Gabriella Bass
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NYC subway rider hit by train after frantic commuter bumps him onto tracks -- but miraculously survives
June 20, 2024 | 7:00pmThe victim lived — and witnesses said that the man who accidentally pushed him was "distraught" over the ordeal.
Brooklyn's PS 331 renamed after slain NYPD Detective Wenjian Liu, becoming first NYC school honoring Asian American
May 2, 2024 | 8:00pm"And my daughter, she will always know that her father was a police officer. And they will have a greater respect for the community."
7-year-old boy fatally struck by NYPD tow truck while walking with his mom
October 26, 2023 | 2:42pmHeartbreaking video from the scene shows the boy’s shocked mother sitting next to her son’s body in the street as investigators surround her as bystanders look on from the sidewalk.
Bat-wielding attacker who whacked homeless man in the head avoids jail in sweetheart plea deal from Manhattan DA
September 20, 2023 | 4:49pmThe Manhattan man who was caught on camera whacking a homeless person with a baseball bat took a no-jail plea deal last week.
Rockaway Beach shark attack victim 'saved' by quick-thinking NYC lifeguards who used buoy rope as tourniquet
August 8, 2023 | 10:20pm“She lost a lot of blood. The artery came right out. You could see the bones and everything. It was crazy."
Elderly woman in wheelchair mowed down while crossing NYC street: graphic video
July 24, 2023 | 12:07amThe 68-year-old woman was pushing her way across Webster Avenue around 1:30 p.m.
'She's a fighter': Mexican tourist who lost leg in runaway NYC taxi tragedy faces long recovery
June 23, 2022 | 7:50pmDaniela Hernandez, 32, has a long road to recovery ahead, her family conceded Thursday.
Woman stabbed to death inside Brooklyn check cashing business: cops
May 15, 2022 | 12:57pmThe woman was stabbed inside a check cashing business at Van Buren Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant at around 11 a.m., according to police.Â
'Oops my bad': I came face to face with mumbling Brooklyn subway shooter — here's what he said
April 12, 2022 | 6:41pmSubway rider Fitim Gjeloshi came face to face with the mass shooter who opened fire on a crowded subway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on Tuesday.
Eric Adams struggled to find proof of vaccination to get into his own event
August 25, 2021 | 2:59pmIf Adams had signed up for one of two New York apps that serve as digital vaccine passports he could have avoided the wait.
Williamsburg barbershop defiantly remains open despite being hit by lockdown fines
June 11, 2020 | 7:31pmHe's hair to stay. A Williamsburg barber has reopened in defiance of the state's coronavirus lockdown -- and is vowing to keep on clipping despite facing thousands of dollars in...
Mayor de Blasio struggles with chopsticks during Flushing visit
February 13, 2020 | 5:12pmHe doesn't have the chops! In yet another food-based bungle, Mayor Bill de Blasio struggled with a pair of chopsticks when he went for Chinese food in Queens Thursday --...
Homeless woman's pit bull attacks passerby on street
February 19, 2018 | 12:43pmA homeless woman’s pit bull bit a man on a Manhattan street when its owner nodded off Monday morning – ​but the owner claims the dog only acted out because...
Jet-setting law student nearly crushed under subway car
January 11, 2018 | 12:21pmA jet-setting law student lived every straphanger’s worst nightmare Thursday, when she passed out and fell onto the subway tracks in a Brooklyn station — just as a train was...
Man shoots himself as cops close in on him for prior shooting
May 3, 2017 | 8:52pmA gunman shot and wounded another man during a dispute inside a Brooklyn building and then fatally shot himself in the head as cops tried to talk to him Wednesday...
Ex-Bloods gangbanger says J'Ouvert is Brooklyn's 'Purge'
September 7, 2016 | 4:27pmJ'Ouvert is Brooklyn's version of "The Purge" — and needs to be shut down, says a former Bloods gangbanger who turned his life around with the help of slain St....
Surfers who hit beach before Hermine slapped with fines
September 5, 2016 | 12:45amSo much for hanging loose. NYPD cops hit the Rockaways on Sunday to slap surfers with summonses for riding waves as Tropical Storm Hermine swirled in the distance. At least...
Man dies after being hit by two cars in Brooklyn
January 10, 2016 | 2:20pmA 49-year-old Brooklyn pedestrian was killed early Sunday when he was hit by two cars — including one that fled afterward, cops and kin said. Rodney Graham was trying to...
Cops use giant net to pull man on window ledge to safety
November 30, 2015 | 2:06amCops made the catch of the day on Sunday, hauling in a suicidal man by casting a giant safety net over him as he clung to a fifth-floor window ledge...
De Blasio finally returns to NYC -- and goes straight to the gym
May 18, 2015 | 7:49amMayor de Blasio took a break from crisscrossing the country on his progressive whistle-stop tour to get back to the city for some heavy lifting — at his favorite gym....