#Overnight NYC shootings leave one dead, five injured

#Overnight NYC shootings leave one dead, five injured

“#Overnight NYC shootings leave one dead, five injured” One person was killed and six others hurt in separate shootings across the Big Apple overnight. The deadly gunfire erupted in the Bronx around 3:15 a.m. Saturday when a 28-year-old was shot six times in the back by an unknown assailant at 3240 Third Avenue, near East…

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#Bronx mom charged with stashing coke in diaper bag

#Bronx mom charged with stashing coke in diaper bag

“#Bronx mom charged with stashing coke in diaper bag” A Bronx mother is charged with hiding 1 1/2 pounds of cocaine in her baby’s diaper bag after getting pulled over by state troopers while both her young kids were in the car. Shante Pleasant, 33, was pulled over in upstate Coxsackie on a traffic stop…

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#De Blasio gets earful from Bronx business owners, street vendors

#De Blasio gets earful from Bronx business owners, street vendors

“#De Blasio gets earful from Bronx business owners, street vendors” Bronx business leaders beseeched Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday for help against rising crime and declining quality of life, including competition from illegal street vendors — who made their own pitch to Hizzoner. Directors of eight of the borough’s 11 Business Improvement Districts plus…

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#NYC gunman swipes K worth of jewelry from victim

#NYC gunman swipes $20K worth of jewelry from victim

“#NYC gunman swipes $20K worth of jewelry from victim” The NYPD on Thursday released video footage of a Bronx robbery that shows a pistol-wielding suspect swipe two neck chains worth a total of $20,000 earlier this month, police said.  In the footage, the suspect, wearing black pants and a black sweatshirt, runs up to the…

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#Losing battle for NYC streets: Goodwin

#Losing battle for NYC streets: Goodwin

“#Losing battle for NYC streets: Goodwin” It’s an observation that defines an entire misbegotten era in New York. It comes from Marko Majic, head of business development for City Jeans on East Fordham Road in The Bronx.   “It looks like a bazaar in Istanbul,” he told The Post. “The only difference is in Istanbul it’s…

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