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Officers from the Harbor Unit dove in after him and took him into custody, the NYPD said.
Habakkuk Tracey was arrested for keeping the feisty gator along with crack and a gun, police said.
Members of the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit performed the daring rescue Wednesday morning.
A passerby took care of the animal.
The NYPD talked a shirtless man out of jumping from the Broadway Bridge Friday afternoon.
Police spent more than two hours talking to the woman before pulling her from the ledge to safety.
The NYPD is taking precautions, including relocating a firehouse, amid threats against police.
The dolphin was trapped in the creek near Cropsey Avenue and Bay 54th Street, police said.
The 62-year-old man threatened to jump off the bridge, but police talked him down, the NYPD said.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.