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Imecca Burton, her mother, and civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel held a press conference in front of Police Headquarters yesterday to decry the handcuffing of 10-year-old Imecca, who was handcuffed by police in front of PS 25 where she attends elementary school. Police officers witnessed a fight on her school bus and in the ensuing events Imecca was handcuffed. Witnesses said that Imecca was swearing, kicking, and screaming, which is why the cops cuffed her. They were removed once she composed herself. The 10-year-old said she was afraid that she was going to jail and would never get out. "I never thought I'd see my brothers and sisters again," the New York Post reports. The Post labels Imecca Burton as "disabled" when describing her handcuffing and later elaborates that she has attention deficit disorder and dyslexia. Norman Siegel plans to sue the city on her behalf.

For some people, celebrating New Year's didn't mean drinking champagne and wearing whimsical hats: It meant trying to deliver a baby! New York City's first 2008 newborns are from Queens: Kamiyah Alina Barrow was born at midnight at New York Hospital Medical Center in Queens while Isabella Sophia Sears was born about a minute later at Elmhurst Hospital Center.

Given how cold it is, this story is amazing: A teen who had been skateboarding with friends in Elmhurst last night heard some crying and found a a newborn baby girl wrapped in a blanket, inside a brown paper bag, at the top of a dumpster. The temperature was below freezing.

A 2-year-old boy who had crawled out of his Queens apartment through an open window and onto a fire escape fell six stories to his death yesterday morning. His mother had been taking a shower. Neighbors tried to comfort Ezquel Contreras, who was bleeding extensively and was later pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital. The neighbors also said that the child's mother, Sandra Perez, didn't seem to realize her son was gone, since she didn't come...

There were a number of deaths and injuries from incidents all over the city early Sunday morning. The first was a collision between a Toyota and BMW on Hylan Boulevard in Staten Island. The Toyota's driver, 29-year-old Paul Vinin, died while the BMW's driver Jolyn SIlva, was critically injured. Silva's passenger, 17-year-old Paulina Vivirito, had minor injuries. The Staten Island Advance, which said that Toyota "t-boned the BMW", reports that both Vinin and Silva had suspended licenses, from not paying tickets.

Last night in the Ridgewood section of Queens, a man turned the tables against a pair of men that were allegedly robbing him outside his home at 60-34 Putnam Avenue. Police officials told WABC that the 42 year-old shooter was approached by the two men shortly before 10:30 last night. When they attempted to rob him, he shot them multiple times.

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: An escaped prisoner from Elmhurst Hospital, an unusual crime on 42nd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues in Manhattan, and a water rescue at Coney Island
• Is John Liu a born-again preservationist?
• Tiffany & Company and company opened its first store on Lower Broadway in 1837 before moving uptown to its present location. 170 years later, the company is reversing direction and will open a Tiffany & Co. store near the New York Stock Exchange.
• A UK Holiday Rental site is offering a Brooklyn apartment as a summer getaway for vacationing Brits. The description shows that some Brits will be prepared for a true NYC experience: "Summary of the apartment, 1 bedroom, sleeps 10".
• The burglar who broke into Brooklyn Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham's home and stole her jewelry before being easily apprehended because left his resumé behind, penned an apology note to his victim and begged for mercy, saying that he'd returned everything he'd stolen. Cops taking his confession weren't so sure, as he was wearing a pair of her earrings while writing his note.
• The NY Times is working on a big investigative piece about Rupert Murdoch and his businesses - we hope they figure out why "So You Think You Can Dance?" is on the air.
• Peter Braunstein is worried he'll be a target in prison, but would rather his attackers just kill him, instead of fighting or mutilating him.
• A property owner tried to bribe a Department of Buildings inspector to turn a blind eye on unsafe work

Maribel Morales, 27, was in her car at the intersection, waiting for the light to change, when Bousri was struck.

A rookie police officer on duty in Corona, Queens was attacked by a baseball bat-wielding man at 1:20 this morning. The man beat the cop - and then stole the cop's gun.

Early Sunday morning, an off-duty police officer tried to intervene in an altercation in Jackson Heights, Queens. Apparently, the off-duty lieutenant, Jose Jacome, a 16 year NYPD veteran who had picked up his girlfriend from her shift working at a bar, saw a man being beaten by two other men.

The family of Matthew Velez, a 17 year old who was fatally beaten while in a juvenile jail at Rikers in 2000, has accepted a $650,000 settlement with the city. Velez was being held there for a minor drug charge, but was attacked by members of the Bloods. Back in 2004, Newsday found that Rikers guards made "major errors...[that] contributed to Velez's beating and his subsequent death.":

Continue reading "City Settles Rikers Death Lawsuit"

The intersection of 94th Street and Ditmars Boulevard in Queens became the scene of a violent confrontation last night. An off-duty corrections officer shot another man during a struggle that stemmed from road rage.

A man who allegedly pointed a loaded pistol at police was shot in the legs last night in Queens. A sergeant and two officers began following a man after he was seen acting suspiciously near the Queens Center Mall, according to the Times. The plainclothes cops gave chase in an unmarked car when the the suspect began to run. The chase continued on foot until the suspect ran into a parking garage on Junction Blvd at 59th Avenue.

As the biggest city in the country, different New York City hospitals are claiming babies born in their respective maternity wards are the the 300 millionth American. The NY Post had a graphic of three babies - all coming in at 7:46AM yesterday. There's baby Emanuel Plata born in Elmhurst Hospital. Then there's baby Zoe Emile Hudson at New York Presbyterian Cornell. And teeny Joana Palaguachi, born in Flushing Hospital. Newsday also offers a fourth baby into the mix: Mystique Alyzha Agueda, born at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn. All hospitals are bragging, but Newsday found out some sobering news: Census Bureau spokesman Stephen Buckner says, "These are not actual counts, which makes it impossible to actually identify a 300 milllionth American." Well, all of these babies are number 300 million in our book.

This might be a warning against going to the apartment of someone you just met at a bar: Over the weekend, Victor Mendez was stabbed to death from a potato peeler by Adolfo Carreon. The two met at a Queens bar Saturday night, chatting until 4AM and then went to Carreon's apartment, according to the Post. Then, around noon, the two men got into an argument and Carreon pulled the peeler on Mendez. Carreon's girlfriend called the police, and Mendez died at Elmhurst Hospital, from multiple stab wounds (Carreon was stabbing him even when the police were there!).

The Mayor visited the two babies (and their families) whose hospitals claimed them to be the first NYC babies of 2005 in Queens and the Bronx on New Year's. Baby boy Noah Santos, born at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center in the Bronx, and baby girl Daamaiah Hunter, born at Queens' Elmhurst Hospital, both got new "Made in NY" caps from the Mayor, which got Gothamist thinking. "Made in NY" is part of the city's film & TV production incentive program (from now on, with a certain amount of their budget and filming dedicated to NYC get tax breaks, plus use of "Made in NY" logo). So, sure, having a baby in NYC is definitely qualifies it for "Made in NY" status...but what about all the kids conceived in NY, but born in other places? We think the city should try to get in on that racket. Finally, Gothamist still think babies look like little blankets with little old man heads attached.