Amanda Woods

1 week ago | aol.com | Craig McCarthy |Craig Mccarthy |Amanda Woods |Matt Troutman |Joe Marino

A vile bigot left state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s office an expletive-filled, anti-Muslim voicemail Wednesday threatening to bomb his car — one of several recent death threats the mayoral contender has received, his campaign and police said. The NYPD’s hate crimes unit is investigating the threats against Mamdani, a Muslim US citizen who was born in Uganda, cops said.

1 week ago | aol.com | Joe Marino |Amanda Woods |Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

A teenager was seriously injured in a lightning strike at Central Park on Thursday afternoon, according to police. The 15-year-old boy was standing next to a tree that was struck when the current from the strike zapped his metal chain, knocking him to the ground around 3:40 p.m. near 101st Street and Fifth Avenue, police and law enforcement sources said.

1 week ago | aol.com | Joe Marino |Desheania Andrews |Amanda Woods

The hit-and-run driver who cops say mowed down and dragged a pregnant woman heading home from a Beyoncé concert was busted on murder charges, cops said Wednesday — as the victim’s grieving husband slammed the motorist as a “coward” and a “monster.” Chaquasia Pigford, 28, faces a laundry list of charges — including second-degree murder, manslaughter, reckless driving, driving without a license, and leaving the scene of a deadly accident — for allegedly ramming into 32-year-old Tiffany Cifuni...

1 week ago | aol.com | Joe Marino |Amanda Woods

Two men were stabbed – including an innocent bystander – when an argument between strangers turned bloody on board a train passing through Grand Central during the Wednesday morning rush. A 32-year-old straphanger was stabbed in the stomach and buttocks when a clash between him and another rider became violent on board a southbound No. 5 train at the 42nd Street-Grand Central station at 7:20 a.m., according to authorities.

1 week ago | aol.com | Kevin Sheehan |Joe Marino |Amanda Woods

A 58-year-old apparent stabbing victim was found dead and decomposing in his Bronx apartment Monday after a 911 caller reported a stench coming from the home, cops and law-enforcement sources said. Officers were dispatched to the apartment on Elsmere Place near Daly Avenue in West Farms around 10:30 a.m. after someone reported the foul odor, according to authorities and sources.