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Fashion designer, 50, found dead with scarf around neck in NYC home: sources
A Brooklyn-based fashion designer was found dead with a scarf around her neck inside her home this week, law enforcement sources said Friday. Svitlana Indelicato, 50 – who designed handbags as well as scarves and Pashmina shawls – was unconscious and unresponsive when her husband claimed he found her inside a room in the Bensonhurst home on 80th Street near 16th Avenue and called the police around 5 a.m. Thursday, the sources said. A scarf was wrapped around her neck, the sources said. Bones found in chimney at Wisconsin music shop finally identified after decades EMS workers responded and Indelicato was pronounced dead at...
Father of NYC menace ‘Ice Pick Nick’ grateful son is behind bars: ‘Saving his life’
The father of the East Village madman known as “Ice Pick Nick” is grateful his son is behind bars — for his own safety and that of his neighbors, he told The Post. “Being locked up is just saving his life,” Nicholas Babilonia Sr., 66, said days after The Post reported on his son’s decades-long reign of terror in the community and his recent, long-awaited arrest. “Maybe just leave him there till he fixes himself up.” Nicholas Babilonia Jr., 45, was finally sent to Rikers last week for allegedly threatening a person on Avenue C on May 10 with a...
Brooklyn influencer part of bad girls club of NYC-Dublin ‘portal’ flashers
What a pair! An OnlyFans model who went viral for flashing her breasts in front of the NYC-Dublin livestream “portal” wasn’t the only one with the bright idea. A 26-year-old content creator from Brooklyn who goes by the name Clover beat New Jersey model Ava Louise to the chase the day before, May 11, by baring it all for spectators across the pond. “I didn’t want to run my errands so I had a few drinks by myself and walked to the portal to check it out,” Clover, who is also an OnlyFans creator, told The Post. “I said to the dude...
Suspect arrested in New York City attack on actor Steve Buscemi
NEW YORK -- More than a week after actor Steve Buscemi was punched in an apparent random attack in New York City, police arrested a suspect Friday in connection with the case. Police sources tell CBS New York 50-year-old Clifton Williams, who police were looking for since at least Monday, walked into the 10th Precinct in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood to make a report for stolen property Friday afternoon.Officers who took Williams' ID recognized him and made the arrest.Clifton Williams arrested in 2 assaults, including attack on Steve BuscemiWilliams is facing two counts of assault. One is a misdemeanor, but the attack on Buscemi was...
NYC street closures for the Dance Parade in Manhattan
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – The Dance Parade, an event showcasing eclectic dance styles from around the world, will be held in the streets of Manhattan on Saturday. The 18th annual Dance Parade will feature 10,000 dancers and more than 100 styles of dance, according to its website. The parade will begin around noon at Sixth […]
Mother and son DOE employees scammed NYC school for kids with disabilities: probe
A mother and son duo employed by the city Department of Education scammed a Manhattan public school for kids with disabilities out of nearly $8,500, investigators found. Marlene Delgado, 62, is a school secretary at PS M169 on East 88th Street – a K-12 school for 305 students with special needs. She approved payments to her son, Nicholas Koukaras, 36, a substitute paraprofessional, on 55 days when he did not sign in or show up, the Special Commissioner of Investigation for city schools says in a newly-released March 23, 2023 report. Delgado, who was responsible for processing payments for subs, also credited her son...
Slain NYPD detective who probed Mafia to get ‘well overdue’ headstone — 100 years after his death
He is forgotten no more. An NYPD detective who was killed during a cigar store hold-up a century ago will finally receive the recognition he deserves Monday – when a headstone inscribed with his name and acknowledging his service is placed on the unmarked grave where he was buried. The honor is thanks to a retired NYPD lieutenant who learned of the travesty while researching a loved one’s family tree. Bill Markowski was studying his fiancee’s family history on an online ancestry research site when he discovered that her great-great uncle, Bernardino Grottano, better known as Barney, was buried in famed Green-Wood...
Kingsbridge Heights: Lawyer for “Fentanyl” Daycare Owner: “She’s not a Monster”
Editor’s Note: The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our print edition dated April 18-May 1, 2024. Bronx daycare owner, Grei Mendez, appeared in Bronx Criminal Court on Tuesday, April 9. Facing various State charges, following the unintentional death by fentanyl poisoning of one-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici at Divino Niño Daycare Center in Kingsbridge Heights on Sept. 15, 2023, her defense attorney alleges she’s not a monster.
First Alert Forecast: A few showers under mostly cloudy skies
Saturday forecastToday won't be entirely dry, but it's definitely not a washout either! Clouds hang tough and skies stay mostly cloudy.A few showers will be around as a weakening system approaches, but they'll be mainly light and scattered. So, maybe have the umbrella handy.High temperatures will be in the upper 60s and low 70s.Skies remain mostly cloudy Saturday night with a few showers around in the early evening. Overnight lows will be in the 50s.Sunday forecastSunday should be mainly dry. A little drizzle or sprinkles may be around in the morning. Otherwise, expect sky cover to range from mostly cloudy near the coasts to partly cloudy far west. Any brightening will likely occur later in the day.Temps will climb into the 70s.7-day forecastGet ready for a nice warm up! Temps will get into the 80s next week with more sunshine.First Alert Weather mapsLive Tri-State Area radarLive Long Island radarLive NYC northern suburbs radarLive Jersey Shore radarTri-State temperatures
Aid organization members handcuffed while trying to distribute food in Harlem
NEW YORK -- Members of a mutual aid organization were arrested this past weekend for distributing food without a permit in Harlem.They tell CBS New York's Kristie Keleshian they're standing by their message of helping others.We The People members arrested for distributing food without permitThe mutual aid organization We The People runs a weekly food and clothing distribution event every Saturday at 1 p.m.On May 11, Rosie Torola says they and their friend were handcuffed minutes after setting up on Lexington Avenue. Video shows members struggling with a number of New York City Police Department members as one person...
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