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Guns arrest of Queens ‘Duck Sauce Killer’s’ wife a pressure tactic, lawyer says

NEW YORK — The Queens District Attorney’s office was aiming at the accused “Duck Sauce Killer” when targeting his wife for gun possession, her attorney suggested in a pointed letter to prosecutors.

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New Yorkers head to the polls to vote in first primary of 2022

Voters from Brooklyn to Buffalo and from Queens to Kingston came out to the polls in short supply Tuesday to decide who’ll run in this November’s general election — a contest that will ultimately determine who is New York State’s governor.

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Wife of ‘duck sauce killer’ arrested after 8 guns found in her home

The wife of accused condiment killer Glenn Hirsch has herself been arrested — after cops found eight guns and ammunition in her Queens home, records show.

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Accused ‘duck sauce’ killer of Chinese deliveryman released on bail in Queens

A judge in Queens granted $500,000 bail Monday for accused “duck sauce” killer Glenn Hirsch as he awaits trial on charges he fatally shot a Chinese food deliveryman over a bizarre months-long beef over insufficient condiment packets.

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‘Duck sauce killer’ Glenn Hirsch could make bail Monday

NEW YORK — The condiment-obsessed suspect accused of shooting to death a beloved Queens Chinese food deliveryman could be freed on bail Monday, alarmed local legislators said Sunday.

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Teen hospitalised in subway surfing accident

A 15-year-old boy suffered ‘severe head trauma’ after falling from the J train in Queens

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Victim arrested for opening fire during fatal shootout outside Queens catering hall involving apparent assault rifle

NEW YORK — One of three men shot by a gunman firing what appeared to be an assault rifle outside a Queens catering hall has been arrested for opening fire first, sparking the shootout that left one victim dead, police said Monday.

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3 men shot outside Queens catering hall

NEW YORK — Three men were shot, one fatally, by a gunman who appeared to be firing an assault weapon outside a Queens catering hall early Sunday morning, police sources said.

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Rapper Roddy Ricch arrested for gun possession in NYC just before he was set to perform at Governor’s Ball

NEW YORK — Rapper Roddy Ricch was arrested in Queens for gun possession just hours before he was set to take the stage at Governor’s Ball, police said Sunday.

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Two teens dead after rip current pulls them underwater

The 13-year-old boys went missing off the coast of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens

The Independent UK

Man accused of killing Chinese delivery man over duck sauce had refrigerator filled with the condiment, NYPD source says

NEW YORK — A condiment-obsessed Queens murder suspect hoarded sweet-and-sour duck sauce in his refrigerator — but not enough to stop him from killing a Chinese food delivery worker in a feud over his wish for more, a police source said Tuesday.

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Self-defense classes help Asian and Pacific Islander women feel safer in New York

The classes are taught by Jess Ng, a Muay Thai fighter who grew up in Queens. Ng decided to start the classes when Asian women at a recent community event indicated they feel endangered when outside.

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Tenant turns Queens apartment building into a nightmare, say neighbors who can’t turn anywhere for help

A Queens woman does her damage from a third-floor apartment with an ocean view: Water left running for days, flooding the building. Smoke pouring from beneath her front door. Hoarding old junk in the hallway, from bicycles to shopping carts. Taking a sledgehammer to her kitchen cabinets.

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Fighting Back: The American Sikh Community Is Building Awareness, Resilience As Hate Crimes Rise

Liaison efforts with government agencies help the community feel safer.

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‘Armageddon Time,’ Portrait of White Privilege, Stirs Cannes

When the Cannes Film Festival audience stood to applaud James Gray’s richly observed autobiographical drama “Armageddon Time,” about the director’s own 1980s childhood in Queens, Gray’s voice quivered as he addressed the crowd. “It’s my story, in a way,” said Gray. “And you guys shared it with me.” “It took…

The Independent UK

David Bonola said he believes the murdered Queens mother he was having an affair with gave him HIV

If convicted David Bonola could face up to 25 years in prison

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New York event planner charged with fatally shoving elderly woman sent back to jail

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge revoked the $500,000 bail Tuesday of Queens event planner Lauren Pazienza after new details emerged about the wine-fueled rampage that preceded her alleged deadly shove of a beloved 87-year-old voice coach.

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Quoting Alleged Threat and Calling It a Threat Isn't Libel

From Bowen v. Van Bramer, decided Tuesday by the N.Y. intermediate appellate court (Justices Mark Dillon, Francesca Connolly, Valerie Brathwaite Nelson, and Lara Genovesi): In February 2019, amid public criticism, e-commerce giant Amazon cancelled its plans to build a second corporate headquarters in the Long Island City area of Queens.…

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The Independent UK

Sex worker sentenced to 30 years for fatally drugging four men including top NYC chef ‘for few quick dollars’

Angelina Barini, 43, went on the killing spree in the summer of 2019, meeting clients in motel rooms across New York City, plying them with deadly doses of drugs and robbing them

Daily Mirror

Prostitute jailed as four clients die after she spiked them with date rape drug

Sex worker Angela Bairini, 43, of Queens, New York had a history of using substances to incapacitate clients - including one incident in 2019 when she robbed three men after serving them fentanyl-laced drugs

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Shaheen Holloway to Announce Jets Draft Pick

The Seton Hall coach who led New Jersey-based Saint Peter’s to the Elite Eight is originally from Queens, N.Y.

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Handyman accused of murdering Queens mom declines to testify before grand jury

NEW YORK — A handyman accused of having an affair with a married Queens mom and stabbing her to death in her home will not testify before the grand jury considering charges against him, his lawyer said Tuesday.

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How New York mom’s illicit romance with her handyman ended in a brutal murder

NEW YORK — It was a crime of passion, two years in the making, against a scandalous backdrop of illicit sex and deceit: A Queens mom and the local handyman were on-and-off lovers until their final, fatal meeting in the basement of her Tudor-style home.

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Handyman charged with stabbing his married Queens lover faces eventual deportation

NEW YORK — The knife-wielding handyman accused of stabbing his married lover dozens of times during a lethal late-night fight inside her Queens home was living illegally in the U.S., immigration officials said Friday.

Daily Mirror

Ex-lover charged with murdering mum and dumping body after dragging it in bag

Orsolya Gaal's handyman and ex-lover David Bonola has been charged with her murder. The 51-year-old mum was stabbed almost 60 times, stuffed into a bag and dumped in Queens, New York

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