Author: Michael Wilner (Michael Wilner)

Various reports since the beginning of November indicate anti-Semitic violence may be increasing in New York City. The New York Observer reports swastika paintings, car burnings and “KKK” graffiti in the Midwood section of Brooklyn earlier this month, and MyFoxNY.com reported similar graffiti on libraries and a synagogue in Queens’Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst during the same...

Article corrected on 11/7/2011. Over fifty police officers from the 73rd and 81st precincts, a canine team and at least one NYPD helicopter are searching for a man who shot numerous rounds from a black Mercedes Benz around 1:00 pm today. The suspect abandoned the car in Glenmore Plaza in Brownsville after he fled the...

The most recent forecast predicts less snow in Brooklyn than in Manhattan, but snow will nonetheless likely hit the borough on Saturday evening, carried by a rare October nor-easter, The Wall Street Journal reports. The heaviest snowfall from the storm is expected between 5:00-8:00 PM. You can read more here.

Police say they are looking for a man accused of attacking a 77-year-old woman in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Thursday night, the Daily News reports. The attack allegedly occurred around noon at the woman’s workplace, where she fought the perpetrator off and escaped without harm. Police have released camera footage of the incident.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Brookdale Hospital is investigating the death of a 6-month old boy. Amaan Ahmmad was given an adult dose of an antibiotic, a spokesman said, resulting in what the hospital called a “tragic accident.” The child was being treated for pneumonia. Read more at the WSJ here.