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NEW YORK – The renaming of the corner of 42nd Street with 23rd Avenue in Astoria as Anastasios Tsakos Way is proposed by a group of expatriates led by the well-known Greek-American businessman Constantinos Prentzas and supported by community organizations and businesses. As Prentzas told The National Herald, this is a symbolic move in order to honor the memory of the Greek-American NYPD police officer who lost his life while on duty in the early hours of Holy Tuesday, April 27, on the asphalt of the Long Island Expressway, when he was struck and killed by a drunk driver. "I...

A woman who allegedly crashed into a New York City Police Department officer during a drunk-driving incident, killing him, apologized as she was led away from a police precinct in handcuffs. Jessica Beauvais, 32, was charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter, reckless endangerment, leaving an accident resulting in death, and driving while intoxicated, the NYPD told news outlets on Tuesday. The crash left 14-year NYPD veteran Anastasio Tsakos dead. The Epoch Times has contacted the NYPD for comment. Beauvais was driving on a suspended driver’s license during the time of the crash, officials said, adding that in all, her...

Earlier today, while discussing AOC’s half-baked proposal to defund the police, I noted what the unfortunate results of such a move would be. Thankfully, that was only a hypothetical conversation… at least until a few hours later. No matter how bad things might get in New York City under the administration of Bill de Blasio, we were never going to fall that far down the rabbit hole, right? Well, hang onto your hat, Alice, and keep an eye out for a giant bunny with a pocket watch. After just saying on Friday that he was opposed to doing anything...

The Associated Press is reporting that United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is asking New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to allow New York Ciy Police Officers to participate in United Nations peacekeeping missions like Kosovo and Sudan. The Secretary General needs to open his eyes and realize that New York City’s police officers – especially those who walk the beat around First Avenue between 40th Street and 50th Street – are already on an international peacekeeping mission. They are kept very busy with trivial tasks like writing out citations for cars with diplomatic plates that are illegally parked to...