By Trend News Line 2024-04-12 04:00:21.
police Described an Unfortunate Series of Events that led to the death of an elderly woman in Gravesend, Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. Joan Behan, 87, pulled her 2013 Toyota Corolla into her driveway on West 10th Street just before 3 p.m., but opened the door before engaging the car’s gear selector in the parked position. As Behan started to exit the vehicle, she experienced an apparent medical episode, causing her to slump forward, police said. Subsequently, the car began to roll backward down the driveway, leading to Behan being ejected. She fell to the ground and was fatally struck by the front driver’s side wheel. EMS transported her to Lutheran Medical Center, where she was pronounced deceased. The investigation remains ongoing by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad.
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Convicted Crypto-Criminal Sam Bankman-Fried is seeking consent to stay at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as he appeals his conviction and 25-year sentence. Bankman-Fried was convicted of wire fraud, securities fraud, money laundering and other charges in relation to the multibillion-dollar collapse of FTX cryptocurrency exchange and the related Alameda Research scandal. Bankman-Fried’s attorneys argue that remaining in Brooklyn would ease the coordination with his appeal lawyers. According to Forbes, the appeal could take years.
Icelandic singer-songwriter Bjork is set to perform on the banks of Newtown Creek next month at the Under the K Bridge Park event space, set beneath the Brooklyn side of the Kosciuszko Bridge section of the BQE. She will be headlining a DJ set alongside artists Jlin, Mun Sing, Shygirl, Eartheater and Sega Bodega. Event organizers promise “live musical arrangements, digital technology, and stunning visuals” from the avant-garde artist, a one-time resident of Brooklyn Heights. The event will take place on Friday, May 10 at 8 p.m.; tickets will go on sale on Friday, April 12 to the general public, and can be purchased online through AXS.
Thirteen young men were charged on Wednesday in the Brooklyn State Supreme Court over the now-infamous January incident in which fighting broke out between police and Chabad Lubavitch members at the group’s Crown Heights headquarters after the discovery of unpermitted digging work in the synagogue’s basement. Four other defendants are currently in Israel, according to their lawyer. The work was reportedly part of an internally divisive effort to enlarge the synagogue that some members believe was ordered by Chabad’s former leader Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who passed away in 1994. The diggers excavated a large area outside the synagogue and constructed a tunnel to a neighboring empty building before being discovered by Chabad leadership, who called construction crews to fill in the tunnels, sparking the confrontation that led to police being summoned. Defendant Mendel Gerlitzky reportedly wore a shovel-shaped lapel pin to court, a signifier of support for the pro-construction “Expand 770” movement, which is opposed by Chabad leadership. All 13, several of whom are Israeli, were ordered to surrender their passports.
A man riding a motorcycle on Atlantic Avenue last month who ran into a curb and fell, injuring his head, died on Wednesday, April 3, police reported. On Saturday, March 16, just after midnight, police responded to a 911 call of a single-vehicle collision at Atlantic and Kingston avenues. The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that a 2024 Znen motorcycle operated by Rahmel McNair, 46, of East New York, was traveling eastbound on Atlantic Avenue when he struck the cement curb. McNair was transported by EMS to NYC Health and Hospital/Kings County in stable condition, but his condition deteriorated over time and he succumbed to his injuries. There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing, police said.
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Several people have survived with only injuries after an elderly man lost control of his Mercedes, plowing into them and pushing other vehicles onto the sidewalk in front of a store at 76th St. and 18th Ave. on Wednesday night, April 10. According to the Daily News, witnesses who asked to not be identified saw the 89-year-old driver hit a 20-year-old man on a scooter, then hit a parked taxi whose driver was in the store buying food. Among the injured was the female passenger of the Mercedes, who was trapped when her airbag was deployed. The Daily News reported that the five victims were transported to local hospitals with injuries considered non-life threatening. The investigation is ongoing.
The death of a baby while being born, an unrelated mother’s death during childbirth two weeks later and the doctor involved with both are the focus of a report that state health investigators have released about Woodhull Medical Center. Part of the city’s public hospital system and formally known as NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, this medical center has already exhibited problems on its labor and delivery floor. The doctor involved in both the aforementioned deaths, Ronald Daniel, was fired in December after the maternal childbirth death. However, the state health officials declared the hospital’s maternity department as being in “immediate jeopardy” — an administrative determination that a hospital poses a danger to patients. The racial disparities involving safe and healthy childbirth were emphasized after the woman died. Her death and the ongoing problems ignited a demonstration in front of Woodhull Hospital.
Retirees from several unions and professional groups plan a noon rally for Friday at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in lower Manhattan to demand a stop to the privatization of Medicare by their health plans and to deliver a letter to President Biden demanding instead an expansion of traditional coverage. The letter to Biden includes signatures from 19 retiree organizations, including several based in New York City. Some of which will have speakers: the Cross-union Retirees Organizing Committee. Retiree Advocate-UFT, New York City Council of Municipal Retiree Organizations, New York Public Library Retirees Association, Retiree Chapter of Professional Staff Congress and the National Alliance for Retiree Health Care. The groups assert in the letter that retirees nationwide “are being forced into for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, without their consent.” They add “The National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that 10,000 Medicare Advantage patient lives could be saved every year if insurance companies did not delay and deny the care their doctor ordered as a method of increasing their profits.” Their letter to Biden also points out a finding from a study about “United Health’s use of AI to deny care for their Medicare Advantage enrollees.”
Mister Cee, a disc jockey born in Bedford-Stuyvesant who became key to the booming 1990s hip-hop scene, has died at age 57. Born as Calvin Lebrun in 1966, Mr. Cee was a leading DJ on New York City’s Hot 97 for more than 20 years. He was credited with discovering and launching or elevating the careers of the late Notorious B.I.G. and many local artists, and he was credited as an executive producer on Biggie’s legendary 1994 and now ironically-titled debut “Ready to Die.” Chris Green, a promoter at Capitol Musical Group had told the New York Times in 2014 (when Mr. Cee left Hot 97) that he “was the glue between the old and the new” on Hot 97. The website for 94.7 The Block NYC reported that several colleagues, including co-host Shelly Wade, grew concerned when they couldn’t reach Mr. Cee, who hosted a show on that station. Skip Dillard, the brand manager at WXBK 94.7 The Block NYC later confirmed Mr. Cee’s death.
Police are asking the public to assist in locating a missing teenager in Bed-Stuy. The 16-year-old, identified as Jasmine Williams, was last seen on Wednesday night in the area of Fulton Street and Brooklyn Avenue. She is described as being approximately 5 feet 4 inches tall, with a slim build and long black hair. Williams was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, and white sneakers. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to contact the NYPD immediately.
Overall, these incidents have brought a mix of tragedy, legal proceedings, entertainment, and community activism to various neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The investigations and legal processes are ongoing, and the community responses continue to evolve as the news unfolds..
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