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Westchester Man On Train 'Executed 20-Year-Old Who Considered Him A Friend,' DA Says Westchester Man On Train 'Executed 20-Year-Old Who Considered Him A Friend,' DA Says
Westchester Man On Train 'Executed 20-Year-Old Who Considered Him A Friend,' DA Says New details have been released following the indictment of a Westchester County man in connection to an execution-style shooting onboard a Long Island Rail Road train last year. Suffolk County Police arrested Nicholas D'Agostino, age 20, of Yonkers on Thursday, May 18 for allegedly shooting Suffolk County resident Yusef Staine, of West Babylon, also 20 years old, to death on the train on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at approximately 1:45 a.m. He was indicted on Friday, May 19, and charged with: Second-degree murder, a Class A felony; Second-degree criminal possession of a weap…

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COVID-19: Trains, NYC Subways To Be Shut Down Nightly For Disinfections COVID-19: Trains, NYC Subways To Be Shut Down Nightly For Disinfections
Covid-19: Trains, NYC Subways To Be Shut Down Nightly For Disinfections The Metropolitan Transit Authority is taking drastic measures to help clean up the public transit system for essential workers during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. During his daily COVID-19 briefing, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and MTA officials announced that Metro-North, LIRR, and New York City subway trains and stations would be disinfected every 24 hours to curb the spread of the virus. To achieve that, Cuomo said that the subways would be shut down every morning from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. when ridership is at its lowest, noting that ridership is down 92 percent across the board …

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by Zak Failla