The Ocean Avenue News - oceanavenuenews.comTHE SHSAT will be administered next year as a computer-based exam, the Panel for Educational Policy voted on Thursday.
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The @NYPD71Pct Candy Cane Lane Toy Giveaway was a tremendous success! 🎁✨ Huge thanks to the 71st Precinct and everyone who came together to spread holiday cheer to families in our community. Here’s to brighter holidays for all! 🌟 pic.twitter.com/jtsK3ZcbjG
— NYPD Brooklyn South (@NYPDBklynSouth) December 19, 2024
REP. YVETTE CLARK this week raised the alarm about what she described as a “disturbing increase” in mail-, check- and identity-theft cases.
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BROOKLYN LOST 27 chain stores over the past year, according to a report released Thursday by the Center for an Urban Future.
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IT’S THE SLOW SEASON for blood donations, so the New York Blood Center will be giving donors either a festive pair of socks or a beanie.
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for @TheBrooklynRail, i reviewed “change” by edouard louishttps://t.co/iVCQncQP1o
— maddie crum (@MaddieCrum) December 19, 2024
The holidays are a busy time, and New Yorkers rely on our subways to safely get them where they need to go. Our @NationalGuardNY members are a part of our plan to do just that.
I was honored to meet some of the members who help keep New Yorkers safe every day. pic.twitter.com/14M7fMgbRE
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) December 19, 2024
Nearly ten years after a fatal Memorial Day weekend shooting, the gunman has been sentenced to prison.
Bushwick resident David Cruz was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison for shooting William Perez point-blank on May 25, 2015, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Cruz was convicted of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in November, after a jury trial.
“Today’s sentence brings the defendant to justice for a reprehensible act of violence,” Gonzalez said in a statement. “It should also send a strong message that shooting guns in our streets cannot and will not be tolerated, and that my office is committed to holding to account anyone who commits crimes that ruin lives and jeopardize public safety in Brooklyn.”
According to the DA’s office, the victim, Perez, was on his way to a Memorial Day barbecue in East New York with friends when he “crossed paths” with Cruz and two associates.
Just before 9 p.m., one of Perez’ friends, a 22-year-old, was shot multiple times, and the group fled down the street. Perez, though, turned back toward the corner where his friend had been shot, and Cruz caught up with him — then shot him once in the back.
Cruz fled the scene and threw the gun into the front yard of a daycare nearby, according to the DA. Perez was taken to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
An investigation identified Perez as the likely shooter, and he was arrested in 2018. A previous jury trial ended in mistrial, per the DA.
NYC TEMPERATURES ARE set to plummet this weekend, with Saturday expected to be in the 30s and Sunday to be in the 20s.
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