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Today’s Big Stories
1. Noem blames NYC sanctuary city policy for Border Patrol officer shooting
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday criticized New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the city’s sanctuary policies after an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer was shot in an attempted robbery over the weekend.
“This didn’t have to happen,” Noem said at a news conference, where she was joined by U.S. border czar Tom Homan and CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott. “We want more cooperation out of local law enforcement to get dangerous illegal aliens off our streets.”
2. Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted in 1979 Etan Patz case
The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz was awarded a new trial Monday as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s most notorious missing child cases.
Pedro Hernandez has been serving 25 years to life in prison since his 2017 conviction. He had been arrested in 2012 after a decades-long, haunting search for answers in Etan’s disappearance, which happened on the first day he was allowed to walk alone to his school bus stop in New York City.
3. Former NYPD interim commissioner files $10M claim alleging defamation by mayor, officials
Thomas Donlon, the former interim commissioner of the New York Police Department, has filed a $10 million notice of claim against the city of New York, Mayor Eric Adams and former Deputy Commissioner Tarik Sheppard, alleging a coordinated effort to defame him following his allegations of corruption within the NYPD and City Hall.
The notice of claim, a required step before suing a city agency in New York, was filed days after Donlon brought a civil lawsuit in federal court that accuses the Adams administration of engaging in racketeering, civil rights violations and retaliation against whistleblowers.
4. Red paint splashed outside of AOC’s Bronx office
Police are investigating a possible act of vandalism outside of a Bronx office for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The office is on Herschell Street in the Westchester Square section of the borough.
Police say they got a call just before 1 a.m. Monday. When they arrived, they found red paint splashed outside the window of the office.
5. Queens street vendors on edge over immigration policies, deportations
As fears of the Trump administration’s immigration raids grow across the five boroughs, some street vendors in Corona Plaza, Queens say they have no choice but to continue working.
Xochitl Campos, a street vendor, says around 60% of her earnings have dropped since immigration enforcement agents have expanded arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants.
6. Police: Father charged with murder after daughter found dead outside Lake George
The father of a 9-year-old girl who was found dead in Ticonderoga on Sunday lied to investigators about her abduction as they were returning home to Canada, New York State Police said Monday.
Luciano Frattolin, 45, of Montreal, faces a second-degree murder charge and a concealment of a human corpse charge, troopers said. He was arraigned Monday in Ticonderoga Town Court, and was remanded to the Essex County jail without bail. His next court appearance is expected to be Friday.
Maria DiMeglio volunteers with a program to help blind and low-vision cyclists learn to ride bikes. (Spectrum News NY1/ Chelsea Katz)
Maria DiMeglio: Cycling for the visually impaired
Maria DiMeglio doesn’t let her vision impairments stop her from cycling around Central Park.
DiMeglio volunteers with InTandem, a program that gets low-vision and blind New Yorkers on bikes.
For helping visually impaired New Yorkers feel the joys of cycling, Maria DiMeglio is our New Yorker of the Week.