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Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are conducting a sweeping investigation of environmental health and safety conditions, including cases of elevated blood lead levels, in public housing and homeless shelters and the possibility that the New York City housing and homeless agencies filed false claims to federal housing officials for payment related to the conditions. The investigation was disclosed on Wednesday in a letter from the office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, and in a judge’s subsequent order, which were both filed in federal court. The order, from Judge Deborah A. Batts, compels the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to produce information about the cases of elevated blood lead levels among residents and complaints of “unsafe, unsanitary or unhealthful conditions” in public housing and homeless shelters. The documents said the health agency, in response to an earlier civil investigative demand from the … [Read more...] about U.S. Investigating Elevated Blood Lead Levels in New York’s Public Housing

Few pieces in the piano repertoire are as revealing of a performer as Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations. With few indications of tempo or articulation, they force constant interpretation. It’s hard to think of a better personality test. Except, perhaps, programming. A pianist’s choice of what to play can be more illuminating than the performance itself. A recital might focus on a single composer or group together a few sonatas; but there’s also another route, more conceptual, of compiling something more akin to a playlist. Over two evenings at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan this week, the pianist Pavel Kolesnikov shared his artistry with both routes, with one concert devoted to the “Goldbergs” and the other a moodily nocturnal collage inspired by Joseph Cornell’s assemblage “Celestial Navigation.” Kolesnikov, a Russian-born pianist who lives in England, is at 34 already a stalwart of the London music scene. He has recorded the “Goldbergs” and performed them alongside the … [Read more...] about A Pianist’s Rare Visit to New York Reveals His Personality

A Turkish-born artist who moved to New York six years ago was instantly paralyzed from the neck down after a man allegedly shoved her into a moving subway train in what a prosecutor described Wednesday as a “completely unprovoked" attack. Kamal Semrade, 39, was charged with second-degree attempted murder and other crimes in the alleged assault at a subway station in Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Sunday, according to a criminal complaint filed in New York Criminal Court and obtained by NBC New York. The 35-year-old victim had a cervical spine fracture, a scalp laceration and other injuries after Semrade “grabbed her head with both his hands and shoved her with all his force into the moving subway car,” assistant district attorney Carolyn McGuigan said Wednesday during Semrade's arraignment. In a verified online fundraiser organized partly by her husband, the victim was identified as Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy. She was instantly paralyzed and remains in critical condition with … [Read more...] about Artist instantly paralyzed after being shoved into moving subway train, New York prosecutor says

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 30 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A New York fertility doctor who was accused of using his own sperm to impregnate several patients died over the weekend when the hand-built airplane he was in fell apart mid-flight and crashed, authorities said. Dr. Morris Wortman, 72, of Rochester, was a passenger in the experimental aircraft that went down Sunday in a pasture in Orleans County. The pilot, Earl Luce Jr., of Brockport, also was killed, according to the county sheriff. The crash of the aircraft, identified by the National Transportation Safety Board as a Wittman W-5 Buttercup airplane, remained under investigation Tuesday. Preliminary findings indicate that "the wings of the aircraft became detached from the fuselage and fell to the ground in an orchard," Sheriff Christopher Bourke said in a news release Monday. The fuselage continued … [Read more...] about New York fertility doctor accused of using own sperm dies in crash of hand-built plane

YATES, N.Y. — A New York fertility doctor who was accused of using his own sperm to impregnate several patients died over the weekend when the hand-built airplane he was in fell apart mid-flight and crashed, authorities said. Dr. Morris Wortman, 72, of Rochester, was a passenger in the experimental aircraft that went down Sunday in a pasture in Orleans County. The pilot, Earl Luce Jr., of Brockport, also was killed, according to the county sheriff. The crash of the aircraft, identified by the National Transportation Safety Board as a Wittman W-5 Buttercup airplane, remained under investigation Tuesday. Preliminary findings indicate that “the wings of the aircraft became detached from the fuselage and fell to the ground in an orchard,” Sheriff Christopher Bourke said in a news release Monday. The fuselage continued west for another 1,000 to 1,500 yards before crashing. Wortman was a well-known OB-GYN in western New York who was often the target of anti-abortion … [Read more...] about New York fertility doctor accused of using own sperm dies when hand-built plane crashes

close Video New York crime victim Jennifer Harrison blasts Bragg for calling NYC 'safest big city' Victims Rights NY founder Jennifer Harrison weighs in on the House Judiciary Committee announcing it will be holding a field hearing Monday on New York City crime on 'The Faulkner Focus.' A Coram, New York , man accused of shooting a Suffolk County police officer earlier this month was indicted on several charges this week, including attempted aggravated murder. Janell Funderburke, 20, allegedly shot Suffolk County Police Officer Michael LaFauci on the afternoon of May 11, 2023, in Coram. Officials held a press conference Thursday in front of Stony Brook University Hospital. (Suffolk County Police Department) Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said LaFauci was conducting surveillance on Homestead Drive, when he saw Funderburke walking a short distance from his home. NY POLICE OFFICER SHOT WHILE … [Read more...] about New York man accused of shooting police officer indicted on charges, including attempted murder