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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- One man is dead after a construction accident in lower Manhattan early Saturday morning. Police say a counterweight fell off the top of the crane and landed on a construction worker identified as 34-year-old Gregory Echevarria of Brooklyn. He was dead at the scene. Parking...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A Brooklyn man has been arrested after slashing his wife and stabbing his daughter twice in each shoulder in a domestic dispute and then setting his Sunset Park apartment on fire Friday afternoon, police told 1010 WINS. The man then stabbed himself in the abdomen and ran...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Lucky Lee's chinese restaurant opened on Monday on University Place in Lower Manhattan. RELATED: Shoes pulled from Katy Perry line after blackface criticism | 'The View' host Joy Behar silent on old use of blackface | Restaurant takes heat for ‘offensive’ picture of coal...

UNION, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- A landscaper working at a shopping center in Union County was fatally struck by a co-worker Friday morning. The incident occurred around 10:15 a.m at the Greenleaf Shopping Center, Union Township police said. The victim was taken to Overlook Medical Center in Summit,...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police have arrested the man they say fatally shot a Queens resident in the back over a month ago on Friday. Detectives charged Keanu Suckoo, 18, with murder, attempted murder and weapons possession for the fatal shooting of Pernell Cudjoe on March 5. Cudjoe, 27, was...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- If you're allergic to bee stings then Bryant Park was not the place to be on Friday. RELATED: Honeybees finding it harder to eat at America's bee hot spot | 20,000 Bees Swarm NYPD Camera In Times Square | Cincinnati Zoo Relocates 50,000 Bees Found Inside Garage Attached To...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Two cars collided in Queens Friday morning, sending one vehicle into a storefront, police say. According to reports, the collision occurred between a white mustang and a blue vehicle at 7:45 a.m., where the blue vehicle crashed into the store at Steinway Street and 25th...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/AP) -- Reports from the New York State comptroller state that they have seen a significant increase in fraudulent state tax refunds this year. According to State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office, it blocked over 12,000 fraudulent refunds worth $43.7 million as of the start...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A 72-year-old man was kicked out of his apartment by the New York City Housing Authority while recovering from surgery. Bienvenido Martinez was evicted from his Bronx apartment of 14 years for being behind $816 in rent. According to The Bronx Borough President, Ruben Diaz Jr...

NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City police officer has been found guilty of pistol-whipping a man and stealing his pants. The New York Post reports that Anthony Delacruz had initially claimed he fired his weapon as he was being robbed by five men outside a Bushwick club. But surveillance footage...