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JFK International Airport
Fort Lee
News
Workers Killed In JFK Construction Accident ID'd
Two workers were killed after becoming trapped under rubble at JFK International Airport this week have been identified. Franciso Reyes and Fernando Pereira were relocating utility lines at an energy plant near the airport for its redevelopment project, when they became trapped under rubble in a trench around 11:10 a.m., on Monday, April 3, officials said. The workers were removed from the trench and subsequently pronounced dead, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. "Francisco was a hardworking 10-year member, while Fernando was just beginning his career in 731,"&n…
Fort Lee
News
Two Workers Dead In JFK Construction Accident (
Developing
)
Two workers were killed after becoming trapped under rubble at JFK International Airport on Monday, April 3, authorities tell Daily Voice. The workers became trapped around 11:10 a.m., while relocating utility lines at an energy plant near the airport for its redevelopment project, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. A stop order for all construction at JFK has been issued. The Port Authority is conducting the investigation. Photos from Fox5 show equipment surrounding what appears to be a trench. Flight operations at the airport were not affected. …
Ocean
Police & Fire
Brick Man Charged With Uploading Child Pornography With Kik App: Prosecutor
A 35-year-old man from Brick Township has been charged with possessing child pornography, authorities said. Christopher Budelman was charged on Sept. 27, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. This investigation was the result of a referral from the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The ICAC Task Force detected that an individual was uploading images of child pornography to the internet using the Kik Messenger App, Billhimer said. Detectives seized a desktop computer with a hard-drive containing images of child porn…
Bucks
Police & Fire
Building Owner Charged In Death Of Philly Firefighter Sean Williamson: Report
A building owner has been accused of setting a fire that killed a longtime Philadelphia firefighter, 6abc reports. Al-Ashraf Khalil, 28, is facing multiple charges for lying to investigators about his whereabouts at the time of the incident that killed 51-year-old Sean Williamson on Saturday, June 18, the outlet says. Surveillance footage apparently confirmed Khalil's presence at the scene and he was arrested at JFK International Airport in New York City after unsuccessfully entering Jordan, according to the outlet. He is charged with maliciously damaging a building by means of fire and …
Fort Lee
News
NYC Man Gets 38 Years Without Parole For Assisting ISIS, Stabbing Jail Guard
A Queens man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years without parole in federal prison for trying to support ISIS, followed by another eight years for assaulting a federal correctional officer. Ali Saleh, 28, will have to serve out just about all of the consecutive sentences because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Saleh “swore an oath of allegiance to ISIS” and embraced the terrorist organization’s directive to either travel to the Middle East or take action at home, a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn says. “I’m ready to die for the Caliphate, prison is nothing…
Nassau
News
Lirr
Riders On Track To Have Access To Grand Central Terminal For First Time
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) riders will soon have access to Grand Central Terminal for the first time, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. After decades of delays, the bulk of construction at the East Side Access project is completed, with the concourses scheduled to be opened up by December 2022, the governor announced, marking the first time LIRR riders will be connected directly to the East Side in Manhattan. The project includes eight new tracks for the station and includes improvements to help ease the rush at Penn Station, making it easier to get to different parts of Manhattan dir…
Berks
News
Gotcha
! Reading Homicide Suspect Captured Trying To Board Plane
A Reading homicide suspect was captured trying to board a plane at a New York City airport just days after the alleged murder, WFMZ reports. An investigation ensued when authorities found 24-year-old Walner Torres-Santana dead with multiple gunshot wounds on Pear Street around 5:30 a.m. Sunday, according to the City of Reading Police Department. Roland Pena was taken into custody by Port Authority police at JFK International Airport Thursday morning and is awaiting extradition back to Pennsylvania, police said. It is believed Pena, who is a Reading resident, was trying to flee the cou…
Nassau
News
Covid-
19: Cuomo Announces When Daily Briefings Will End, Blames Feds For Being Cause Of Crisis
The daily novel coronavirus (COVID-19) briefings that have made New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo a household name across the nation for more than three months will soon be coming to an end. With the state recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic better than any other in the country, Cuomo announced that he will cease hosting daily briefings on the virus at the end of the workweek. The briefings were held at the State Capitol in Albany and other sites throughout the state, and once in Washington, D.C., every day, including weekends, since early March. “These daily briefings, while fun, take a lot of …
Essex NJ
News
FAA Rescinds Ban On Flights To
Nyc-a
rea Airports Including Newark
The Federal Aviation Administration lifted a ban temporarily suspending flights to NYC-area airports including Newark due to coronavirus-related staffing issues at regional air-traffic control center. The agency ordered air traffic controllers to stop all departures to JFK, LaGuardia, Newark and Philadelphia International Airport Saturday -- only to rescind it minutes later. Several U.S. airlines cancelled flights this week after a series of COVID-19 cases involving air traffic control personnel. The FAA closed the air traffic control tower at JFK early Friday before reopeni…
South Orange
News
SUNY/CUNY Students Returning From Abroad Will Now Not Come Through Stewart Airport
There’s been a change of plans for SUNY and CUNY students studying abroad who are being brought back to the United States amid coronavirus concerns. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week that approximately 300 students and staff studying in China, Italy, Japan, Iran, or South Korea are being flown home and will be quarantined for 14 days “out of an abundance of caution.” Originally, the students were to be flown into Stewart Airport in New Windsor, and then quarantined in a “dorm-like” setting. However, State Sen. James Skoufis announced on Friday, March 6 that following discussi…
Nassau
Lifestyle
JFK Ranks No. 1 Among US Airports For International Flight Deals, New Survey Says
A new survey from Scott’s Cheap Flights, a popular website for finding deals on flights, shows that JFK ranks as the No. 1 United States airport for best deals on international flights. The survey was compiled by analyzing the number of cheap international flight deals that were sent to Scott’s Cheap Flights customers. According to the results, New York City’s JFK International Airport topped the list with a total of 436 cheap international flight deals. These results are understandable considering that New York’s JFK is an American and Delta Hub. It is also the home base for JetBlue and is…
Essex NJ
News
Newark Airport Rated America’s Worst
One of the region’s three major airports was dealt a humbling blow this week, when a company that specializes in helping fliers win compensation for airline service issues ranked it dead last in the United States. In fact, AirHelp found that Newark Liberty International Airport was one of the worst in the world, landing just 16 places from the bottom of a list of 132 airports for which the organization compiled data. Not all major metro airports were ranked -- one of Newark's sister airports in the region, LaGuardia, does not appear on the list. JFK was in 86th place. The Newar…
Norwalk
Lifestyle
Waiting Game: This Area Airport Has Slowest Security Lines In North America
This probably will not shock anyone who has waited in line at this international airport, been frisked or nearly missing a flight due to security delays. It's now ranked as the worst in North America as far as long security lines. According to preliminary data compiled by J.D. Power, as reported here, the California-based market-research company, JFK International Airport -- which is New York City’s busiest airport -- is by far the worst when it comes to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) lines. The average wait time at JFK Airport is 19.02 minutes compared to the overall aver…
