Language of love wins at Kennedy Airport reunion
A deaf mute New York couple, Vincent Ferrara and Finlandia Ferrara, reunited after 15 months apart under immigration rules. He greeted her with roses at Kennedy Airport, plan a weeklong honeymoon in Pittston, Pennsylvania, and she travels from the Dominican Republic where a U.S. visa delay kept them apart.
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New York
Kennedy
Vincent Ferrara
Finlandia
Dominican Republic
Pittston
Ferrara
Helene Ann Berkowitz
Valley Stream
Santo Domingo
Edward
Angela Palmieri
Queens Village
Palmieri
U.S
Long Island
Vincent
Palmieris
Raymond McGrath
R-Valley Stream
McGrath
Manhattan
Teens Rescued From Jamaica Bay Island Fire
Police helicopter plucked 16 year old Anthony Jackson and 13 year old Steven Kestenberg from Cannarsie Pol in Jamaica Bay after a windblown raft drifted to shore as a grass fire spread across the 20 acre refuge. They were treated at Brookdale Hospital and released. the island burned overnight with no buildings present.
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New York
UPI
Jamaica Bay
Anthony Jackson
Steven Kestenberg
Brooklyn
Cannarsie Pier
Canarsie Pol
Joe Mottle
Police Aviation
Mottle
Canarsie Bay
Jackson
Brookdale Hospital
Sroail
Teen set afire on dare at party leaves boy critically burned
James Sabolik of Stony Point, 17, is in critical condition at Nyack Hospital after a dare led to being set ablaze. Anthony Aiello, also 17, was arrested on assault and reckless endangerment charges, released on bond. The incident occurred at Sabolik's home on 8 Youngstown Court after he and friends drank beer while Aiello ignited flames with a cigarette lighter.
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Stony Point
Rockland County
James Sabolik
Nyack Hospital
Anthony Aiello
Frank Read
Aiello
Sabolik
Youngstown Court
North Rockland High School
NYC women firefighters test upheld by appeals court
A federal appeals court upheld interim measures allowing women to qualify for NYC firefighting jobs by a revised physical strength test. The court also backed reserving 45 firefighter positions for women who passed. Thirty-one women have since been hired after passing the new test.
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New York
New York City
Uniformed Frefighters Association
2Nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Charles Sifton
Sifton
Firefighters’ Union
Staten Island power plant postponed to indefinite delay
New York AP reports the State Power Authority voted to pause the 2.1 billion Arthur Kill power plant on Staten Island. Chairman John Dyson said the move respects Governor Cuomo’s veto and EPA opposition, viewing it as a practical response to hurdles rather than a change in need or environmental suitability.
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New York
Mario Cuomo
Environmental Protection Agency
State Power Authority Board
Arthur Kill
Staten Island
Authority
John Dyson
Missing man's body found in duct at veterans hospital
Carmelo Melendez a 62 year old Bronx man who had been missing since October was found dead in a heating duct at Kingbridge Veterans Hospital in New York. Police said no foul play is suspected and Melendez had been in poor physical and mental health.
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New York
Veterans Hospital
Carmelo Melendez
Bronx
Melendez
Kingbridge Veterans Hospital
Plane crash kills two at Newark Airport
A corporate jet crashed after landing at Newark International Airport and caught fire. The blaze killed two people and closed the facility for about an hour, authorities said.
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Newark, N.J
Newark International Airport
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Genesee St
Chets
Sae
Crete
Chiton Square
S. Warren St
Eastwood
James St
Lyndon
Manlius
Fayete St
Brewerton Rd
Nottingham
Notingham Rd
Onondaga Hill
Seneta
Tok
Westhill
Onondaga
Withinay's
Paragoun
Minny Grand Union
Hanne
van Awe
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Noe Valley
Catenin
Kneadmore
Nyc
Staten Island Power Plant
Dyson
Carmen
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