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Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Yahoo
Group of white teens 'brutally' attack Black 16-year-old at Brooklyn subway station: police
The Brief A Black 16-year-old was attacked by a group of white teens at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn. The attackers hurled racial slurs at the victim and posted a video of the incident to Instagram, according to reports. The victim's mother demands answers and action, while police have arrested a 16-year-old suspect facing multiple charges, including hate crime and robbery. NEW YORK - A group of white teens "brutally attacked" a Black 16-year-old at a Brooklyn subway station, hurling banana peels at the victim and calling him racial slurs during the beating, according to police and news reports. "He didn't deserve that. These thugs are terrorizing Black children in this neighborhood. I want something done," the victim's mother, Monique Whyte, said at a Friday press conference. "I have questions. I wanna know why." The victim's motherWhat we know The incident happened on Monday, March 24, on the platform of the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station. According to police, the suspects threw an object at the victim, assaulted him and used racial slurs during the attack. One of the attackers reportedly stole one of the teen's shoes during the incident. Whyte said this attack wasn't about hurting her son: this was about humiliating him: "A video circulated of my son being brutally attacked. Not once, but twice, in this train station. And I have questions. I wanna know why," Whyte said. "They threw a banana at him. It hit him in his face. The beat him … they posted pictures of him on the floor." The victim declined medical attention at the scene but later went to NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health for treatment related to head injuries. The video of the incident was briefly posted to Instagram and circulated online before being taken down, law enforcement sources said. Police say a 16-year-old male suspect has been arrested and is facing five charges, including second-degree hate crime, second-degree robbery, third-degree hate crime robbery, third-degree robbery, and second-degree hate crime gang assault. Another 14-year-old was reportedly arrested. What's next The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is continuing to investigate the incident. Authorities are asking anyone with information about the assault to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. The Source This article uses information from the NYPD, the victim's mother's press conference and the New York Post.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Yahoo
2 white teens arrested for hate-filled group attack on black boy, 16, inside NYC subway station
A pair of white teens were arrested for throwing a banana and shouting racial slurs at a black teenager before pummeling him with their pals inside a Brooklyn subway station Monday morning, police said. The 16-year-old boy was walking inside the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station when a group of nine teens attacked him during a hate-filled robbery around 8 a.m., according to sources and cops. The crazed white mob chucked a banana at him, called him the N-word and then kicked and punched him before snatching one of his shoes on the mezzanine level inside the station, cops said. The teen refused medical attention at the scene but later went to NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health for head injuries. The sickening assault was posted on Instagram and briefly went viral before it was taken down, sources said. Charges against the two teens — a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy — were pending Wednesday night. The other assailants, believed to be all teenage boys, have yet to be caught. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident.
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Health care facility to open new home in South Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A celebration with health care leaders marked a significant milestone for NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health on Tuesday as they cut the ribbon for the new location of the Ida G. Israel Community Health Center in Coney Island. The event represented a new era in accessible health care for the community, especially significant given the center's history of resilience following the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State CEO Svetlana Lipyanskaya of South Brooklyn Health emphasized the importance of the new facility. 'The new facility that will be provided today will be family medicine, pediatrics and colorectal substance use services for our neighbors,' Lipyanskaya said. 'This is a brand new building, brand new space. It was just built out for this purpose. We now have a medical side and around the corner in the same building we have the behavioral health side focused on substance abuse.' The journey to this permanent home has been long and challenging. Lipyanskaya provided some background: 'The original Ida G. Israel Health Clinic was located on Neptune Avenue. That space was very seriously affected by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, which necessitated the move to a space that's right across the street from where we are today. That was a temporary location.' U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries attended the event, advocating for health care as a fundamental right: 'Health care in America according to some should simply be a privilege, but our view is that access to high quality and affordable health care is a right.' Jeffries added, 'The Ida G. Israel Center will serve the people of this wonderful community on the West End of Coney Island.' Lipyanskaya assured that the transition to the new location would be swift, with services expected to begin within the next couple of weeks. For more information on NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
