Massapequa, NY
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COVID-19: Some Out-Of-State Travelers May Be Subjected To Quarantine In New York COVID-19: Some Out-Of-State Travelers May Be Subjected To Quarantine In New York
Covid-19: Some Out-Of-State Travelers May Be Subjected To Quarantine In New York New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that he’s considered the possibility of quarantining travelers coming into the state from others that have seen a rise in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Boasting that New York is now doing the most testing in the country and has the lowest infection rate for the virus, Cuomo said that he has been investigating the possibility of a mandatory 14-day quarantine for some travelers coming into the state. With New York leading the way in battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuomo said that he has consulted with leading global experts on whether or not to impose a m…

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by Zak Failla
Brentwood, NY
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Long Island Woman Sentenced For Providing Material Support To ISIS Long Island Woman Sentenced For Providing Material Support To ISIS
Long Island Woman Sentenced For Providing Material Support To ISIS A 30-year-old woman on Long Island will spend more than a decade behind bars for offering material support to ISIS. Brentwood resident Zoobia Shahnaz has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced. Specifically, Donoghue said Shahnaz provided more than $150,000 to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and attempted to travel to Syria to join ISIS.  According to court papers, between March 2017 and July 2017, Shahnaz defrauded numerous financial institutions to obtain money f…

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by Zak Failla
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Port Authority PD Goes ‘Fast & Furious’ Against NYC Street Racers VIDEO: Port Authority PD Goes ‘Fast & Furious’ Against NYC Street Racers
Video: Port Authority PD Goes ‘Fast & Furious’ Against NYC Street Racers Some 70 street racers and their entourages had eluded authorities who tried to clear them from clogging a corner of JFK Airport before they began tearing up area highways. So Port Authority police went all Vin Diesel on ‘em. Uniformed officers in surge patrols had trouble corralling the 60 to 80 wannabe drift kings who’d gathered between 1 and 3 a.m. each weekend for the past two months at the Sunoco Plaza -- blocking gas pumps, handicap parking spots and entrances and exits -- before running illegal New York City races. Whenever marked units entered the plaza, however, they all scattered. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Woman Hospitalized In Hackensack Tests Negative For Coronavirus NJ Woman Hospitalized In Hackensack Tests Negative For Coronavirus
NJ Woman Hospitalized In Hackensack Tests Negative For Coronavirus UPDATE: A 25-year-old New Jersey woman tested negative for the coronavirus, the state Department of Health said. It turned out she had a cold. The woman was transported to HUMC from Riverside Medical Group at Mariners Plaza on River Road in Edgewater around 6 p.m. Thursday with possible exposure to the mysterious pneumonia-like respiratory illness, borough police said. She was discharged more than five hours later after tests came up negative. "The NJ Department of Heath consulted with the CDC and it was determined patient did not meet CDC criteria for testing for the novel virus," the sta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Massapequa, NY
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Ex-CEO Arrested At JFK Airport For Scheme To Pay Millions Of Dollars In Bribes To Officials Ex-CEO Arrested At JFK Airport For Scheme To Pay Millions Of Dollars In Bribes To Officials
Ex-ceo Arrested At JFK Airport For Scheme To Pay Millions Of Dollars In Bribes To Officials The former CEO of a Brazilian chemical company was arrested this week at JFK Airport and charged with paying millions of dollars in bribes to government officials, federal officials said. Jose Carlos Grubisch, 62, was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 20 and pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn federal court to violating anti-bribery and other provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Grubisch, who was the CEO of Braskem S.A. a Brazil-based petrochemical company involving their parent company, Odebrecht S.A. to a secret slush fund that was used, in part,…

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by Zak Failla
Danbury, CT
Police & Fire
Danbury Off-Duty Chief Helps Save A Person During Flight From Vegas Danbury Off-Duty Chief Helps Save A Person During Flight From Vegas
Danbury Off-Duty Chief Helps Save A Person During Flight From Vegas This story has been updated. A Danbury deputy fire chief helped save the life of a person suffering a medical crisis on a flight from Las Vegas. The incident took place around 5:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, when Deputy Chief Bill Lounsbury was off duty on a flight from Las Vegas when he was altered that medical personnel was needed for a patient having an anaphylactic reaction.  He told the flight crew that he was an advanced EMT, said Danbury Fire Communications Coordinator James Gagliardo. Lounsbury quickly teamed up with a Connecticut pediatrician to treat the patient.&nb…

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by Kathy Reakes
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
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EMERGENCY LANDING: Feds Charge Sussex County Jets Fan After Profanity-Filled Airplane Meltdown EMERGENCY LANDING: Feds Charge Sussex County Jets Fan After Profanity-Filled Airplane Meltdown
Emergency Landing: Feds Charge Sussex County Jets Fan After Profanity-Filled Airplane Meltdown A Sussex County man who was told he couldn't use the bathroom on the front of a plane was slapped with federal charges after going on a tirade and threatening to kill other passengers, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing, authorities said. Jwan Curry, 40, of Hamburg, was charged with interfering with a flight attendant on an Alaskan Airlines flight from JFK Airport to Los Angeles last Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Missouri said.  A video fo the incident was published by Roman Cheruhkin on Instagram. Clad in a NY Jets hat and jersey, Curry start…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Real Estate
Rooftop Infinity Pool, Observation Deck To Open At JFK Airport Rooftop Infinity Pool, Observation Deck To Open At JFK Airport
Rooftop Infinity Pool, Observation Deck To Open At JFK Airport If you needed a reason to stop flying out of Newark, check out the infinity pool, bar and observation deck coming to JFK. The new amenities will debut May 15 on top of the airport's new 512-room TWA Hotel and stay open all year long.  The 63-by-20 foot pool and the 10,000-square-foot observation deck overlook 4L/22R, one of the airport's largest runways, with views all the way to Jamaica Bay. Inspired by the infinity edge pool at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes, France, the swimming spot has a beach entry and underwater seating, becoming a "pool-cuzzi" in winter (heating up to …

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by Cecilia Levine
Massapequa, NY
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Second Phase Of Air Cargo Modernization Program At JFK Airport Unveiled Second Phase Of Air Cargo Modernization Program At JFK Airport Unveiled
Second Phase Of Air Cargo Modernization Program At JFK Airport Unveiled The second phase of the air cargo modernization initiative at JFK Airport has officially been unveiled, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. The multi-tiered cargo modernization plan’s second phase is underway with the signing of a long-term lease to develop a state-of-the-art handling facility with JFK Air Cargo LLC. The Port Authority Board of Commissioners approved the 31-year lease, which is expected to bring around $152 million in rentals as well as $70 million in investments by JFK Air Cargo. The Port Authority is also contributing a maximum of $13 million toward efforts including site prepa…

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by Valerie Musson
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: 2005 Palisades Park Gunpoint Rapist Identified, Caught Trying To Flee Country Prosecutor: 2005 Palisades Park Gunpoint Rapist Identified, Caught Trying To Flee Country
Prosecutor: 2005 Palisades Park Gunpoint Rapist Identified, Caught Trying To Flee Country A Bronx man wanted in the 2005 gunpoint rape of a Palisades Park woman was nabbed at the gate as he tried to board a flight at JFK Airport carrying a one-way ticket to Jamaica and thousands of dollars in cash, authorities said. The arrest of Roydell Cameron, 39, in the nearly 14-year-old assault was announced Thursday during the official expansion of the North Jersey Regional Cold Case Task Force. The victim had parked her car at a borough apartment complex when Cameron attacked her on April 15, 2005, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A DNA hit produced by the New Jersey St…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk, NY
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Counterterrorism Panel Offers Recommendations In New York Counterterrorism Panel Offers Recommendations In New York
Counterterrorism Panel Offers Recommendations In New York Counterterrorism efforts may be getting an update and upgrade in New York, following new recommendations from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s counterterrorism advisory panel. After conducting a preliminary evaluation of the state’s counterterrorism assets, policies, and overall security posture, the panel offered several recommendations for New York.  Those recommendations included increased coordination among the state's counterterrorism agencies and authorities; strengthened security at airports, bridges, tunnels, mass gathering sites and other major assets throughout the state; and ad…

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by Zak Failla
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds Snatch Garfield Lawyer Charged With Swiping $100,000 From Client Feds Snatch Garfield Lawyer Charged With Swiping $100,000 From Client
Feds Snatch Garfield Lawyer Charged With Swiping $100,000 From Client A Garfield lawyer who authorities said pocketed $100,000 from a client was seized by federal agents at JFK Airport as he got off a flight from Colombia, authorities said. Then he smiled for his mugshot. Alfredo Ramos, 38, was extradited to New Jersey, booked into the Bergen County Jail on Friday and then ordered released by a judge the next day on charges of misapplication of entrusted property, records show. The self-employed, 6-foot, 300-pound Ramos “received the funds into his attorney trust account but, instead of forwarding them to the client, used them for his own purposes, Acting Ber…

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by Jerry DeMarco