Brooklyn - +Homicide Of A School safety agent+

Brooklyn - +Homicide Of A School safety agent+ A school safety agent suffered a fatal heart attack Friday night after she was assaulted and struck by a 12-year-old girl flailing her arms and hitting the officer in the head in school at 1224 Park Place in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. The The agent began to hyperventilate and complained of chest pains. She died moments later in the ambulance on the way to Kings County Hospital Center, at 450 Clarkson.

Brooklyn Bridge +Jumper Down+

Brooklyn Bridge +Jumper Up+ ESU on the scene of a EDP jumper threatening to jump down off the Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan bound, Harbor units enroute and additional units to respond.

U/D: 19:59
Situation under control.

Tennessee - +Peter Braunstein Has Been Captured+

Tennessee - +Peter Braunstein Has Been Captured+ Peter Braunstein, the firefighter impersonator while assaulting a person on Halloween night, has been located and arrested in Tennessee. Now members of the NYPD's fugitive task force are in Memphis, where they plan to question the accused Halloween attacker.

Queenc +G.C.P. Traffic Alert+

Queenc +G.C.P. Traffic Alert+ All lanes are closed westbound of the Grand Central Parkway between 94th Street and 111th Street, FD, ESU A-10 and Port Authority are all on the scene of an 4 vehicle MVA involving a school bus that jumped the guardrail, no pin but requesting ambulances for multiple aided that are injuried.

Borough Park +House Fire+

Borough Park +House Fire+ Engine 282 on the scene of a fire at the first floor of a 2 story OMD at 4512 11th Avenue and 45th Street, FD is using all hands with 2 lines streched and 1 in operation, fire is DWH.

Long Island - Vandals Damage Hanukkah Menorah

Holbrook, NY - Vandals broke apart the Chanukkah Menorah at the Plaza Shopping Center on Main Street. The damage is estimated to be about $1,500.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy called this type of hate crime "deplorable."

A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.

Manhattan +F.D.R. Traffic Alert+

Manhattan +F.D.R. Traffic Alert+ A car fire on the southbound of the F.D.R. Drive is causing some lanes to be closed by PD, heavy traffic delays in the area.

Williamsburg +House Fire+

Williamsburg +House Fire+ Fire department on the scene and Hatzolah are being requested for a house fire at the top floor of a 5 story OMD at 248 Hewes Street and Marcy Avenue also some reports of peoplle trapped in the house fire.

U/D: 09:11
Hatzola on the scene requesting Medics to respond.

U/D: 09:24
Primary searches are negative. Fire remaind DWH.

New York City - Transit Union Calls For Partial Strike

The New York City transit union has called for a partial strike against private bus companies but says it will continue negotiating. The subways and most buses are still running this Friday morning.
Two bus lines are going strike: the Jamaica and Triborough buses.

Manhattan +Large Crowd+

Manhattan +Large Crowd+ PD calling for a level one mobilization for a very large growing crowd of over 7,000 people at West 56th Street and 6th Avenue.

MOSCOW - +Explosion At Nuclear Plant+

MOSCOW - +Explosion At Nuclear Plant+ An explosion at a nuclear plant in the region of St. Petersburg, but radiation levels are normal.

Florida +Person Shot+

Florida +Person Shot+ A man from Jerusalem while takeing gas in a gas station in Florida was shot during an armed robbery and is now undergoing surgery, 2 other people got killed during the robbery.

Sole Survivor Settles Lawsuit In Grand Canyon Helicopter Crash Of 2001

LAS VEGAS - The sole survivor of a Grand Canyon sightseeing air crash that killed six people in 2001 has settled a lawsuit involving the tour company, pilot and helicopter manufacturer.

A lawyer for Ch. Daskal, 29, of Brooklyn, N.Y., said that a confidential financial agreement had been reached in the civil lawsuit stemming from the crash.

Daskal has been slowly rehabilitating from near-fatal injuries she received in the crash Aug. 10, 2001. The mother of two suffered a broken back, burns over 80 percent of her body, and had both legs amputated after the helicopter crashed into a cliff during a sightseeing tour to the Grand Canyon.

The National Transportation Safety Board blamed pilot error in a report last year.

Williamsburg +Pedestrias Struck+

Williamsburg +Pedestrias Struck+ Hatzolah on the scene of a pedestrian that was struck at Wythe Avenue and Williamsburg Street West at the entrance to the Expressway.

Monticello +Wal-Mart 2nd Alarm Fire+

Sullivan County, Monticello +Wal-Mart 2nd Alarm Fire+ Fire command on scene with a working 2nd alarm fire in the roof of one of the commercial building at Wal-Mart Plaza in Monticello M/A Kaneyanga Lake and Rock Hill tankers to respond.

Washington - Al Sharpton Ordered To Repay $100G After Failed President Run

Washington - Former presidential candidate Al Sharpton must repay $100,000 - plus interest - in taxpayer money he received as part of his failed 2004 bid, under a deal with the Federal Election Commission.
Sharpton, racked up more debt than votes, and has been at odds with the FEC for more than a year over his personal loans to his campaign.

NYC - Once Again, a Farewell for a Fallen Officer

Thousands of police officers, relatives, friends and elected officials went to the Bronx to pay their respects at Officer Enchautegui's funeral. The 28-year-old officer was off duty when he tried to stop a burglary at a neighbor's home early Saturday and was fatally shot. In a city that treats the death of an officer with the somber pageantry of a soldier's death, the ceremony was noteworthy not only for its imagery but also for its timing. For many of the officers, it was their second funeral for a slain comrade in eight days.

NYPD Commissioner Goes On Trial For His Role In A New Jersey Traffic Infraction

NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Garry McCarthy, goes on trial for his alleged role in a New Jersey traffic infraction that ended up with him and his family in handcuffs.

According to the Palisades Parkway Police, McCarthy, a 24-year veteran of the NYPD force, was given a summons for obstructing vehicle and pedestrian traffic, while his wife, was given a summons for "making unreasonable noises," and their daughter got a ticket for illegally parking in a handicapped spot at a parkway Sunoco station north of the George Washington Bridge.

Brooklyn +Robbery at Gunpoint+

Brooklyn +Robbery at Gunpoint+ Shomrim on the scene working with PD for a robbery at gunpoint at East 13th Street and Kings Highway, ESU, K-9 and Aviation are setting up a preimeter, PD calling for a level one mobilization.

Brooklyn Navy Yard +Rescue On Ship+

Brooklyn Navy Yard +Rescue On Ship+ At Adelphi Street and Flushing Avenue in the Brooklyn Navy Yard near building #595 a person working on a ship fell into a hole/tank apprx 20 feet down in the ship and got stuck with severe head and ankel injuries, Fire Department worked with the full confine space team with rescue-2 removed the aided.

Brooklyn +Belt Parkway Traffic Alert+

Brooklyn +Belt Parkway Traffic Alert+ A fatal motor vehicle accident on the westbound of the Belt Parkway and the exit ramp to 65th Street and 4th Avenue, with a vehicle down the road into a tree, NYPD Highway units confirmed that this is an A.I. Job with the victim still trapped and DOA, aided had an heart attack. PD are closing down the exit ramp, expect heavy delays.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Polling Stations Open In Parliamentary Elections

IRAQ, - Large blast is heard in Baghdad with a mortar anding near the green zone as polling stations open in Iraqi parliamentary elections.

Lakewood - Rabbi Pleads Guilty In Altercation With Police Officer

Lakewood - Rabbi Yosef Bursztyn, 63, whose altercation with police officer Erik Menck this year sparked protests in Lakewood's Orthodox Jewish community, has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in connection with the incident.
The rabbi pleaded guilty to the disorderly persons offense before a Superior Court Judge, who imposed $125 in fines.
Bursztyn admitted he failed to comply with a directive of the Officer on June 26 while Menck was performing an official function, court documents said.
Police said Bursztyn reached inside Menck's patrol car after the officer had stopped the rabbi's niece for allegedly tailgaiting another vehicle.
Bursztyn's arrest sparked protests in Lakewood's Orthodox community. Menck was cleared of any wrongdoing in the incident.

Mayor Releases Detailed Contingency Plan On The NYC Transit Strike

Mayor Bloomberg released the city's detailed transit strike contingency plans saying that a strike would be painful, but that the city will do what it can to mitigate the inconvenience.

For more details on the plan, log in.

George Washington Bridge +Jumper Down+

George Washington Bridge +Jumper Down+ Port Authority is on the scene with a jumper down off the George Washington Bridge down near the lighthouse at the Hudson River on the NY side, FD Marine and NYPD Harbor Units all responding.

U/D: 12:46
Aided is now confirmed DOA.

Parksville - Hotel Bought For $3.7M

Parksville - The former Paramount Hotel, in Sullivan County, was sold for $3.7 million in a federal bankruptcy auction.
The bidder was Jacob Selechnik, he must close on the property by Dec. 22 or forfeit a $370,000 deposit.

The 84.5 acre property includes a 183-room hotel, private lake, indoor and outdoor pools and a club.

The sale also includes 130 acres of farmland and a 10-acre bungalow colony.

Borough Park +Pedestrian Struck+

Borough Park +Pedestrian Struck+ A MVA with a pedestrian that was struck at 13th Avenue and 46th Street, Hatzolah on the scene requesting Medics with a rush for the unresponsive aided.

Goethals Bridge +Traffic Alert+

Goethals Bridge +Traffic Alert+ At the N.J. Bound of the Goethals Bridge heavy traffic approaching the span, also the Staten Island bound is very heavy, residual volume from an earlier closure due to an oil spill.

New Square - Utility Work And Street Work, Has Begun

New Square - Getting around the village will be a lot easier for residents in the coming years. A proposed north-south road would go from Reagan Road to Eisenhower Avenue, running through Adams Lane, and Lincoln, Jefferson, Truman and Eisenhower avenues, said the Village Clerk.
"There's a big need for a street going through the village," he said. "There's much more cars. This will make it easier."
He said a cost and a time frame had not yet been established, and the village would need to do a drainage study before work began.

Lakewood - Rally Spotlighting Woman's Claims She Was Beaten By Police, Was Canceled For Now

Lakewood - A protest rally to spotlight a woman's claims she was beaten by a township police officer drew only a handful of people Tuesday to Town Square.
Nichole Robinson, the woman who says she was beaten last month by embattled Patrolman Erik Menck, said the rally was canceled because Public Safety Director Al Peters told her that organizers needed a permit.
The rally will be rescheduled for next month, Robinson said, four police officers, including Menck, went to Robinson's Coventry Square town house to question her about a disorderly persons call earlier that day.
Robinson maintains Menck asked her for a statement and then beat her in front of her two children. Wearing a bandage on her left arm, Robinson said Tuesday she suffered injuries to her arm, her hand and her back.
Police say Robinson attacked Menck while he attempted to get a statement from her. Robinson was then taken to Kimball Medical Center for treatment of asthma, police add.

New York City Health Officials Claim That Metzizah Be'Peh Is To Blaim For More Infants Infected With Herpes

New York - City health officials said that they had identified two new cases in which infants were infected with herpes this year during a circumcision ritual practiced by some Orthodox Jews called Metzizah Be'Pah.

Health officials have identified at least five infants believed to have been infected during such procedures by Type 1 herpes, commonly carried by adults. One baby died and another may have suffered brain damage, health officials said.
Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the commissioner of health and mental hygiene called upon parents to consider other religiously viable options, including using a tube or sponge. But he did not ban the practice.

NYC - Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Barring Transit Strike

NYC - A judge issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday barring strikes and other labor disruptions by members of the transit union and its leadership.

NYC - Number of Shooting Victims Spiking Citywide

The number of shootings and shooting victims is spiking citywide, Police Department statistics indicate.

The number of shooting incidents increased 4.4% to 1,454 as of Sunday. Last year at the same point in the year, there were 1,392. The number of shooting victims increased to 1,744 from 1,679, a 3.8% boost.

Despite the increase in shootings, the number of reported murders dropped to 508 from 542, a 6.2% decrease, for the first 11 1/2 months of the year. Gun arrests rose to 3,126 from 2,853, a 9.5% gain.

D.C. Police Say NYPD Officer Shot Teen, Then Left

Washington, DC - An off-duty New York City police inspector shot and wounded a 16-year-old youth who apparently was trying to rob him in Northwest Washington. The official then left the scene and reported the shooting to his department only after returning to New York.

D.C. police said they were investigating the incident. The officer, identified as Robert Wheeler, is an inspector with 24 years of service who works for the department's transit division, authorities said.

Flatbush +MVA Involving Hatzolah Member+

Flatbush +MVA Involving Hatzolah Member+ A Hatzolah member is involved in a MVA at Cony Island Avenue and Avenue N, Hotzolah coordinator to respond.

Brooklyn +Belt Pkwy Traffic Advisory+

Brooklyn +Belt Pkwy Traffic Advisory+ A 3 car MVA on the westbound of the Belt Parkway and Flatbush Avenue with PD and FD on the scene blocking 2 lanes, causing heavy traffic delays through out the area.

N.J. - Injuries Reported In N.J. Apartment Explosion

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Bergenfield, NJ - A building collapsed and is on fire at 30 Elm Street after a major explosion that have been caused by a contractor removing a oil tank, multiple victims were blown from the Garden Apartment building and some still trapped inside, a 3rd Alarm has been called and smoke is visible from the George Washington Bridge, S/C Collapse Rescue Units to respond also additional police officers from the Bergen County Sheriffs Office, EMS Command is requesting 6 additional BLS units on a rush, also K-9 units to respond for some that are not accounted for.

U/D: 10:59
Some reports of casualties.

U/D: 17:16
3 fatalties recovered.

Borough Park +Pedestrian Struck+

Borough Park +Pedestrian Struck+ A MVA with a pedestrian that was struck and is unconscious in Borough Park at 13th Avenue and 49th Street has Hatzolah on the scene requesting Medics with a rush and additional BLS units also to respond.

Brooklyn - Sentences In Synagogue Fight Of 2004

Brooklyn - Four men received sentences of community service yesterday in connection with a fight in an Orthodox Synagogue in 2004.
The fight stemmed from a power struggle between two brothers, Aaron and Zalmen Teitelbaum, seeking to succeed their father, Grand Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum, as leader of the Satmar Chasidic sect. Without admitting guilt, the four entered guilty pleas, based on the strength of the evidence, to charges of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.

Flatbush +Unusual Suspicious Package+

Flatbush +Unusual Suspicious Package+ In front of 2348 East 1st Street and Avenue X, PD and FD are on the scene with an Oxygen tank in a bag with the marking "HATZOLAH" on it, they will treat it as a suspicious package unless Hatzolah comes and claims it, ESU and Bomb Squad are all requested.

U/D: 21:24
Hatzolah came down to claim their oxygen bag, all units to pick up.

Manhattan +Pedestrian Struck+

Manhattan +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on the east side of Manhattan Island, Wall Street and Water Street, Hatzolah on the scene requesting NYPD to respond.

U/D: 20:46
FDNY EMS will transport the aided.

Williamsburg - Resident Leaves Note On His Artist Neighbors Door

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Williamsburg artist came home to find a sticky note put up outside the door of his apartment. Can anyone tell him what this means? Or even what language it is in?

Similar notes were stuck next to other apartment doors in his building as well. One outside each apt door on the second, third, and fourth flood, and one next to the ladder to the roof, and some were on the first floor.

California - Ex-Gang Leader Denied Clemency

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has refused to spare the life of former Crips gang co-founder Stanley Tookie Williams, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection after midnight.

U/D: 21:32
Washington, The Supreme Court has refused to block the execution of Williams.

U/D: 12/13/05, 03:51
Ex-gang leader "Tookie" Williams has been executed-

Flatbush +Hatzolah Member Involved MVA+

Flatbush +Hatzolah Member Involved MVA+ A MVA at East 9th Street and Avenue J involvibg a member of Hatzola, Hatzolah backup on the scene requesting Medics and an ambulance to head to the scene, for one aided with chest pain.

Manhattan +Car Into The Hudson River+

Manhattan +Car Into The Hudson River+ Under the West Side Highway and West 72nd Street near Trump Pier a NJ livery cab went thru the Riverside Park into the water about 25 feet and underneath one of the piers, ESU, FD and NYPD Harbor divers are all working the scene against very strong current, Air Sea Rescue above.

U/D: 12:39
Divers are ordered out of the water, due to the strong current.

U/D: 13:31
NYPD Highway-1 is advising that this a confirmed A.I. Job.

U/D: 12/13/05 12:54
The DOA has been removed from the water.

NY State Police Testing New Gadget That Scanes Plates

New York State Police are testing a gadget called a license plate scanner that checks almost every plate near it, telling the trooper if the plate is suspended, expired or reported stolen.
So instead of a trooper "running" your plate by calling it in, the scanner is like a thousand eyes, a thousand call-ins, a thousand checked plates - all with two cameras and a computer.
NY State police have been using the Mobile Plate Hunter 900, as the system is called, for about a month with mostly good results, 13 of them are being tested around the state.
Headquarters in Albany are pleased with the scanners, which cost between $18,000 and $19,000 each, That comes out to about $234,000 to $247,000 total.

Lincoln Tunnel +Traffic Alert+

Lincoln Tunnel +Traffic Alert+ A collapsed catch basin in North Bergen NJ is impacting traffic at the Lincoln Tunnel New Jersey bound. Heading to NJ only buses will have access to the tunnel unti the sisuation is rectified.

Bronx +Bruckner Expressway Traffic Alert+

Bronx +Bruckner Expressway Traffic Alert+ A overturned tractor trailer dump truck on the northbound of the Bruckner Expressway at exit 7C near Country Club Road, the overturned trailer is blocking all three lanes, PD Highway units on the scene, FD, Sanitation and DOT all have been requested, Highway is completely shut down, expect major delays in the area.

Monticello - +MVA Involving Hatzolah+

Sullivan County, Monticello - +MVA Involving Hatzolah+ A motor vehicle accident on Thompsonville Road between Rt 42 and Rt 17, involving an Hatzola member, Catskills Hatzolah responding with an ambulance.

Spring Valley +Working Fire+

Rockland County, Spring Valley +Working Fire+ A working fore at a private dwelling at 23 North Madison Avenue and Grove Street has the FD from Spring Valley and Hillcrest requesting Orange and Rockland Electric and BCI for an arson investigation.

Monsey - A Club's Demise Could Spur Downtown Revitalization

Monsey - The closing of a club whose owners battled Ramapo officials and the heavily Orthodox Jewish residents for years, is seen as an opportunity to revitalize the Route 59-Route 306 area.

Since the club closed, the town has been moving forward with plans to revitalize the busy stretch with mixed-use development, Town Supervisor said.

The plan to revitalize includes, A three-story mixed-use development with retail stores, office space and apartments. A $900,000 pedestrian walkway starting at Monsey Glen County Park, going underneath Route 59, crossing Route 306 and ending at Robert Pitt Drive. An 82-unit housing development on a 5-acre site. New sidewalks, curbs, plants and lights on Requa Lane.

Staten Island - Jewish Organizations Are Collecting Potatoes For Holiday Potato Latkes Food Drive

The Jewish Organizations of Staten Island is conducting a Potato Latkes Drive to feed hungry families in the borough.
The goal is to collect 2,000 pounds of potatoes, in five-pound bags, by Dec. 16. The potatoes and food baskets will be distributed before Hanukkah, which begins Dec. 25, so that every home can have traditional potato latkes for the holidays.
Potatoes can be dropped off at Staten Island synagogues and all Hebrew School students are being asked to bring potatoes with them to class.

Sullivan County New Sheriff Michael Schiff and Undersheriff Eric Chaboty

East Hampton - Judge Reverses Himself In Synagogue Case

East Hampton - A judge who prohibited the congregation of a prestigious East Hampton synagogue from voting on whether to oust its board of trustees and renew the rabbi's contract as reported on VOS IZ NEIAS, has reversed himself and ruled that the vote could be held on Dec. 25. The judge, Justice Ralph F. Costello of State Supreme Court, is expected to decide next month whether the vote is valid under state law and the constitution of the synagogue, the Jewish Center of the Hamptons.
Allegations that Rabbi David J. Gelfand, left, plagiarized sermons and misused synagogue funds have sharply divided the 1,100-member congregation, which has supported the rabbi, and its trustees, who have said they would not renew his contract. The rabbi has denied wrongdoing.

A Real Estate Agent In Riverdale, Has To Know The Rules Of The Torah

ENGLAND - +Massive Explosions Rock Oil Depot+

Large explosions have rocked the Buncefield fuel depot near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire northwest of London, near Luton Airport shooting flames hundreds of feet into the sky, the explosion was heard as far away as the Netherlands.

Police say there are 39 casualties, and two people seriously hurt.
The fire, which police believe was caused by an accident, involves 15 to 20 plants and 20 oil tanks could last days with more explosions expected.

The area around the site has been evacuated, while police have advised residents living nearby to keep their windows and doors closed because of fumes.

Williamsburg Bridge +Traffic Alert+

Brooklyn Williamsburg Bridge +Traffic Alert+ A MVA with one vehicle overturned on its side on the Williamsburg bridge ramp towards the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, ESU on the scene operating.