What would you do if you encountered a suicidal person in Harlem? The classic scenario of a person standing on a bridge likely comes to mind when we think of suicide.Continue reading
WebMD reports that one doctor commits suicide in the U.S. every day -- the highest suicide rate of any profession. And the number of doctor suicides -- 28 to 40 per 100,000 -- is more than twice that of the general population, new research shows.Continue reading
Patch reports that a man was rescued Sunday, March 25th, 2018, from the span of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge that connects East Harlem with Randall's Island, police said.Continue reading
An officer shot an emotionally disturbed man in the leg in Harlem on Sunday after he charged at cops with two knives in his hands, police said.Continue reading
The NYPD has closed its investigation into the death of NY State Court of Appeals Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, who was found dead on the shores of the Hudson River in April, according to multiple reports.Continue reading
The body of Associate Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first African-American woman to be appointed to New York's Court of Appeals, was found dead in the Hudson River on April 12, 2017.Continue reading
A 23-year-old Columbia University student in Harlem jumped to her death early Thursday morning from the seventh floor of an off-campus dormitory, the NYPD told Patch.Continue reading
George Ortiz, hairstylist who appeared on 53 episodes of "Project Runway" was found dead in his apartment on Riverside Drive in Hamilton Heights Tuesday morning. Continue reading
A man took a fatal plunge from an overpass and landed in the parking lot of the Fairway Market in Harlem on Tuesday afternoon, according to police and witnesses.Continue reading