Tuesday April 23, 1996
A 7-month old girl fell to her death yesterday in the Bronx. She fell off
of a four-story high fire escape.
Closing arguments were delivered at Bernhard Goetz's civil trial yesterday.
The lawyer for Darrell Cabey, asked the jury to take Mr. Goetz at his word.
The prosecution lawyer, tried to downplay Mr. Goetz's words when he took
the witness stand last week.
Monday April 22, 1996
A gunman shot two brothers at a Bronx Barber shop. One of the brothers,
Victor Cuenca was in critical condition, and his brother Sergio was killed.
Mayor Giuliani is reevaluating the proposed multi-purpose stadium. He is
open to other suggestions.
NYNEX and Bell Alantic agreed to merge. The merger would result in the
second-largest phone company in the US, behind AT&T.
Friday April 19, 1996
A brush fire in the Bronx halted Metro-North trains on the New Haven Line
from entering and leaving Manhattan during rush hour last night.
Metro-North had problems providing service to commuters earlier this year,
during the blizzard.
Thursday April 18, 1996
Mayor Giuliani announced that he would be submitting a new budget proposal.
The budget proposal would require laying off about 12,000 city workers.
Wednesday April 17, 1996
Bronx grand-jury indicted Angel Diaz with first-degree murder in the
shooting death of a police officer. Attorney General Dennis Vacco may
pursue the death penalty. Governer Pataki removed Bronx District Attorney
Robert Johnson because of his anti-death penalty stance.
Darrell Cabey's mother testified at the trial of Bernard Goetz, the "subway
vigilante".
Tuesday April 16, 1996
Mayor Giuliani swore in the new Police Commissioner, Howard Safir,
yesterday. Former Commissioner Bratton resigned earlier this month.
Commissioner Safir was the former Fire Comissioner.
Monday April 15, 1996
Last day to file taxes without penalty.
Police faced a hostage situation in the Bronx. The suspected 17 year. old
armed robber ran straight into the police as he left an apartment building.
He ran back in to the apartment building and grabbed a 15 year old female
hostage. The stand-off ended with an arrest later this evening.
Fordham University is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who might have
clues about the suspect in the rape of a female Fordham student this
weekend.
Columbia students have ended their hunger strike for ethnic studies. Today
was day 15 of the strike.
Friday April 12, 1996
Five tenants were injured and three children killed in a fire at a Bronx
apartment house. Firefighters classified fire as suspicious, due to the
quickness with which it spread.
Thursday April 11, 1996
New York State Supreme Court justice, Marylin Diamond, struck down a state
law that granted a state board power to decide union contracts as
unconstitutional inteference by the state into city affairs. This is blow
to the union and a coup for Mayor Giuliani in his negotiations with the
union.
The dispute over Doris Duke's $1.2 biliion estate seems to be over. The
tentative settlement requires that Bernard Lafferty, her butler, give up
his executor role, but allows him to keep a large sum of his money.
Wednesday April 10, 1996
Columbia students held a press conference on campus today to outline their
demands for an ethnic studies program. This is a continuation of previous
demonstrations, including the occupation of several administration
buildings and a hunger strike, lasting ten days so far.
Monday April 8, 1996
Bernard Goetz, the famous subway vigilante of New York, now
faces a civil trial 11 years after shooting 4 teens on a subway.
Snow may be in the forcast for tommorrow. Check our weather page for the latest news.
Friday April 5, 1996
Four children found in a squalid Brooklyn apartment say their parents
went to Haiti in January and never returned. The oldest, a 10-year-old,
called the police.
Bad weather expected over the holiday weekend with percipitation and
cold weather.
Thursday April 4, 1996
Wednesday April 3, 1996
Ron Brown, native New Yorker and former Harlem resident, who has been
serving under Clinton as the US Secretary of Commerce, is believed
dead. His plane went down in the Balkans near or in Croatia. He was
in the region with a contingency of US technology representatives
looking for ways in which the US could help rebuild the infrastructure
of the war-torn region.
On the subway, a male (believed homeless) stabbed a passenger
repeatedly last night. The attacker was disgruntled after being
awoken by his would-be victim because he was taking up several seats.
Tuesday April 2, 1996
Monday April 1, 1996
Mayor Guilliani has publically admitted that he is a space-alien, but
has assured his consistituents that all his staff members are US
citizens. Rumors abound that former police chief Bratton was aware
of this charade, but did not come forward out of fear that the
budget for his department would be cut further.
Yesterday, the Spring Flower show opened at Macy's and should run for
about two weeks.
