Category: NEW YORK
NYC Banks On Bomb Alert
(Fox) The New York Police Department is warning local banks to bolster mailroom security after a letter bomb was addressed to the CEO of Deutsche Bank in Germany. All New York-area banks were advised to take extra precautions on Wednesday after the device was found in the mailroom of Deutsche Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt. No [...]
Video-NYC Crisis Pregnancy Centers Exposed
(rnntv) A hidden camera investigation of New York City crisis pregnancy centers found they gave out false medical information. One center told the undercover reporter that having an abortion could increase women’s risk of developing breast cancer. Expectant Mother Care warned that doctors tricked women into having abortions and then sold the fetus. Watch video, [...]
Big Brother Bloomberg Pushes For Traffic Light Cameras On Every Corner
(ERIN EINHORn) Mayor Bloomberg wants to blanket the city with red light cameras – and maybe even publish the names of scofflaws who blow through intersections. “I think we should have ‘em on every corner if we could,” the mayor said of the controversial cameras that trigger tickets to drivers caught running red lights. “If [...]
As Teen Dies,Witnesses Ask NBA Star For Pictures
( EDGAR SANDOVAL) The grave condition of a Queens teenager hit in a chain-reaction wreck was overshadowed by the presence of an NBA celebrity, witnesses said Tuesday. As 15-year-old Awsaf Islam lay dying on a Sunnyside street last Thursday, bystanders focused on Lakers star Lamar Odom, who emerged unscathed from one of the wrecked cars, they said. “Everybody was paying [...]
NYC Tests Big Brother Management System
(CBSNewYork) What if you could fix a traffic jam with a push of a button? It might be just wishful thinking or it could become reality under a new high-tech traffic monitoring system unveiled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg — optimistically called “Midtown in Motion.” Traffic engineers in the city’s new high-tech Traffic Management Center don’t look like [...]
High School Student Lives In Homeless Shelter
(Andrew Keh) Using the accepted social metrics of teenagers in this country, Thakane Masondo should have plenty of friends. She is in the second semester of her senior year at Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem. She plays lacrosse, belongs to the global history club and is the founder of a dance group that performed at [...]
