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IDs Released For 5 Killed In Cross Island Parkway New Year's Crash IDs Released For 5 Killed In Cross Island Parkway New Year's Crash
IDs Released For 5 Killed In Cross Island Parkway New Year's Crash The identities have been released of five people killed during a two-vehicle crash near the Whitestone and Throgs Neck bridges in New York City on New Year's Day. 5 Killed In New Year's Day Crash On Cross Island Parkway In Queens The crash occurred around 6 a.m., Monday, Jan. 1 on the northbound  Cross Island Parkway in Queens in the area of Exit 36S, said the NYPD. A preliminary investigation determined that a blue 2018 Mazda sedan was traveling northbound on the Whitestone Expressway approaching the southbound exit ramp to the Cross Island Parkway when the 24-year-old driver struc…
State Of Emergency: 'Extreme Weather Event' Threatening Long Island, Hochul Says State Of Emergency: 'Extreme Weather Event' Threatening Long Island, Hochul Says
State Of Emergency: 'Extreme Weather Event' Threatening Long Island, Hochul Says A severe weather system bringing several inches of rain to Long Island has prompted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to declare a state of emergency in the region. The state of emergency, declared by Hochul on Friday, Sept. 29, covers all of the Long Island, New York City, and Mid-Hudson region and comes in the midst of a weather system with peak rainfall amounts of three inches per hour, according to Hochul's office. The deluge has resulted in flash flooding throughout the region which has caused several impacts to transit systems.  Hochul said that she would be directing state agencies to…
Gas Station Gun-Point Robbery: Long Island Thief Takes Victim's Jewelry, Police Say Gas Station Gun-Point Robbery: Long Island Thief Takes Victim's Jewelry, Police Say
Gas Station Gun-Point Robbery: Long Island Thief Takes Victim's Jewelry, Police Say Police on Long Island are searching for a man who they say robbed a victim at what appeared to be gunpoint at a local gas station. It happened on Tuesday, July 25 at approximately 3:15 a.m., according to Nassau County Police. A man, aged 46, stopped to get gas at the Mobil gas station, located at 240-40 Jericho Turnpike in Bellerose Terrace. Before he could get out of his car, he was approached by the robber. The robber pointed what appeared to be a silver gun wrapped in a blue bandana at the victim and demanded his jewelry. The man complied with the robber’s demands and gave him th…