Woman dies after getting pinned between floors inside Madison Avenue elevator
A woman was crushed to death this morning in Midtown after getting pinned between floors while riding in an elevator, authorities said. The victim, who was not immediately identified by police, walked into the elevator at about 10 a.m. on the first floor at 285 Madison Avenue near 40th Street. Witnesses said the elevator, with two other people aboard, started to ascend to the second floor with its doors open after the woman had taken a step halfway inside the car. Read More: New York Post
NY opens heart: Post launches fund for hero’s four girls
The New York City Police Foundation and the New York Post have launched the Police Foundation Peter Figoski Scholarship Fund to raise money for the higher education of the slain hero cop’s four daughters. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly thanked The Post for making an initial contribution to the fund of $25,000. “Police Officer Figoski gave his life for this city, and, as a New Yorker, I am proud to see so many people reach out and express appreciation for Officer Figoski and support for his daughters, who have lost a loving father,” Kelly said. Read More: New York Post
Mayor Bloomberg announces results of undercover operation into illegal gun sales
Another undercover operation into gun sales — this time over the Internet — found that 62 percent of private sellers were willing to peddle firearms to people who couldn’t pass a federally-mandated backround check, Mayor Bloomberg announced today. One of the guns bought illegally by private investigators hired by the city was a Ruger P95 9 mm — the exact model of the weapon that a career criminal allegedly used to kill Police Officer Peter Figoski earlier this week. Read More: New York Post
Commissioner outraged that ‘cop killer’ was freed
Accused cop killer Lamont Pride “should not have been out on the streets’’ when he gunned down Officer Peter Figoski, a furious Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday. The city’s top cop laid blame on everyone from the Brooklyn judge who freed Pride without bail after a drug bust last month, to North Carolina authorities who issued a federal warrant for him after he allegedly shot a man there in August. “The request for bail was only $2,500,’’ Kelly said, referring to what Brooklyn prosecutors had asked Judge Evelyn Laporte for the ex-con on Nov. 4 and were denied. Read More: New York Post
Queens postal center to remain open – for now
Elected officials joined union representatives and several community leaders to deliver a clear message to the United States Postal Service (USPS) — don’t even think about closing Queens’ distribution center. And for now, it seems the USPS got the message. Just days after State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky and Congressmember Joseph Crowley led a rally to protest the impending closure of the Queens Processing and Distribution Center in Whitestone, the Postal Service acquiesced and struck a deal to freeze all postal closures until May 2012. Read More: Queens Courier
Suspect nabbed in Manhattan holdup spree
Police have busted one of a pair of robbers who have ripped off 14 stores and restaurants in midtown Manhattan, authorities said Tuesday. Duwayne Bascom, 30, of Brooklyn, was nabbed in connection with robberies at the Soul Fixins restaurant on W. 28th St. and the Blimpie on W. 23rd St. on Nov. 2. Police say Bascom walked into the two eateries within 40 minutes of each other and demanded money. Read More: Daily News
