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CBS News
5 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Surveillance video allegedly shows NYPD officers leaving scene of deadly crash
Surveillance footage allegedly shows two New York City police officers leaving the scene of a deadly crash in northern Manhattan earlier this year. The crash happened in Inwood just after 4 a.m. on April 2. In the footage, a driver is seen speeding down the Dyckman Street exit off the Henry Hudson Parkway southbound before crashing and catching on fire. Seconds later, an NYPD police cruiser also takes the exit, but it makes a left at the end of the ramp and appears to leave the scene. Fire trucks later arrive and put the flames out. Two New York City police officers are suspended for allegedly leaving the scene of a fatal crash after a pursuit on the Henry Hudson Parkway on April 2, 2025. Photo provided "Those two cops played judge, jury and executioner" Francisco Andres Guzman Parra, 31, died in the crash. His family couldn't hold back the tears as they watched the video for the first time. "They could've helped get him out, get him assistance," stepmother Carmen Colon said. "When we see that video, we're seeing a crime being committed." "It's enraging, honestly. In that one moment, those two cops played judge, jury and executioner. They all of a sudden determined when and how this guy would survive or not survive," family attorney Jeremy Feigenbaum said. The attorney says emergency crews didn't arrive until 20 minutes after the crash. "To think he was in that car suffering for that long. One minute's too long. Imagine more than 15 minutes," sister Shakira Guzman said. "His body was completely burned to a degree where we had to use dental records to be able to identify him," Colon said. Guzman Parra's family says he came to the United States from the Dominican Republic at the age of 5 and was undocumented. They believe he was likely fleeing the police that night in fear of being deported. Police say Guzman Parra was speeding and the vehicle he was driving was stolen. "If he was doing something wrong, get him help, get him to the hospital, cuffed to the bed, and process him," Colon said. "But you don't leave him there to die. Not only to die, but to burn." The NYPD says the two officers are suspended with pay. The force investigation division continues to investigate.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'It kind of took off and blew up!' - Inwood's hope for Bolton chance next season
SAM Inwood hopes his eventful end to the season can push his claim for first team football under Steven Schumacher. The highly rated 19-year-old remedied a defensive injury crisis to start the final two games against Peterborough United and Stevenage having played less than half an hour of senior football in the Vertu Trophy to that point. This was already a year when Inwood was selected for Northern Ireland's Under-21s – a departure from his first international steps with the Republic - and having made the breakthrough he is now looking forward to what comes next. 'It kind of took off and blew up in the last few months, really,' he said. 'For the first few months of the season I was in the B team and then maybe towards the end I was trying to get out on loan. For one reason or another that didn't come off. 'Then you are thinking: 'Is this a season where nothing's happened?' And then I got the call-up to the first team and, all of a sudden, you look back and it's been a pretty decent season for me. 'Seeing that I have been given that chance gives me hope for next year. 'I've just got to jobs" target="_blank">work hard in the off-season, work hard and improve pre-season and hope the gaffer selects me for first team again.' Inwood has been with Wanderers since the age of 15, having been left in limbo after Bury's sad demise in 2019. Though he was still representing Salford Schools, the defender was not sure if another club would step forward in the middle of the pandemic, a period of great uncertainty in the game. 'I didn't know what to do afterwards, I was a bit stuck to be honest,' he said. READ MORE Wanderers' Academy Legacy Programme explained as first caps handed out Schumacher confident there won't be 'black clouds' following Bolton next season Sharon Brittan: Promotion disappointment has strengthened resolve at Wanderers 'I'd heard quite a lot of lads had clubs ringing up asking them to come and trial, but I didn't really have anything.' Inwood trained briefly with Bolton's development group but it was only a few weeks later that Mark Litherland – who had been with him at Bury – offered up a second shot of a scholarship with the Whites. He worked with Julian Darby in the youth team before another cluster of opportunities presented themselves and he was offered a professional deal with the club. 'It was quite weird,' he added. 'The January before my pro (contract) I went down for a two or three day Republic of Ireland camp in Loughborough and when I came back from that I trained with the first team for the first time. 'I then travelled with the first team, got the pro, went to the B team, and then trained with the first team quite regularly. 'I've been in and out of training since and travelling a few times, so you've just got to take everything individually and work it out. 'You can't think: 'I've been with them so I should be on the bench, or I have been on the bench, so I should be starting.' You can't think that way. 'You have just got to take that each week as it comes. If they need you, if they want you, it's fine. But if they don't and you're involved with the B team you can't get too down about it, you have just got to say: 'Right I've got to perform well for the B team now.'
New York Times
12-05-2025
- Business
- New York Times
An Arts Hub and Affordable Housing Under One Roof in Inwood
As a graduate student in Connecticut, Mino Lora wrote her thesis on creating and producing a free, accessible theater in Upper Manhattan for and about immigrants. Nearly two decades later, the People's Theatre, which she envisioned and co-founded in 2009, will open its first permanent home in an unexpected site: a new apartment building in Inwood. The Miramar, at West 206th Street between Ninth and 10th Avenues, is a mixed-income, mixed-use rental building nestled near the Harlem River in a largely immigrant neighborhood. The building, which is nearing completion and recently started leasing, is part of Gov. Kathy Hochul's $25 billion plan to create or preserve 100,000 affordable homes across New York State. The multidisciplinary performing arts center is slated to open there in July 2026. The Miramar takes its name from the outdoor saltwater swimming complex that occupied the site from 1926 until it closed in 1969 and was replaced by a supermarket. The developers hope it will be a good neighbor through its design, its partnership with cultural organizations and its and mixed-income model. In 2018, a rezoning plan was approved in Inwood that would largely reshape the industrial area east of 10th Avenue as part of the city's effort to create and preserve affordable housing units. Some residents opposed the plan, worried it would change the character and identity of the predominately Dominican community. 'Neighborhoods with such strong community and history are very suspicious about what's to come and how the dynamic of the neighborhood would change,' said Colleen Wenke, the president and chief operating officer at Taconic Partners, which codeveloped the Miramar with a women-led development team in partnership with LMXD and MSquared. The Miramar comprises two connected buildings, and the entire complex extends nearly a block. The facade uses three different colors of brick to make the site feel less overwhelming, said Cassie Walker, a partner at Beyer Blinder Belle, which oversaw the architecture. The highest part of the complex reaches 17 stories, cascading downward in other parts to allow for more sunlight. Along with landscaped terraces, the Miramar will have two courtyard gardens and a roof deck with grilling stations and views of the Harlem River, a train yard, and even Billionaire's Row south of Central Park. The amenities, available to all residents, will include a lounge that's accessible to all points of the building as well as a billiards room, a fitness center and a karaoke lounge. At the base, there is retail space for six to nine stores, depending on how they're subdivided. Ms. Lora described the building's Public Theatre space, which cost $35 million to build and will span nearly 20,000 feet, as a 'civic, cultural, multigenerational center.' The 'flexible theater space' will have five to six different configurations that will seat between 99 and 208 guests, Ms. Lora said, meaning it can adapt to live music, dance, film and theater performances. The cultural center, which will be called the People's Theatre: Centro Cultural Inmigrante, will also house an art gallery and a rehearsal space for musicians. The city invested $15 million to help the People's Theatre acquire the cultural center. The nonprofit also received state funding and private donations, including $1 million from the family of Lin-Manuel Miranda, the songwriter, actor, director and producer. 'The notion of Mino Lora being able to have an uptown theater in Uptown Manhattan, where she's made incredible work with her team, was really very exciting for us,' said Mr. Miranda, who grew up in Inwood. He added, 'To see artists who grew up uptown like myself and who have stayed uptown and are continuing to make art up here is incredibly gratifying.' In a neighborhood like Inwood with deep cultural ties, the approach to a new development like the Miramar is to 'bring in new folks, but also respect what's there,' said Alicia Glen, the founder and managing principal of MSquared, who served as New York City deputy mayor for housing and economic development from 2014 to 2019. 'It wasn't to do the minimum amount of affordable housing,' she said. 'It was to do more than we needed to do.' Among the 698 units, which range from studios to three-bedrooms, 281 are available through the housing lottery for those making 40, 60 or 80 percent of the area median income. (The lottery closes June 2). Another 10 percent are work force housing units, or moderate income, at 120 percent of the area median income. The remaining 50 percent are market rate, with studios and one-bedrooms starting at $3,100, two-bedrooms at $3,900 and three-bedrooms at $5,700. Corcoran is handling the leasing. The first residents are slated to arrive in June. 'This is going to create good for so many,' said Ms. Lora. 'And especially in the midst of the neighborhood changing, having our Black and brown bodies and our young people performing and speaking in different languages, I think, is essential to preserving the colors of our community.'
BBC News
31-01-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Woman, 23, appeals for stem cell donor to save her life
A young fashion designer who needs weekly blood transfusions to stay alive has said a stem cell donor coming forward is her "only hope".Abbie Inwood, 23, from Gomersal, West Yorkshire, has a rare condition called aplastic anaemia, which means her body can't produce new blood has been told a stem cell transplant is her final treatment option, but doctors have so far been unable to find a donor match, despite an international Inwood is now making a desperate appeal for more people to register as potential donors and said: "It's frightening because without that special person coming forward I probably won't be here." She recognised unusual symptoms during the final year of her fashion design and marketing degree at Northumbria University in 2023."I was exhausted all the time and I kept getting dark bruises on my legs; I knew something wasn't right."Blood tests revealed dangerously low haemoglobin levels and she was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with the severe blood said her whole future was now "on hold"."You just don't believe you'll ever get news like that and unfortunately I can't continue with my career in fashion while I'm having constant blood transfusions; my body can't cope."Her condition puts her at high risk of infection so she stays busy at home mending garments for family members, going for walks and spending time with close friends. Treatments such as ATG therapy (which prevents T-cells from attacking bone marrow and allowing it to recover), have so far been unsuccessful for Miss Inwood and she urgently needs a initially thought that her younger brother could be a suitable donor but later confirmed he was only a "half-match", making the procedure too risky. "We are all trying to stay positive, but I can't continue to live like this, without a transplant," she Inwood's mother Amanda said her daughter was her world and she was feeling desperate."They've done a global search of all the databases and there is no match for Abbie yet."What can I say as a mother except that I would be truly grateful and forever in debt to anyone who comes forward to help her." Miss Inwood has to take 20 tablets a day and have blood transfusions and tests every week at hospitals in Leeds and Dewsbury. She hopes sharing her experiences will encourage others to sign up as a potential stem cell donor on the Anthony Nolan charity's register. "I don't want anyone else to go through this."If you're aged 16 to 30, you could literally save someone's life, and most people can donate their stem cells a bit like giving blood."Sarah Rogers, head of patient involvement at Anthony Nolan, said: "Every year, amazing people like Abbie face the unimaginable reality of being told a stem cell donor match hasn't been found for them,""We urgently need more young people, especially those from minority ethnic backgrounds, to consider joining the donor register. You'll receive a swab kit in the post and you just need to send it back to us for free. It's as simple as that."Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
