Yesterday, the police identified the suspect who robbed a 78-year-old woman being pushed in a wheelchair last month. Surveillance videos captured the daytime theft of a purse in Bushwick and the footage aired on TV: According to the Daily News, "Cody Santiago, 18, was sitting on a couch in the living room of his family's Bushwick home Tuesday night when the TV began to broadcast the video of the heartless heist, his family said." His mother even said, "Cody, why did you do that?" and when he denied it, she said, "Yes, that's you, Cody. Don't deny it!" more ›

The NYPD released surveillance footage of a man who grabbed a purse out of the lap of a wheelchair-bound woman last month in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. more ›

At a performance in Sydney, Australia over the weekend, Lady Gaga rolled out onto the stage in a wheelchair wearing a mermaid outfit. Sound familiar? Maybe that's because Bette Midler created that act back in the 1980s. Midler took to Twitter to rant at the pop star, saying, "Dear @ladygaga I've been doing singing mermaid in a wheelchair since 1980—You can keep the meat dress and the firecracker tits—mermaid's mine." Indeed, Midler did do it first: more ›

And the city has itself a new subway hero! Jerome Billings, the wheelchair-bound man who accidentally rolled onto the subway tracks in Harlem on Friday, wants to thank MTA worker Carlos Betancourt and all the straphangers who helped haul him out. "They saved me," Billings said. "I'm forever grateful...It would have been such a horrible way to die. I fought off AIDS for 20 years, and now I'm going to go out like this. I couldn't believe I was going to die on a dirty subway track." And it turns out that it was all the Bible's fault! more ›

A 50-year-old man's coat sleeve got caught on the control for his motorized wheelchair yesterday afternoon, causing him to shoot forward and fall into the subway tracks at the 125th Street 4,5 and 6 station. Jerome Billings fell into the area where the train would be rounding the corner into the station, but civilians and MTA workers jumped into the tracks to haul him up. more ›

Seriously: On Roosevelt Island's Main Street earlier this morning, an Access-A-Ride van—which "provides transportation for people with disabilities who are unable to use public bus or subway service for some or all of their trips"—hit and drove over a 61-year-old man in a wheelchair. Roosevelt Islander got this tip: more ›

The 68-year-old Florida man whose motorized wheelchair was stolen during a visit to Manhattan, has some new wheels now... but his family is fuming over the theft. The man, Thomas Kessler, was dining at Palm Too in Midtown with his daughters, and left his wheelchair parked outside. Soon after, a man—who was caught on surveillance video, drove off in it (at 4 m.p.h.). Kessler's son-in-law told the Daily News, "The girls said, 'Who would do a thing like that?' You don't know what they went through to make the trip happen." more ›

When a 68-year-old Florida man left his pricey electric-powered wheelchair parked outside of Palm Too restaurant on 2nd Avenue and 45th Street recently, it didn't take long for someone to snag it. The disabled man was dining with his daughter when the incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. on July 20th; his $5,000 wheelchair has not been recovered. A witness allegedly saw the suspect driving the wheelchair, which has a top speed of 4 MPH, northbound after he stole it. more ›

NY's own "Prince of Darkness," Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, has struck again! In another act of politically-motivated malevolence, Cuomo announced the arrest of a Queens nurse who allegedly dumped an elderly patient out of her wheelchair, causing her to writhe in pain on the floor with a broken hip. Isn't it interesting how Cuomo publicized this arrest just as he prepares to run for Governor? more ›

A legless man in a wheelchair planted explosives in the 125th Street Metro-North station yesterday, according to police. Trains were rerouted and the Harlem station was evacuated while officers tried to make sure that the "pyrotechnic" device, which consisted of M-80 fireworks and shotgun shells, didn't detonate. more ›

Here we go again. After countless allegations of fraud and abuse of police parking placards, a new report indicates that some 22,000 parking decals for disabled drivers are missing, and they might have fallen into the wrong hands. According to city Comptroller John Liu, the massive number of missing permits means there could be a lucrative black market for the handicapped stickers. "Fraudulent permits are easily created using these seals," he said. more ›

The wheelchair-bound man suspected in a gruesome slaying in an East Village shelter stabbed his disabled victim more than 20 times, according to the Daily News. After being teased about the size of his manhood, investigators believe that 51-year-old Felipe Rivera-Cruz stabbed 24-year-old Ronal Garcia four times in the chest, knocking the victim out of his wheelchair. Once on the ground, Cruz is accused of cutting the defenseless victim in the back and side in "excess of a dozen" more times with a folding knife, according to the criminal complaint. more ›

Two wheelchair-bound residents of an East Village shelter got into a deadly argument early yesterday morning. Witnesses say that 24-year-old Ronal Garcia was killed after being stabbed repeatedly by 51-year-old suspect Felipe Rivera-Cruz after the pair exchanged insults. more ›

Just before 10 a.m. a report came over the newswire saying a female in a wheelchair was pinned under a truck. Shortly after a reader sent in these photos from the accident, which occurred on Bleecker and 8th Avenue, showing the truck was a City Parks vehicle. The vicitim was unconscious and transported to St. Vincent's Hospital, and there has been no additional word on her condition. more ›

While Governor Paterson's press conference announcing the introduction of same-sex legislation was an monumental landmark event, there was a very awkward moment. Right before Mayor Bloomberg was to speak, some music started playing which made him freak out more than a little. more ›

An East Islip man with cerebral palsy is suing the Long Island Railroad because a conductor repeatedly announced over a public address system that he was in a wheelchair. The incident occurred last August when 22-year-old Anthony Faggiani (be mature; he's handicapped) was on his way home from a Yankees game with his father. more ›

Last night, the White House announced that then-Vice President Dick Cheney would be confined a wheelchair during the Inauguration ceremonies because he injured himself while helping out with his move to McLean, Virginia. (Naturally, Keith Olbermann was really excited by the news, which broke while he was on air.) During today's Inauguration coverage, former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw essentially said, unfortunately due to his strained back muscle, newspapers will say tomorrow that Cheney had a "Dr Strangelove" appearance because he's in the wheelchair. Tom, you're so helpful with your ideas. more ›

A 72-year-old wheelchair-bound Bronx woman is suing the fire department for laughing and injuring her after she called them for help last March, the Post reports. The ex-husband of two-hundred pound Ziola Garcia called 911 after her "self-powered" wheelchair, which elevates 3½ feet to allow her to reach objects, got stuck in the "up" position. But it was all a big joke to the firemen who responded, she alleges: "They were laughing at me, making fun of me because I was trapped in the chair. I was insulted. I asked them, 'What's the show?'" Her shoulder was also injured during the rescue attempt. more ›

Yesterday, as many respectfully cheered on the marathon participants, a skateboarder ran directly into a wheelchair racer in Park Slope. Was it intentional? Witnesses say it was. From this Flickr thread:He came riding in from the side and didn't even try to stop himself. As soon as he stood up, he was smirking and after the NYPD yelled at him, when he retrieved his skateboard and walked up the block towards where I was standing,... more ›