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Ridgewood EMT leaps onto subway tracks to save civilian in life-threatening rescue

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Jan. 27, 2025 By Colum Motherway An EMT from the Gotham Volunteer Ambulance Corps in Ridgewood is being celebrated as a hero after leaping onto subway tracks to aid a civilian who was struck by a train in a dramatic rescue on Friday, Jan. 17. Matthew Tirschwell, a longtime EMT and Manhattan resident, found…

Attempted rape in East Elmhurst, suspect caught on camera with weaponized handkerchief: NYPD

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Jan. 27, 2025 QNS News Team Police from the 115th Precinct released surveillance footage revealing a suspect in an attempted rape in East Elmhurst appearing to carry a handkerchief allegedly used to subdue his victim. The NYPD shared the chilling video early Sunday morning, showing the man walking calmly down a sidewalk while folding…

‘Operation Frostbite’ dismantles Flushing drug trafficking ring, indicts four: DA

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Jan. 27, 2025 By Bill Parry A Flushing ketamine trafficking operation was dismantled after a Queens grand jury indicted four individuals on conspiracy, drug trafficking, and other charges following a long-term investigation into a narcotics organization based in Jamaica. The 16-month probe, dubbed “Operation Frostbite,” included a series of undercover drug buys and the…

Plans for new ‘Interborough Express’ Brooklyn-to-Queens train back on track as congestion pricing rolls on

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Jan. 26, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon As congestion pricing chugs along, another big MTA project stands to move forward with financial support from the Manhattan toll plan: a new Brooklyn-to-Queens train that will potentially transform city travel as outer-borough commuters know it.  Dubbed the Interborough Express (IBX), the proposal for a light rail connecting…

Creep in Queens who attempted to rape woman still at large

Rape attempt suspect in Queens

Jan. 25, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki A Queens suspect who attempted to rape a woman on a neighborhood street early on Friday morning remains at large, police reported. Cops said the attack occurred at about 5:45 a.m. on Jan. 24 near a home on the 3100 block of 94th Street in East Elmhurst. According…