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WATCH: Wild Flash Flooding Transforms Great Neck Plaza Train Station Into ‘Mini Niagara’ WATCH: Wild Flash Flooding Transforms Great Neck Plaza Train Station Into ‘Mini Niagara’
Watch: Wild Flash Flooding Transforms Great Neck Plaza Train Station Into ‘Mini Niagara’ A shocking video captured the Great Neck Plaza train station looking more like Niagara Falls than a transit hub as torrential rains poured into the area Thursday afternoon, July 31. The viral Instagram clip, shared by WhatIsNewYork, shows water cascading down the station’s stairwells and platforms, creating what commenters dubbed the “Great Neck Falls” and “Neckagara Falls.” Others joked it looked like a scene from Universal Studios or a mini version of Niagara. View this post on Instagram A post shared by WhatIsNewYork (@whatisnewyork) A sim…

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by Jillian Pikora
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NY Legislator Killed In Plane Crash 'Passed Doing What He Loved,' Colleague Says NY Legislator Killed In Plane Crash 'Passed Doing What He Loved,' Colleague Says
NY Legislator Killed In Plane Crash 'Passed Doing What He Loved,' Colleague Says Tributes are flooding in for a New York county legislator who was killed in a small plane crash in Rhode Island that injured two others. Montgomery County Legislator Dan Wilson, 77, died Wednesday, July 30, when the single-engine Piper Cherokee Archer went down during a failed landing attempt at Block Island State Airport, colleagues and police confirmed. Two other passengers—an 87-year-old pilot from Mechanicville and a 77-year-old woman from Clifton Park—survived and were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, North Shoreham Police said. The plane, owned by the Condair Flyers F…

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by Michael Mashburn
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1 Killed When Small Plane From NY Crashes In Rhode Island (DEVELOPING) 1 Killed When Small Plane From NY Crashes In Rhode Island (DEVELOPING)
1 Killed When Small Plane From NY Crashes In Rhode Island (Developing) A trip from Albany ended in tragedy after a small plane crashed during landing in Rhode Island, killing one man and injuring two others. The single-engine Piper Cherokee Archer was attempting to land around 12:30 p.m. when it overshot the runway and crashed into thick brush at Block Island State Airport, according to North Shoreham Police. The aircraft had departed from Albany International Airport and was making its third attempt to land. All three passengers—residents of New York—were removed from the wreckage and taken to Block Island Medical Center. A 77-year-old man died while being t…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
2-Year-Old Pulled From CT Pool Has Died After Week In Hospital: Police 2-Year-Old Pulled From CT Pool Has Died After Week In Hospital: Police
2-Year-Old Pulled From CT Pool Has Died After Week In Hospital: Police A 2-year-old who was found unresponsive in a Connecticut pool last week has died, police announced on Thursday, July 24.  Fairfield police were called to a home on Samp Mortar Drive on Wednesday, July 16, around 2 p.m., to reports of a child being found in the water. Responders performed CPR as they rushed the boy to Yale New Haven Hospital.  He died on Wednesday, July 23.  “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time,” police said in a statement. Fairfield police and the Department of Children and Families are investigating the boy's d…

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by Josh Lanier
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Bomb Hoax Targeting LI Jewish Hospitals Lands Culprit In Federal Prison Bomb Hoax Targeting LI Jewish Hospitals Lands Culprit In Federal Prison
Bomb Hoax Targeting LI Jewish Hospitals Lands Culprit In Federal Prison An Oregon man who admitted to making hoax bomb threats against Jewish hospitals in New York will spend the next five years in prison. Domagoj Patkovic, 31, of Portland was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday, July 23, after pleading guilty to conspiring to make threats and conveying false information about explosives, as Daily Voice reported. Patkovic and others confessed to anonymously calling in bomb threats to hospitals and care centers with historic Jewish affiliations in New York City and on Long Island in 2021. During the calls, they threatened to detonate explosive de…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Chilling Final Facebook Post From Pool By Man Hours Before Drowning On Long Island Chilling Final Facebook Post From Pool By Man Hours Before Drowning On Long Island
Chilling Final Facebook Post From Pool By Man Hours Before Drowning On Long Island A chilling photo posted to Sleigan Laroc’s Facebook story may have been taken just hours, or even minutes, before police say he was found unresponsive in a pool on Long Island and ultimately pronounced dead. The 25-year-old from Queens Village, NY, man was pulled unresponsive from a residential swimming pool at 10 Bloomington St. on Saturday, July 19 at around 9:35 p.m., Suffolk County Police said in the updated release. The photo shared to Laroc’s story earlier that evening appeared to be taken from the edge of the same pool where he was later found. Sleigan Laroc's chilling final …

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by Jillian Pikora
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3 Sheriff’s Deputies Killed In Explosion At LA Training Facility 3 Sheriff’s Deputies Killed In Explosion At LA Training Facility
3 Sheriff’s Deputies Killed In Explosion At LA Training Facility A routine morning at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training center turned deadly when a powerful explosion ripped through the facility, killing three deputies and sending shockwaves through the law enforcement community. The blast erupted just before 7:30 a.m. Friday, July 18, at the Biscailuz Training Center in Monterey Park, a site that houses the department’s Special Enforcement Bureau and bomb squad, according to the Los Angeles Times. It was the department's biggest loss of life incident since 1857. The explosion occurred as members of the bomb squad were moving explosives…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Firefighter From LI Electrocuted During Crash Response: 'World Lost A Great Man' Firefighter From LI Electrocuted During Crash Response: 'World Lost A Great Man'
Firefighter From LI Electrocuted During Crash Response: 'World Lost A Great Man' A community is in mourning following the death of a New York firefighter who lost his life while responding to an emergency call. Jason McGlone, an assistant chief of the East Branch Volunteer Fire Department in Delaware County, died while responding to a car crash on Route 30 on Thursday night, July 17, the department confirmed. McGlone, a Long Island native from South Huntington who had made East Branch his home, was among the first responders dispatched to the scene around 9:30 p.m. when a vehicle reportedly crashed into a telephone pole. In a heartbreaking series of events, a fellow fi…

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by Michael Mashburn
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MASS CASUALTY: Lightning Strike At NJ Archery Range Kills 1 Man, Injures 14 Others, Police Say MASS CASUALTY: Lightning Strike At NJ Archery Range Kills 1 Man, Injures 14 Others, Police Say
Mass Casualty: Lightning Strike At NJ Archery Range Kills 1 Man, Injures 14 Others, Police Say A man was killed and 14 others were injured, including a child, after a lightning strike at a New Jersey archery range Wednesday evening, July 16, police said. The incident happened at 7:13 p.m. at Black Knight Bowbenders, an outdoor range on Perrineville Road in Jackson Township, according to Jackson Township Police Chief Matthew Kunz. Police were notified that multiple people had been struck by lightning, with CPR being performed on one individual, Kunz said. ALSO SEE: Golfer, 28, Dies Week After Being Struck By Lightning On New Jersey Course Responders confirmed that a male was being a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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LIE Crash: Major Delays Reported After Multi-Vehicle Collision In Nassau County LIE Crash: Major Delays Reported After Multi-Vehicle Collision In Nassau County
LIE Crash: Major Delays Reported After Multi-Vehicle Collision In Nassau County A crash on the Long Island Expressway shut down three westbound lanes in Nassau County Wednesday morning, July 16, DOT officials report. The crash happened at 9:06 a.m. on I-495 westbound between Exit 40W for Jericho Turnpike/NY 25 in Jericho and Exit 39 for Glen Cove Road in North Hempstead, according to state traffic officials. Photos from the scene show multiple emergency vehicles responding. The three right lanes of four were closed, officials said. No additional information about injuries or vehicles involved was immediately available. The scene was reportedly clear as of 10 a.m. and…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fatal Stabbing: Teen Kills Man In LI Home, Nassau County Police Say Fatal Stabbing: Teen Kills Man In LI Home, Nassau County Police Say
Fatal Stabbing: Teen Kills Man In LI Home, Nassau County Police Say A man was stabbed to death inside a Mineola home, and a 15-year-old boy has been arrested for the murder, Nassau County police announced early Friday, July 11. Officers rushed to a Roosevelt Place house after a 911 call about a stabbing at 12:29 a.m., according to the Homicide Squad. Inside, they found a 32-year-old man bleeding from a stab wound to the abdomen. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead, police said. A teenage boy was taken into custody at the scene without incident. He is now charged with Murder 2nd Degree. The teen will be arraigned on Satur…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Hero Boyfriend Drowns Trying To Save GF At NY Lake On Fourth Of July Weekend: 'True Friend' Hero Boyfriend Drowns Trying To Save GF At NY Lake On Fourth Of July Weekend: 'True Friend'
Hero Boyfriend Drowns Trying To Save GF At NY Lake On Fourth Of July Weekend: 'True Friend' Tributes are pouring in for a young man who died while attempting to save his girlfriend on a New York lake over the Fourth of July weekend. Vickram “Kevin” Roopnarine, 24, of Schenectady, died Sunday evening, July 6, after rushing into the waters of the Great Sacandaga Reservoir to help rescue his girlfriend, whose inflatable tube had capsized more than 200 feet from shore near the former Broadalbin Beach. Roopnarine never made it back. Emergency crews—including the NYS DEC, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, NYS Rangers, and multiple fire departments—worked through the evening hours on …

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by Michael Mashburn