Stone wall inn. A transgender attacked in the bathroom. First a developing story. A car jumps a curb and mows down someone. Witnesses say it was on purpose. Good evening, im diana williams. Im joe torres. Bill and sade are off tonight. Tonight the victim is in her life. It happened near union street and mlk drive. Eyewitness News Reporter jim developing details. That car came screaming down union street. It jumped the curb over here. It knocked over a light post, all the while dragging a young woman alone. Witnesses say the two had been arguing beforehand and at least to them it sure looked intentional. Reporter the car had so much power built up before it slammed in to the wall. It knocked over a light post on union street but the traffic light was the least of it. A young woman was struck. And victim had been arguing. They were fighting in the car. The girl jumped back in the drivers seat and just mowed her down. Just ran her down. In your mind this was deliberate . Deliberate. Delib
Reporter police have since arrested 51yearold Yakubu Abdulazeez who was allegedly caught in the lounge. This mom questions how long these alleged acts were going on and if there could have been other victims. If he did it to her, half the kids cant even talk. They dont have a voice. He took away her innocence. He took away her trust in people. That was wrong of you. And you will pay for this. Abdulazeez has no prior arrests. Hes set to appear before a judge tonight. Aj ross, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Just heart wrenching. Thank you, aj. An arrest tonight in connection with a destructive fire in new jersey. Three adjacent businesses were destroyed in the fire in keyport last friday. 28yearold andrew meyer is working without a permit. He was doing roof work on one of the buildings before the fire started. A raging fire ripped through a home overnight in Suffolk County. The fire broke out in a house on west smith street and North Amityville just before 1 a. M. By the time firefighters ar
And a while ago we spoke to someone about the struggle this neighborhood has gone through. Its another strike or whatever you want to call it. You own five houses on this block. Whats going through your mind . Got to do it again, fix them up. Same thing. Just keep going. One of the houses that burned was being rebuilt from sandy. Yes, the party has two weeks to go and they would have been moved in again. Theyre not going to move in for quite a while now. Got to start all over. She was over at our house before and just unbearable. Shes in tears. Frustrating. Right there you get a sense of what these folks are going through. Its a neighborhood known as american venice. They struggled after superstorm sandy. Youre looking at east Santa Barbara road. Because of these winds residents tell us the winds were swirling. People were hosing down the roofs of their homes was everyone was concerned about their homes and you heard that gentleman, what he said. One of the homes that burned, these fol
A man and a woman forced to jump into the water after their boat caught fire in the great neck canal. They swam about 20 feet to shore, were not hurt. Their boat drifted and hit some docks which were slightly damaged. The Fire Department helped extinguish the fire. The cause is under investigation. A fight over a subway seat turns bloody, two men got into an argument on a northbound number 4 train around 12 30 this afternoon. As the train pulled into the 125th street station the fight spilled out on to a platform. That is when one man stabbed another. Both were arrested. An apparent hate crime in queens. Reporter police are looking for three men, caught on camera, accused of attacking a teenager with a bat and pipe while spewing slurs as they assaulted him. With the details, stephen . Reporter the victim with sa very quiet person. According to police he was beat by three men as one yelled isis at him. It happened right in broad daylight around 1 30 in the afternoon on wednesday. The 19
President rub\n d az jr. Held his seventh can you believe it . State of the borough address. There he is. He announced 10 million of his Capital Budget would go towards renovating the Orchard Beach pavilion. Goals for the bronx include becoming the next Silicon Valley. Yep. He also mentioned millions in projects. 23,000 new units of housing. The workforce participation in the bronx has never been higher. All right. Well, thats the overview. Lets get down to the details. Aqu con nosotros esta maana, Bronx Borough president rub\n d az jr. Good to see you. Where do you want to start . Housing, education . Well, i want to start with the fact that weve been able to highlight over the last six years all the great stuff thats happening in our borough, and we want people to revisit us. We want people to think differently. Think the bronx. Do you think people dont think that way . I mean, i know part of your job is yes, cheerleader for the bronx, yes, look at the bronx. But if youre always push