#Four shot, one fatally, overnight in NYC: cops

#Four shot, one fatally, overnight in NYC: cops

“#Four shot, one fatally, overnight in NYC: cops” Four people were shot overnight — including one fatally — as gun violence continued in Brooklyn and the Bronx, cops said.  The most recent shooting came at 1:25 a.m. Monday, when a 16-year-old boy was struck in the left arm in the Belmont section of the Bronx,…

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#Man in NYC subway station sucker-punched while on the phone

#Man in NYC subway station sucker-punched while on the phone

“#Man in NYC subway station sucker-punched while on the phone” A 42-year-old man was sucker-punched in an unprovoked attack inside a Brooklyn subway station last Wednesday, police said. Video of the assault provided by police shows the victim getting walloped in the face by an unidentified man in the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station. The…

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#Four shot, including two teens, in NYC shootings

#Four shot, including two teens, in NYC shootings

“#Four shot, including two teens, in NYC shootings” Four people were shot, including two teenagers, in separate shootings across the Big Apple on Tuesday, police said. The bloodshed began at about 3:20 p.m. when a 22-year-old man was struck two times in the right hip while he was at Saratoga Park in Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to…

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#Brooklyn businesses say unemployment benefits hurt hiring

#Brooklyn businesses say unemployment benefits hurt hiring

“#Brooklyn businesses say unemployment benefits hurt hiring” About two-thirds of Brooklyn’s merchants are having difficulty hiring workers as they seek to ramp up operations following the coronavirus shutdowns — and many are blaming generous federal emergency jobless benefits approved by President Biden for keeping people home, a new survey reveals. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce…

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