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A Brooklyn teacher was arrested Monday after allegedly slapping and punching a 14-year-old student. The teen suffered eye injuries in the attack. The male teacher, 34, is charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child.This horror story raises an important...
The recent snowstorm gave plenty of New York children an opportunity for fun, but a growing number of municipalities are deciding to ban kids from downhill sledding. The idea is not embraced by most city councils, but many places have decided that the risk of a...
Most school officials, coaches and students understand the seriousness of hazing in youth athletics. Once shrugged off as "rites of passage," most people understand that hazing-related assault can cause profound psychological damage to the victims - in addition to...
In 2009, a young man was walking in Central Park when a large tree branch snapped overhead and fell on him. The branch damaged his lungs, spinal cord and brain, leaving him paralyzed and cognitively disabled.The victim's family sued New York City and eventually...
At 6-foot-5 and 350 pounds Eric Garner was an imposing figure but a gentle giant, according to friends and family members. His family, which includes six children and a wife, is still trying to understand what caused his death during an arrest Thursday evening.Garner...
A 43-year-old New York City sanitation worker died Saturday when a coworker hit him with a street sweeper in Queens.The deceased, a father of four, was performing maintenance on a street sweeper when a coworker on a different sweeper failed to see him. The fatal...
In February, a 56-year-old man died in a New York City jail when the temperature in his cell reached at least 101 degrees. Preliminary investigations revealed that Jerome Murdough's internal body temperature reached 103 degrees, but nobody answered his pleas for help...
Citi Bike racks have been a controversial matter since New York City implemented the bike-share program, but few regarded it as a life-or-death issue. That thinking may soon change, as a Citi Bike lawsuit reaches Manhattan Appellate Court.The suit argues that the Citi...
Friday's subway derailment in Queens injured dozens of people and terrified 1,000 passengers on the express F train.According to witnesses, the train began to shake and bounce while showering sparks from its right side. The train came to a halt, but that did not bring...
A 43-year-old construction worker has settled a construction injury lawsuit against New York City for $6.3 million.The victim was working atop scaffolding at a Brooklyn school when it gave way, sending him into a 20-foot freefall. Moments earlier, he told a Service...
A grieving mother is demanding accountability for a fatal Queens car accident that took the life of her son on April 4. The crash killed four young people after their car plunged into Steinway Creek in Astoria.She plans to not only sue the driver - who investigators...
A 73-year-old man is suing New York City after a Citi Bike accident in October left him with permanent injuries.The plaintiff suffered head injuries and nerve damage when the front wheel of his Citi Bike struck a low barrier next to the docking station. Sadly, the man...
A 25-year-old man was killed in a Crown Heights crosswalk on Sunday morning when a sanitation truck fatally hit him. The garbage truck was making a right turn onto Carroll when it collided with the man, who died at the scene.The victim was a rabbinical student from...
New York City's 911 response system became a source of intense scrutiny after the death of a 4-year-old girl in June. The child, Ariel Russo, became a victim of NYC's error-riddled emergency response system.Ariel needed immediate medical attention following a crash on...
"Help me!" are two words a high school chemistry teacher never wants to hear a pupil scream during chemistry lab, but those were the desperate pleas of a 16-year-old boy at Beacon School in Manhattan on Thursday.The high school student was a mere bystander, watching...
