New York
Mother of Slain 12-Year-Old Begs for Answers: ‘I’m Asking for Justice’
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The household of a 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot final week in Brooklyn pleaded for solutions at a information convention with Mayor Eric Adams on Monday, describing deep ache and frustration that harmless victims proceed to be caught up in gunfire.
The kid, Kade Lewin, was within the passenger seat of a parked automobile in East Flatbush on Thursday night, sharing a meal with family, when a barrage of bullets ripped by means of the automobile. He was struck within the head and pronounced useless on the scene.
The boy was not believed to be the supposed goal; police mentioned the one who pulled the set off seemingly sought another person and fired into the mistaken automobile after driving across the block a number of occasions, blasting out its home windows and killing Kade. No arrests have been made.
“All I’m asking: Please come ahead,” Kade’s mom, Suzette Lewin, mentioned in short remarks Monday as she held a framed portrait of her son smiling brightly.
“Someone say one thing. I’m asking for justice for Kade,” mentioned Ms. Lewin, who had been working at a close-by salon when her son was killed.
Talking barely above a whisper, with family and elected officers by her aspect, Ms. Lewin shortly grew to become too emotional to proceed. Nonetheless clutching her son’s {photograph}, she turned from the microphones and wavered. Two males stepped ahead to escort her throughout the road and up the steps into her home, a tan brick duplex.
The police mentioned Monday that the investigation was persevering with. The police commissioner, Keechant Sewell, appeared on the information convention and implored the general public to offer data.
Mr. Adams mentioned that the Lewin household’s path to East Flatbush and their present trauma represented a narrative that the “total nation ought to take heed to.” He described them as immigrants who got here “on the lookout for a greater lifestyle, not for somebody to take their life.”
“They’ll by no means recover from this second,” Mr. Adams mentioned, as he lifted up a pair of Kade’s white and blue Nike sneakers by their laces. “Whose youngster is subsequent?”
He added: “The overwhelming variety of the victims are Black and brown. We are able to exchange the identify of Kade with so many different names. Promising younger folks, snatched away from us for no different motive: too many weapons on our streets.”
Kade’s loss of life represented simply one of many jarring episodes of violence within the first 4 months of Mr. Adams’s time period. They’re presenting a fast check of his central marketing campaign pledge that he would increase New Yorkers’ sense of safety.
Others included the shoving of an Asian girl in entrance of a subway practice in Occasions Sq., the nonfatal taking pictures of a toddler within the Bronx and the killings of two cops in East Harlem. The assaults have contributed to a palpable sense of concern amongst some New Yorkers, and intensified debates over policing, social providers and justice.
Crime ranges in New York largely stays far under the place they have been through the metropolis’s most violent intervals, however gun violence specifically has spiked in some neighborhoods. The town noticed greater than 1,500 shootings up to now two years, after they reached historic lows. There have been fewer than 800 annual shootings within the years earlier than the pandemic, in accordance with police knowledge.
Two of Kade’s family have been additionally within the automobile throughout Thursday’s taking pictures, together with an 8-year-old woman who sat within the again seat and was not injured.
The automobile’s driver, Jenna Ellis, 20, a cousin, was struck six occasions. She was hit within the cheek, chest and leg, the police mentioned. Ms. Ellis was critically injured, however is anticipated to outlive.
Mr. Adams mentioned that Ms. Ellis had a promising life forward of her, working two jobs and planning to go to varsity. Her mom bought her the automobile she drove final week “in order that she might get pleasure from her household,” he mentioned.
Ms. Ellis’s mom, Jennifer Jones Ellis, mentioned that she was struggling deeply with the occasions.
“My daughter, laid up within the hospital, blaming herself,” Ms. Ellis mentioned, as she clutched a portrait of Jenna beaming in a shiny orange shirt. “We don’t need it to be one other Kade, we don’t need it to be one other Jenna. Candy woman, all she is aware of is simply to do good. And that is the ache she acquired for doing good.”
Within the days for the reason that taking pictures, residents of East Flatbush held a number of vigils to name for an finish to gun violence. At one memorial, Jumaane Williams, the New York Metropolis public advocate and a Democratic candidate for governor, mentioned that Ms. Lewin had advised him how proud she was of Kade, and “what number of good issues the academics have been saying of him.”
“The gun violence drawback seems like this household,” Mr. Williams mentioned on the information convention. “I do know it’s Black people, however let’s care about their lives, please, please. The ache that is happening in the home: When the cameras go away, that is eternally.”
Sean Piccoli contributed reporting.
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New York
Senator Menendez’s Resignation Letter
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ROBERT MENENDEZ
NEW JERSEY
COMMITTEES:
BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN
AFFAIRS
FINANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
The Honorable Phil Murphy
Governor of New Jersey
Office of the Governor
Trenton, N.J. 08625
Dear Governor Murphy,
United States Senate
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-3005
July 23, 2024
528 SENATE HART OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
210 HUDSON STREET
HARBORSIDE 3, SUITE #1000
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07311
(973) 645-3030
208 WHITE HORSE PIKE
SUITE 18-19
BARRINGTON, NJ 08007
(856) 757-5353
This is to advise you that I will be resigning from my office as the United States Senator from
New Jersey, effective on the close of business on August 20, 2024.
This will give time for my staff to transition to other possibilities, transfer constituent files that
are pending, allow for an orderly process to choose an interim replacement, and for me to close
out my Senate affairs.
While I fully intend to appeal the jury’s verdict, all the way and including to the Supreme Court,
I do not want the Senate to be involved in a lengthy process that will detract from its important
work. Furthermore, I cannot preserve my rights upon a successful appeal, because factual matters
before the ethics committee are not privileged. This is evidenced by the Committee’s Staff
Director and Chief Counsel being called to testify at my trial.
I am proud of the many accomplishments I’ve had on behalf of New Jersey, such as leading the
federal effort for Superstorm Sandy recovery, preserving and funding Gateway and leading the
federal efforts to help save our hospitals, State and municipalities, as well as New Jersey families
through a once in a century COVID pandemic. These successes led you, Governor, to call me the
“Indispensable Senator.”
I thank the citizens of New Jersey for the extraordinary privilege of representing them in the
United States Senate.
Sincerely,
Pabet Menang.
Robert Menendez
United States Senator
New Jersey
cc: The Honorable Kamala Harris, President of the Senate
The Honorable Ann Berry, Secretary of the Senate
New York
How Well Do You Know Literary Brooklyn?
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A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself. This week’s literary geography quiz celebrates Brooklyn and novels set around the bustling borough. To play, just make your selection in the multiple-choice list and the correct answer will be revealed. Links to the books will be listed at the end of the quiz if you’d like to do further reading.
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See How Your Subway Service May Suffer Without Congestion Pricing
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After Gov. Kathy Hochul halted New York City’s congestion pricing program last month, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority cut $16.5 billion worth of planned upgrades to the city’s vast transit network, mostly to account for the loss of funding that was tied to revenue from the toll.
Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Notes: The chart shows the $28.5 billion in uncommitted funds in the M.T.A.’s 2020-24 capital program; an additional $27 billion had already been committed.
The impact of the congestion pricing suspension on the M.T.A.’s funds for capital projects
Projects were cut from each part of New York City’s transit system, which is the largest in North America and is used by millions of people every day. The projects included elevator and ramp installations that would make subway stations accessible for people with disabilities, structural repairs to aging infrastructure and upgrades to 1930s-era signals that regularly cause delays.
Here are some of the subway projects the authority says it has shelved:
The cuts announced by the M.T.A. — the state agency that runs the subway, bus and commuter rail lines — will also affect transit outside the subway system. The authority has postponed the purchase of more than 250 electric buses and charging infrastructure at bus depots, as well as upgrades to regional rails and a ramp reconstruction on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
The $12 billion remaining in the M.T.A.’s capital funds will be spent on projects the authority considers the most urgent, like track replacements and repairs to power substations. It will also replace some of the “least reliable” subway and railway cars, the authority said in a report.
All told, there are 92 subway stations that will not get planned improvements, including 22 stations that will not get new elevators or ramps; 10 that will not get upgrades like structural repairs, platform replacements and new barriers between platforms and tracks; and 71 that will not get upgrades to their public announcement systems.
Below is a list of the subway stations where upgrades have been put on hold, based on what the M.T.A. has detailed so far:
Projects on hold at 41 stations in Brooklyn:
Union St R
- upgrade to public announcement system
4 Av-9 St R
- upgrade to public announcement system
36 St D N R
- upgrade to public announcement system
59 St N R
- upgrade to public announcement system
Bergen St F G
- upgrade to public announcement system
15 St-Prospect Park F G
- upgrade to public announcement system
Church Av F G
- upgrade to public announcement system
Avenue X F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Neptune Av F
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
- platform or waiting area replacement
Jay St-MetroTech A C F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A C G
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
Franklin Av C
- upgrade to public announcement system
Nostrand Av A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
Utica Av A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
Euclid Av A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
7 Av B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kings Hwy B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Avenue U Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Neck Rd Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Sheepshead Bay B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Brighton Beach B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Ocean Pkwy Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
W 8 St-NY Aquarium F Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Jefferson St L
- elevator or ramp installation
Nevins St 2 3 4 5
- platform or waiting area replacement
Crescent St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Norwood Av J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Cleveland St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Van Siclen Av J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Alabama Av J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Chauncey St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Halsey St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Gates Av J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kosciuszko St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Myrtle Av J M Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Flushing Av J M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Lorimer St J M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Hewes St J M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Marcy Av J M Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kings Hwy N
- elevator or ramp installation
18 Av D
- elevator or ramp installation
Projects on hold at 9 stations in the Bronx:
Norwood-205 St D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Bedford Park Blvd B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kingsbridge Rd B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Fordham Rd B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Tremont Av B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
161 St-Yankee Stadium B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Wakefield-241 St 2
- elevator or ramp installation
Brook Av 6
- elevator or ramp installation
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
3 Av-138 St 6
- elevator or ramp installation
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
Projects on hold at 27 stations in Manhattan:
Roosevelt Island F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Lexington Av/63 St F Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
42 St-Bryant Pk B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
34 St-Herald Sq B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Broadway-Lafayette St B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
2 Av F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Delancey St-Essex St F
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
East Broadway F
- upgrade to public announcement system
190 St A
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
145 St A C B D
- elevator or ramp installation
W 4 St-Wash Sq A C E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Canal St A C E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Chambers St A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
World Trade Center E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Lexington Av/59 St N R W
- elevator or ramp installation
168 St 1
- elevator or ramp installation
3 Av L
- new fencing between platform and track
5 Av 7
- elevator or ramp installation
Times Sq-42 St 7
- new fencing between platform and track
Delancey St-Essex St J M Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
Canal St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Chambers St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
Broad St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
110 St 6
- elevator or ramp installation
59 St 4 5 6
- elevator or ramp installation
7 Av B D E
- elevator or ramp installation
Projects on hold at 14 stations in Queens:
21 St-Queensbridge F
- upgrade to public announcement system
111 St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
75 St-Elderts Ln J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd A
- upgrade to public announcement system
Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer E J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E J Z
- new fencing between platform and track
Jamaica-Van Wyck E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Parsons Blvd F
- elevator or ramp installation
Sutphin Blvd F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Briarwood E F
- elevator or ramp installation
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
Howard Beach-JFK Airport A
- upgrade to public announcement system
Broad Channel A S
- upgrade to public announcement system
Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
- upgrade to public announcement system
Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St A S
- upgrade to public announcement system
Projects on hold at 1 station in Staten Island:
Clifton SIR
- elevator or ramp installation
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