Category: <span>Live Wire</span>

SUNY Downstate Medical Center, which said it would close the hospital to save money, has withdrawn its plan in a surprise move that delighted hospital staff, unions and community groups. The announcement comes after weeks of protest. “We are encouraged by SUNY’s decision to withdraw the closure plan,” said Toomas Sorra, MD, President of Concerned Physicians...

Investigators found that the 33-year-old female teacher had sex multiple times with a male student starting when he was 15. He is now 16. Read more at ABC New York.

Police are looking for a group of people who have taken money from the accounts of ATM users. The thieves waited until the victims dipped their cards at one ATM and then got them to use a different machine. The suspects then looked over their shoulders to watch victims enter their PIN numbers and entered...

The NBA announced Wednesday that the Barclays Center will host the league’s 2013 draft on June 27. The draft was held at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. for the past two years. Madison Square Garden hosted the event from 2001-2010. Read more at ESPN.

Manhattan bound lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge will close this weekend due to ramp construction. From 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday morning, vehicles will be diverted to the Manhattan or Williamsburg Bridge, or the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. Read more at DNA Info.

Four people were injured when a van crashed into a deli storefront shortly after sunrise this morning. The van narrowly missed hitting two joggers on the sidewalk. More at NBC New York and NY1.  

A beached dolphin found on the Coney Island shore Tuesday afternoon is being shipped to Riverhead Foundation to determine the cause of death. The research will help marine biologist determine why the number of dolphins washed up on the city’s coast has double in the past decade. Read more at Gothamist.

Con artists are asking the elderly for money and jewelry and threatening to curse their families if they don’t comply. The cash-or-curse scheme is targeting victims in Sheepshead Bay, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and Sunset Park. Read more at CBS New York.  

Citizens of the World Charter school, which is based in Los Angeles and is opening up schools in Crown Heights and Williamsburg in the fall, uses different recruiting methods depending on who lives in the area, according to information obtained by DNAinfo.com. Read more at DNAinfo.com.

The Smith-Ninth Street subway station, which has not seen a passenger in almost two years, will open on Friday, a year later than scheduled. The F and G train stop in Gowanus was closed for repairs. Read more at The New York Times.