Using everything from paint to cardboard and opaque coverings — and sometimes even tree leaves — a small handful of drivers have defaced their license plates, in what some critics say is an effort to avoid paying bridge and tunnel tolls, while also avoiding being captured by speed and red-light cameras.
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By STACY DRIKS
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5/6/22
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A Kingsbridge man was shot and killed Monday night after police said he answered his own ringing doorbell.
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By SACHI McCLENDON & GARY LARKIN
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5/2/22
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The owner told police she’d parked near the 100 block of Terrace View Avenue around dinnertime on March 8, returning the next day to find it missing. There was no broken glass left behind, yet police do have a lead.
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By SACHI McCLENDON
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4/3/22
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An aborted carjacking sent one woman to the hospital March 16.
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By SACHI McCLENDON
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3/27/22
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The driver whose bus struck and killed political activist Ruth Mullen in Spuyten Duyvil last September did not come to a full stop at a stop sign prior to the accident.
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By SACHI McCLENDON
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3/22/22
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Police say they're looking for two men they believe robbed a mother and her toddler by gunpoint in her building's lobby.
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STAFF REPORT
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3/10/22
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This thief puts a whole new twist on the classic dine and dash.
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By SACHI McCLENDON
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3/7/22
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Construction sites seem to one of the more desirable targets for burglars as of late. Probably because they often contain a trove of expensive tools and equipment that can be hawked for a profit.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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2/28/22
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At least as far as the 50th Precinct goes, there’s a little more than one car crash per day which, in January, injured 33 people. Thankfully, no one died, but will that always be the case?
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By STACY DRIKS
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2/28/22
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Just a week after a racial slur was found carved into a children’s slide at Spuyten Duyvil Playground, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz says more hate-based graffiti has been found in nearby Seton Park, this time at the Bruce Silverman Athletic Fields.
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By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ
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2/28/22
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