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Bridge And (Holland) Tunnel Traffic Blocked By Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators, 325 Arrests Made Bridge And (Holland) Tunnel Traffic Blocked By Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators, 325 Arrests Made
Bridge And (Holland) Tunnel Traffic Blocked By Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators, 325 Arrests Made The Holland Tunnel was closed for nearly an hour during an anti-Israeli protest in Manhattan at the tail end of Monday morning's rush hour. The NYPD and Port Authority police seized hundreds of “Shut it Down for Palestine” protestors before releasing them on misdemeanor charges -- not summonses -- after they blocked the entrances to the tunnel and three East River bridges. That means they must attend court dates in person. Any who don't can have warrants issued for their arrests. Some of the protesters linked themselves using concrete-filled tires while others held signs that said "Lift t…
SAD UPDATE: Body Of NJ Man, 92, Who Went Into Hudson River Near GWB Found Near Brooklyn Bridge SAD UPDATE: Body Of NJ Man, 92, Who Went Into Hudson River Near GWB Found Near Brooklyn Bridge
SAD Update: Body Of NJ Man, 92, Who Went Into Hudson River Near GWB Found Near Brooklyn Bridge The body of a 92-year-old Edgewater man who left his walker, wallet and other belongings at the end of a Hudson River pier was recovered from the East River near the Brooklyn Bridge, authorities said. No foul play was suspected in the death of Patrick O’Kane, Edgewater Police Chief Donald Martin said. A New York Waterway captain summoned them after finding O’Kane’s things – including a jacket, gloves, a hat and keys -- at the Edgewater Marina on River Road just south of the George Washington Bridge on April 13, the chief said. Security video showed O’Kane entering the marina around 3 a.m. …
UPDATE: Body Of Missing NJ College Student From Nepal, 22, Found In Brooklyn, Prosecutor Says UPDATE: Body Of Missing NJ College Student From Nepal, 22, Found In Brooklyn, Prosecutor Says
Update: Body Of Missing NJ College Student From Nepal, 22, Found In Brooklyn, Prosecutor Says Detectives have located and identified the body of the 22-year-old New Jersey college student from Nepal who was missing since January.  Ajay Sah, 22, was last seen Tuesday, Jan. 19 at Drew University around 8 p.m. and reported missing three days later around 4 p.m., Madison police said. He was then seen on surveillance footage at the Brooklyn Bridge just hours after his disappearance. In Sea Bright, a citizen found Sah’s backpack, which was turned over to police toward the end of April. Meanwhile, an unidentified body was found in the Anchorage Channel in Brooklyn on March 9 and dete…
UPDATE: Morris County College Student Was Seen At Brooklyn Bridge Hours After Disappearance UPDATE: Morris County College Student Was Seen At Brooklyn Bridge Hours After Disappearance
Update: Morris County College Student Was Seen At Brooklyn Bridge Hours After Disappearance A missing Morris County college student was seen at the Brooklyn Bridge hours after his disappearance in January, police said after reviewing new surveillance footage. Ajay Sah, a junior and Nepalese International student at Drew University in Madison, was last seen Tuesday, Jan. 19 exiting the NJ Transit train in New York Penn Station, police said following the student’s initial disappearance. However, Sah, 22, was later seen on surveillance footage on the Brooklyn Bridge between 1 and 5 a.m. on Jan. 20, just hours after he was seen exiting the the train, police confirmed this week. S…
Morris County Woman Arrested In Brutal Cane Beating Of NYPD Officers (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Morris County Woman Arrested In Brutal Cane Beating Of NYPD Officers (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Morris County Woman Arrested In Brutal Cane Beating Of Nypd Officers (Photos, Video) A Morris County woman accused of beating NYPD officers with a cane during a Brooklyn Bridge protest has been arrested, said authorities who charged her. Footage of the incident shows the suspect, later identified as Chanice Reyes, 24 of Morris Plains, climbing over a railing and slamming police, the NYPD said. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. Wednesday morning as the officers were trying to make an arrest, authorities said.  Chief Terence Monahan was left bloodied and suffered a broken finger, while several other officers were treated for unknown injuries at the hospital. The officer…
WATCH: Paul McCartney Rocks Jersey City Waterfront Restaurant WATCH: Paul McCartney Rocks Jersey City Waterfront Restaurant
Watch: Paul McCartney Rocks Jersey City Waterfront Restaurant Sir Paul McCartney had a packed house singing and dancing -- and recording -- at an invitation-only party on the Hudson River waterfront over the weekend. Wife Nancy Shevell, an Edison native, joined the gum-chewing, 77-year-old musical legend as he removed his jacket and launched the band into the Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" at the Hudson House in Jersey City Saturday night. The event was reportedly a farewell party for Shevell's family's Elizabeth-based New England Motor Freight company, which filed for Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Newark earlier this year. McCartney an…