Massapequa, NY
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COVID-19: New York Airports To Administer Vaccines To Passengers, Arrivals COVID-19: New York Airports To Administer Vaccines To Passengers, Arrivals
Covid-19: New York Airports To Administer Vaccines To Passengers, Arrivals Several pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites are coming to some New York airports for anyone coming into or leaving the state. In an effort to encourage more Americans to get vaccinated, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that pop-up sites were being set up in seven airports across the state beginning on Monday, May 24. The sites will be open to anyone departing or arriving at these airports through Friday, May 28: JFK Airport; LaGuardia Airport; Westchester County Airport; Buffalo Niagara International Airport; Greater Rochester International Airport; Syracuse Hancock International Air…

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by Zak Failla
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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Philly Man Admits Smuggling $200K In Gun Parts To Turkey, Republic Of Georgia Philly Man Admits Smuggling $200K In Gun Parts To Turkey, Republic Of Georgia
Philly Man Admits Smuggling $200K In Gun Parts To Turkey, Republic Of Georgia A Philadelphia man admitted Tuesday that he conspired to smuggle more than than $200,000 worth of gun parts out of the United States to Turkey and the Republic of Georgia, authorities said. Samet Doyduk, 35, told a federal judge in Camden that he and others bought upper receivers, barrels, and magazines for several different types of Glock handguns from suppliers in the United States. After repackaging them, he said, they exported the defense parts to their customers using false labels. Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Doyduk and the others used credit cards, Pay-Pal accounts, an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Black Market Birds: Why Was NJ-Bound Airport Traveler Smuggling Finches In Hair Rollers? Black Market Birds: Why Was NJ-Bound Airport Traveler Smuggling Finches In Hair Rollers?
Black Market Birds: Why Was Nj-bound Airport Traveler Smuggling Finches In Hair Rollers? You might ask yourself why a Guyanese traveler headed to New Jersey was found trying to smuggle in a flock of finches tucked into hair rollers through JFK Airport. The answer: Singing competitions. U.S. Customs and Border Protections reported seizing 29 of the petite black-market songbirds this past weekend. It's happened before -- and not just at New York/New Jersey area airports. Last year, hundreds were discovered at no fewer than 16 airports nationwide, although COVID-19 likely curbed the number, CBP said. The 2019 total was 2,117. Nearly all come from Guyana, where birdson…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Brentwood, NY
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COVID-19: Cuomo Calls On Mandatory Pre-Flight Testing For International Travelers COVID-19: Cuomo Calls On Mandatory Pre-Flight Testing For International Travelers
Covid-19: Cuomo Calls On Mandatory Pre-Flight Testing For International Travelers New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is doubling down on his demands that the federal government step in and mandate mandatory pre-flight COVID-19 testing for international travelers coming into the country. During his third COVID-19 briefing of the week on Wednesday, Jan. 6 in Albany, Cuomo said that with the new, more-transmittable UK strain beginning to spread around the country, it is imperative that the federal government demands testing for travelers before stepping foot stateside. “We’ve seen many countries say that this virus has mutated (repeatedly), so any international traveler coming into…

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by Zak Failla
Bergenfield, NJ
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North Jersey Man Detained At JFK Airport Suing Gov. Cuomo North Jersey Man Detained At JFK Airport Suing Gov. Cuomo
North Jersey Man Detained At JFK Airport Suing Gov. Cuomo A North Jersey man with a history of suing public agencies is at it again -- this time, he's after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. New Milford's Yoel Weishauss on Tuesday filed the suit in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the New York Daily News first reported. Weishauss, in his late 30s, was returning from an overseas trip when an armed agent told him he had to fill out the New York State Traveler Health Form, despite having been cleared by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nov. 18, the suit alleges. An executive order issued by Cuomo mandates airline traveler complet…

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by Cecilia Levine
Massapequa, NY
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COVID-19: Testing Sites To Be Set Up At JFK, LaGuardia COVID-19: Testing Sites To Be Set Up At JFK, LaGuardia
Covid-19: Testing Sites To Be Set Up At JFK, LaGuardia Testing sites for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being set up at LaGuardia and JFK airports as New York continues to combat the spread of the virus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday, Aug. 24 that testing sites were being arranged for travelers coming into New York from states with high COVID-19 infection rates. Cuomo said that the new testing sites will allow the state to quickly determine whether incoming travelers have brought the virus into New York. The testing sites are being set up by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and New York City Health + Hospitals. During…

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by Zak Failla
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Police Investigating Shooting At Poughkeepsie Gas Station With Numerous Bystanders Police Investigating Shooting At Poughkeepsie Gas Station With Numerous Bystanders
Police Investigating Shooting At Poughkeepsie Gas Station With Numerous Bystanders Police are investigating a shooting between two men at an area gas station while numerous bystanders were in the range of fire.  The incident took place in Dutchess County around 9:54 a.m. at the Gulf Gas Station at 128 Washington St., in the City of Poughkeepsie, said Det. Lt. Matt Clark. Responding officers found evidence that multiple shots were fired in the parking lot of that gas station between one subject inside a vehicle and the other outside the vehicle, Clark said. The vehicle, a 2018 silver Chevrolet Malibu, was found abandoned in the parking lot of Tubman Te…

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by Kathy Reakes
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