brooklyn property management company and using the stolen funds to pay down mortgages and maintain her own properties in Syracuse, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney. Jennifer