COUNTY EXECUTIVE LATIMER ESCALATES SECURITY AT WESTCHESTER RAILROAD STATIONS REACTING TO SUBWAY SHOOTINGS IN BROOKLYN TUESDAY–UPDATES
WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER ISSUED THIS STATEMENT :
“We treat today’s attack in Brooklyn ( Editor’s Note: at the 36th Street, Sunset Station aboard an “N” Subway car by a lone gunman still at large 8:30 A.M. Tuesday morning — 10 SHOT, 13 SUSTAINED SMOKE INHALATION OR INJURIES, 5 CRITICAL, EXPECTED TO SURVIVE) with complete and urgent seriousness.
Westchester County Police are deploying additional officers to railroad stations and other transit hubs today, and are also closely monitoring the situation in New York City through our presence on several regional law enforcement task forces.
“County Police officers from the Patrol and Special Operations Divisions will join with municipal police departments in heightened visibility at local railroad stations and other public transit hubs, such as the Transportation Center in White Plains.
Sewell said the suspect was “a male black, approximately 5 feet, 5 inches tall with a heavy build. He was wearing a green construction-type vest and a hooded sweatshirt.” She also said a number of suspicious devices were found, but no other explosive devices had been found, at the time of the news conference late this morning.
The N train is named The Broadway Express. The station of the attack is at 36th Street & 4th Avenue, Sunset Park in Brooklyn and is a busy transfer hub, connects with the D and R trains. It is a busy rush hour station formerly part of the BMT line,(Brooklyn Manhattan Transit).
Police according to statements to media, said they were seeking a person of interest, Frank James, when the police found a key belonging to a van that was identified as when Mr. James had rented. The van was found 4 blocks away at the Kings Highway N Line subway station, where police therorize that is where Mr. James may have entered the subway system. prior to the shootings. Police caution that Mr. James may not be the shooter.)
NY LT. GOVERNOR ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES RELATED TO CAMPAIGN FOR CITY COMPTROLLER MEDIA REPORT
Governor Kathy Hochul’s personal pick for Lieutenant GoveRnor Brian Benjamin was arrested on alleged bribery, fraud and falsification of records this morning, according to The New York Times (first to report the story), Bloomberg on MSN, Yahoo, NBC. He was scheduled to be arraigned today.
This is the second major high profile embarrassment to the state Democratic Party in two weeks.
The first was the Democratic-controlled legislature in Albany redrawing election districts across the state that were allegedly gerrymandered to favor Democratic candidates, resulting in the loss of 4 Republican districts. A 14-person lawsuit in Steuben County resulted in Judge Patrick McAllister ruling the newly redrawn districts were unconstitutional the way they were enacted as well evidently gerrymandered. That case has temporarily been stayed by the Appellate Division, 4th Department, and awaits a ruling April 20.
The second came today with the arrest of Mr. Benjamin. The charges date back to when Benjamin was a State Senator campaigning to be New York City Comptroller.
The wildfire of media attention resulted in Westchester County canceling the Sustainable Westchester, Con Ed announcement of a energy-conservation “Ap.”
