Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'threat'
June 12, 2008
Vendors at the Hunts Point wholesale produce market, located on 125 acres of city-owned land in the South Bronx, have said they will consider leaving the site for points “north or west” because the city is not cooperating with their expansion needs. According to the AP, the market supplies 3.3 billion pounds of fruits and vegetables a year, mostly to restaurants and small grocers. Matthew D’Arrigo, co-president of the produce cooperative, is frustrated because after......
Continue Reading "Hunts Point Produce Market Threatens Move to Jersey"May 22, 2008
A 16-year-old student at James Madison High School was arrested after a teacher discovered a note outlining a murderous plot. Apparently Badrakh Byambadorj was planning on both blowing up the school and killing three people-- according to the NY Times, "a teacher, a student and an employee at the McDonald’s across the street"--as well as others at an intersection. No weapons were found at the Marine Park school (there are no lockers there), though weapons......
Continue Reading "Brooklyn Student Arrested for Planning to Blow Up School"April 23, 2008
Scaremongering just hit a whole new level underground, with Subivor -- the subway survival kit. The website (after a short video montage of all the ways the subway will ultimately become your tomb) warns straphangers:Dear Subway Commuters, Did you know that there are hundreds of subway related fires that occur each year? Did you know that there are 27,817 structural fires that occur each year, that's an average of 2,318 per month?And there's always......
Continue Reading "Surviving the Subway with Subivor "March 22, 2008
John White is free on bail after being convicted of manslaughter, and yesterday called for the arrest of the father of the 17-year-old Long Island man he killed. His son Aaron filed a complaint with police after Daniel Cicciaro Sr. seemed to threaten his life. White was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two to four years for the death of Daniel Cicciaro Jr., who he shot in the head during an altercation in August......
Continue Reading "White and His Son Calls for Arrest of Victim's Father"
