Staten Island +Large Commercial Fire+

Staten Island +Large Commercial Fire+ Level 3 mobilization at 14 Van St. near Richmond Terrace at the Fix-A-Dent Plant for a large fire in a commercial chemical storage building with reported explosions, bldg. contains raw methanol, glycerine & corrosives.
RMP is on fire from the chemicals which are flowing down on the street.
Four foam lines stretched, one person who was welding at the time of the explosion is reported missing, one DOA on the scene maybe the same as the missing.

U/D: Person who was welding is DOA from a spark that flow from a grinding machine that he was using on to the fuel tank, killing him immediately.

Brooklyn +Worker Fell In To Hole+

Brooklyn +Worker In To Hole+ At 12th Ave. and 53rd St. at a construction site, FD removing the person, with non life threatening injures.

Anti-Casino Groups are Joining Forces in Sullivan and Ulster County's

With talks of casinos or video lottery terminal gaming facilities allover the Hudson Valley and Catskill regions, Casino-Free Sullivan County has joined with other opposition groups of Ulster County to fight together in.
Casino-Free Sullivan spokesperson said. “The politicians are trying to place one along the Thruway in Orange County and we keep hearing every few days of another site in Ulster County,” where there is talk of possibly two casinos being proposed, she said. “Contrary to what the politicians would have us believe, the citizens are very much against this. So we have no choice but to join forces with the people from Orange and Ulster County.”
The Orange County proposal is for a video lottery terminal gaming facility near the Thruway in the Town of Newburgh.

Queens JFK Airport +Hijacking Scare+ Flight Diverted Over Hijacking Scare

Flight To JFK Airport Diverted Over Hijacking Scare, A Virgin Atlantic flight from London to JFK Airport in New York is being diverted after air traffic controllers heard the hijack code coming from the crew.

Flight being diverted to Canada.
Canadian military is escorting.

New Windsor +When Is Motzei Shabbos+

New Windsor +When Is Motzei Shabbos+ are any Shomre Shabbos living in New Windsor?
The State Human Commission is fighting a vote - if or not to build a $7 million sports complex - that would be held on Shabbos.
The dispute is over, when shabbos ends, according to one politician who is running for Orange County Legislature he claims that he could not participate in the voting process which end at 9:00 P.M. and Motzie Shabbos is at 9:20 - 9:23 P.M., but the towns lawyer submitted copies that shows that the zman is at 8:07 P.M. giving anyone Shomrie Shabbos 53 minutes to vote. also the Town Supervisor point' ed out that absentee ballots are available, he said that he deals with several rabbis, and never heard anything about this.

Monticello NY +2nd-Alarm Fire+ A Bungalow Colony On Fire.

Monticello NY +2nd-Alarm Fire+ A 2nd alarm fire has been called for Safary's Bungalow Colony on Kutsher Rd and Liberty Rd. for a structure fire of several bungalows that are on fire, Town Fire Dept is calling help from all surrounding towns for tankers and man power.

U/D: 5:01 +3rd-Alarm* has been called now multiple structure's on fire. numerous M/A to the scene and cover.

Brooklyn +Burn Victim+

Brooklyn +Burn Victim+ 1259 East 10th St and Ave. L, a male with severe burns to his back is being transport with Hatzolah to Staten Island University Hospital.

Brooklyn +Major MVA+ with pin

Brooklyn +Major MVA+ E. 9th St. & Ave J, MVA with entrapment/pin job. FD Squad-1 units o/s putting Hurst Tool to use extricating. ESU A-6 and Hatzolah also on the scene, Rescue 2 & Sqd 1 responding.

U/D: 14:43
Victim has been extricated.

Manhattan +Body Floating in the Hudson River+

Manhattan +Body Floating in the Hudson River+ 95th St. and Henry Hudson Parkway, now at the area of the boat basin, FD reporting they have a sighting around 86th St. PD requesting FD not to touch body and to await NYPD Harbor since body might be a possible crime scene.

Rockland County, Ramapo +Suspicious Package+

Rockland County, Ramapo +Suspicious Package+ At the Ramapo Police station house on route 59, a female white about 50 years old, came in with a package and said that she has an important package to drop off for the sergeant, Suspicious Package Alert is in affect.

U/D: 11:02
Incident has been cleared, subject is known to police.

Monticello, Route 42 running to Home Depot, fix-up into higher gear

Monticello – You know how bad it is if you've ever driven in the summer months along Route 42 in the Town of Thompson to Wal-Mart.
You see a milelong stretch of cars going nowhere.
Two state Department of Transportation projects are in the works to help solve the annual summer gridlock along the 1.3-mile stretch of Route 42 running through Sullivan County's retail core, past Home Depot, ShopRite and several chain restaurants and retail outlet stores.

Mayor Abraham Wieder re-elected in Kiryas Yoel MonDroe

Kiryas Yoel MonDroe -- Mayor Abraham Wieder and two allies rolled to victory at the polls yesterday, preserving their faction's monopoly on political power

Brooklyn brownsville +Officer Down+

Brooklyn +Officer Down+ Rockway & Dumont 73 Pct. officer was shot, multiple shots fired, 10-13 req. officer is being taken to Brookdale Hospital and his partner to Jamaica Hospital, req. multiple BLS units to stand by. All units to location of the shooting Livonia and Powel. multiple streets being closed in the area. A Gold Ford Contour fled the scene, perp was wearing white jacket and white doo rags, perp reported to be shot in the shoulder, and has a black handgun. A level 3 mobilization is being called in regards. ESU/K9/Aviation and all special units responding.

U/D: 20:23
Viper units out at location with video of the perp in the auto. perp is observed firing shots and being shot. Auto has been located at Mother Gaston Blvd. and Belmont Ave.

U/D: 20:28
Officer that was shot is not in likely cond.
Perp poss took P/O's firearm.

Chief of Dept. & Chief of Patrol O/S at the hospital.

U/D: 21:09
Officer's firearm recovered.

U/D: 21:36
NYPD have the perp in custoody at 131 Belmont St. Apt 16-C has been apprehended and will be brought down to street level, EMS requested on a rush to location.

U/D: 22:01
Officer out of surgery in stable condition cop was shot three times but vest saved him . injured perp being escorted to Brookdale Hospital.

U/D: 22:09
Perp is possible DOA with a self inflicted gunshot wond.

Forest Hills, Queens +Police Standoff+

A wild police scene right in the heart of Forest Hills Wednesday afternoon, as several people barricaded themselves inside an apartment on 107-40 Queens Blvd.

A man wanted in a domestic disturbance is barricaded into a large high rise on the 14th floor of the building, possibly with three other males, perps when to the balcony but not in danger of jumping, ESU requesting truck 8 with the air bag.

U/D: 17:29
2 Barricaded perps wanted for a domestic dispute are in custody. ESU/TARU/HNT and Aviation are on the scene.

Bourgh Park Brooklyn. +Check Cashing Robbery+

Bourgh Park Brooklyn. +Check Cashing Robbery+ One perp in custody and a gun recovered after he robbed the check cashing at 13th Av. and 50th St, he was pursuit by the 66th precinct and by the Brooklyn South Shomrim Safety Patrol and apprehended at 51st. St. and 14th. Av. PD requesting ESU for an evidence search.

Manhattan +Hazardous Substances Spill and Fire+ at Yeshiva University.

Manhattan Yeshiva University +Hazardous Substances Spill and Fire+ Amsterdam Ave. and West 183rd St. fire on the 13th floor computer room and a spill of mercury and other uknown substances that are starting to react.
FD on the scene and Hazmat requested.

U/D: 8:19
Hazmat has closed floors 13 to 18, fire is under control.

Manhattan, +East River Floater+

Manhattan, +East River Floater+ F.D.R. and Wall St. at Pier 11 (South St. Seaport) PD and ESU advising of a confirmd floating body in the East River, Harbor Units and FD have the DOA on board and bringing it to Pier 11

Long Island man accused of pretending to be an officer with the 90th Precinct in Williamsburg Brooklyn with a BB gun in his possession.

A Long Island man is accused of pretending that he was an officer assigned to the 90th precinct in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
Kendall L. Rattley, 20, of Stafford County is charged with impersonating a police officer, obstruction of justice, possession of marijuana and carrying a concealed weapon, police say.
He is charged in connection with an incident at Spotsylvania Mall.
A deputy went to the mall about 11:20 a.m. Friday after receiving a report about a suspicious person, that security agents had a confrontation with a man who claimed to be a New York City police officer. but he did not have any valid identification.
The man told them that he was assigned to the 90th precinct and handed over a plastic card with a picture of a New York patrolman's badge.
He didn't know the telephone number to his office or provide other information to prove a New York police position.
The man was handcuffed and was being patted down when he told the deputy that he had a BB gun in his possession. A black pellet gun was retrieved from his waistband, along with a small amount of suspected marijuana and a wallet identifying him as Rattley.

Voting Day! on Control of Kiryas MonDroe

Kiryas Yoel MonDroe -- Thousands of residents will stream in and out of a basement polling station from dawn until dark today to choose the leadership of their village today.

Queens NY +Explosion+ Queens Surface Bus Terminal

Queens NY +Explosion+ 128th St. and 26th Ave. at the Queens Surface Bus Terminal a confirmed explosion with a flash fire that involved the exterior of the compressed natural gas drying unit, no extension to tank, companies cooling the tank, all units to turn on red-50 monitors and meters, requesting hazmat and soc support units.

Mayor Bloomberg defended Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's Program of Big Eye Watching You.

Mayor Bloomberg defended yesterday a police plan to station hundreds of surveillance cameras around the city. "It's a sad world that we need them, but they are very effective," Hizzoner said between marching and pressing the flesh in Memorial Day parades in Brooklyn and Queens.
It was in response to what was revealed yesterday that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly hopes to put up to 400 eyes in the sky in high-crime and high-traffic areas.

Brooklyn +Serious Construction Related Accident+

Brooklyn +Serious Construction Related Accident+ 2722 Ave. K Between E 27 and E. 28th St's Hatzolah on the scene and requesting ALS for a construction worker 22 y/o with a serious laceration to the hand nearly severed from a saw. Transporting to Bellvvue Hospital with PD escort.

Watergate's Deep Throat Revealed

W. Mark Felt former number two at the FBI says that he was Watergate's Deep Throat in the early 70s, he told Vanity Fair Magazine that he is the source who leaked secrets about Nixon's Watergate cover-up. Felt told lawyer John D. O' Connor, the author of Vanity Fair's exclusive, "I'm the guy they used to call Deep Throat.
As for Carl Bernstein, who with Bob Woodward broke the stories in the Washington Post that brought the Watergate Scandal to light, he would neither confirm nor deny that Felt is Deep Throat.

U/D:
Stay Tuned for Thursday's Washington Post for the complete story from Bob Woodward himself.

Brooklyn +Suspicious Death+

Brooklyn +Suspicious Death+ East 59th St. between Ave. M and Seaview Ave. in the confines of the 69th Precinct a person M/B was found DOA inside the trunk of a 2000 Mercedes Benz car, M. E. to determine cause of death, investigation continuing.

Bergen County, NJ +Teterboro Airport Plane Crash+

Bergen County, NJ Moonachie +Plane Crash+ Teterboro Airport Gate B, is reporting that they have a small plane crash at the end of the runway with people trapped and the plane is on fire, Port Authority workers and BCPD on the scene. The plan is a Swearingen aircraft, it was on final approach to the airport when the pilot reported engine problems.

Bronx NY, +Child Out A Window+

Bronx NY, +Child Out A Window+ FD and EMS are on the scene at 452 East 148th St. of a 3 year old child who fell out a 4th floor window and landed on an awning, EMS is transporting the child to the Lincoln Hospital, the child is alert and conscious.

Williamsburg Bk, +Mobilization Drill Now in the 90th Precinct+

Williamsburg Bk, +Mobilization Drill Now in the 90th Precinct+ A level one and a level three modified mobilization will be held in the area of the 90th precinct, mobilization point will be at Roebling St. and broadway

Rockland County West Nyack +Hazmat Traffic Alert+

Rockland County West Nyack +Hazmat Traffic Alert+ on the NY State Thruway South Bound at exit 12, FD on the scene with a jackknife tanker and a ruptured gas tank diesel fuel leaking, requesting Hazmat to the scene.

Williamsburg Brooklyn +Suspicious Package+

Williamsburg Brooklyn +Suspicious Package+ Under the B.Q.E on Leonard St. and Meeker Ave. Package was dropped out of a car PD calling for a level one mobilization, Highway units are going to close down the BQE. Queens and Brooklyn bound. FD on scene with one precautionary line streched, also shuting down the Williamsburg Bridge due to traffic going towards the BQE


U/D: 10:34
Package proper ID'ed by bomb squad, BQE re-opened, authority of the 94 C.O. the level 1 mobilization has been terminated

The elevator at 64 Division Ave. breaks down so often, it makes the people feel like they are in prison.

With elevator workers in a labor dispute and on strike, elderly and disabled tenants are trapped in their homes for the last three months.

New Bill in Albany NY Would Require Police Departments to Record Full Interrogations

Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, is sponsoring a bill, that Police departments in New York State would be required to electronically record interrogation of suspects for statements to be admissible in court.

He said he wants to ensure that interrogations are done properly, protecting the innocent who have been accused and protecting the police from false accusations of coercion. In New York, police routinely tape a suspect's confession, but often do not tape the interrogation that led up to the confessions, Lentol said.

Brooklyn +B.Q.E. Serious MVA+

Brooklyn +B.Q.E. Serious MVA+ BQE Westbound near Tillary St. an MVA with a serious injury, FD requesting EMS on a rush for a person down in the roadway ejected from an auto, PD requesting ESU and Highway 2, aided isn't likely.

Wurtsboro Synagogue Saved From Flames of Suspicious Fire from Next Door Garage.

State police are investigating what they term a suspicious fire that destroyed a Wurtsboro garage. Wurtsboro Fire Chief said when they arrived at the fire in a two-story detached garage on Sullivan Street the building was fully involved with flames. Phone service for some buildings in the area was interrupted because the intense heat melted lines near the building. Two cars, a motor home and the building were destroyed in the fire and there were no injuries. But the nearby synagogue was saved from the flames as firefighters from Wurtsboro and Bloomingburg poured water on the building to prevent the fire from spreading.

DWI Driver Jailed After Killing Motorcyclist, and Seriously Injuring Passenger Yeterday in Brooklyn

A drunken driver crashed his van into a motorcycle on the sidewalk carrying an engaged couple in Brooklyn yesterday - killing the biker and seriously injuring his passenger at the intersection of Vandervoort and Beadel streets in East Williamsburg shortly before noon yesterday.

Manhattan +DOA Floater+

Manhattan +DOA Floater+ East River in the area of Dyckman St. NYPD on the scene investigating a found floater DOA in the water.

Please say Thilim for Michol Shrage Ben Ruchel Lerfiea Shleime Bekurev -- Posted by Anonymous

i want to let you know that dr. michal harris from hacansack hospital is still very sick he still did not had the liver tranplant as of sunday 8:00 pm please say Thilim for Michol Shrage Ben Ruchel Lerfiea Shleime Bekurev thank you so much for posting my req.

Posted by Anonymous to VOS IZ NEIAS

Monticello man pretending as a New York State trooper in camp on Sackett Lake.

A Monticello man arrested after allegedly identifying himself as a New York State trooper to several employees of a camp on Sackett Lake, according to Sergeant Don Prince. 37-year-old Richard Graham is accused of stopping the camp employees as they were crossing Sackett Lake Road in golf carts. He said he was a trooper and demanded to know who gave them permission to run the carts across the road. Graham even told one of the employees he was "under arrest" and attempted to frisk him, Prince said. Graham was charged with a felony for first-degree criminal impersonation and jailed in lieu of 75 hundred dollars bail pending a later court appearance in Thompson Court.

Williamsburg Brooklyn: +Child's Hand stuck in Shredder+

Williamsburg Brooklyn: +Child's Hand stuck in Shredder+ 376 Keap St. 6th floor bet. South 1st and South 2nd. St. 90th Pct. Heavy bleeding from a child's hand that's stuck in a shredder, has serious hand injury, can't wait anymore for EMS going to Bellevue Hospital with 90-C RMP and escort, closing down the Williamsburg Bridge.