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  • baby hope headstone
  • From behind her closed apartment door, the mother of Little Angelica Castillo also known as Baby Hope thanked everyone who prayed for her daughter.
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nyc news, body found, nypd, new york news, jim hoffer
  • Investigation into crane accidents
  • Two difference crane companies are involved in Monday's mishap and both have had problems in the past.
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crane accident, investigations, jim hoffer
  • NYPD Detectives showed up Thursday morning at a building on East 38th street where a man had launched a small drone.
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east side, faa, nypd, investigations, jim hoffer
  • Exclusive: Businessman says drone nearly crashed into him
  • Eyewitness News has obtained video of a small helicopter drone flying high above buildings on the East side of Manhattan that crash landed just feet away from a businessman during the Monday evening rush hour.
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drone, new york city news, new york news, new york city, investigations, jim hoffer
  • bronx fire policy
  • The FDNY is amending their search policy to ensure speedier demolition of vacant buildings after a fire.
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  • tree trimming cutbacks
  • The seeds of tragedies involving falling trees may have been planted when the city slashed funding for tree maintenance.
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new york city, investigations, jim hoffer
  • machine gun found at jfk airport
  • The discovery of a machine gun at one of JFK's largest terminals is raising a lot of questions at this hour. Of chief concern is whose gun is it and how did it get past security?
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investigations, jim hoffer
  • the investigators
  • Al-Shabab, means "youth" and the terrorist group has been successful in recruiting young Somali American men to train and perhaps, in the case of Nairobi, carry out attacks in Africa.
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investigations, jim hoffer
  • Eyewitness News investigates balcony safety in NYC
  • When Jennifer Rosoff fell 17 stories from her balcony, it was long past due for a safety inspection.
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investigations, jim hoffer
  • Man hit by bus continues court battle 10 years later
  • For ten years, an entire decade, Claude Williams has been battling the Transit Authority in court.
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  • bronx fire
  • An investigation continues after three charred bodies were discovered inside a vacant home one week after the structure was gutted by fire. Authorities have determined the cause of the fire.
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  • A mother and her wheelchair bound son became trapped by flames and thick smoke from the fire that started in the kitchen of their fifth floor apartment on 2705 Colden Avenue. The heavy smoke also trapped neighbors.
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  • Officials check out low credible threat at JFK
  • In the hours leading up to the twelfth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, federal authorities repeatedly said they had found no specific, credible threats to the U.S. homeland. But that doesn't mean they haven't been busy chasing down specific threats with - at best - questionable credibility.
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september 11, world trade center, local news, jim hoffer
  • rex maralit, wilfredo maralit and ariel maralit
  • Cop Rex Maralit and his customs agent brother Wilfredo allegedly bought the weapons and shipped them to the Philippines.
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nyc news, gun, smuggling, nypd, arrest, new york news, jim hoffer
  • WARNING: Contains images of towers collapsing.
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world trade center, september 11, new york news
  • nypd to test body cameras
  • Jim Hoffer has more on the program
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michael bloomberg, raymond kelly, new york city, eyewitness news 5pm, new york city mayor, new york city politics, police, surveillance video, stop and frisk, eyewitness news
  • landing
  • There is new exclusive video of that Southwest Airlines hard landing at La Guardia Airport where the nose gear collapsed.
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  • A grand jury has decided that there wasn't enough evidence to support manslaughter charges against Officer Richard Haste.
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  • ramarley graham was killed by an officer
  • Jim Hoffer has more on the rally held asking for justice
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  • cold case search in woodhaven, queens
  • Investigators are searching a home in Queens following a a cold case lead in the 1978 Lufthansa heist.
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new york city, woodhaven, queens, mob, new york news, jim hoffer
  • ems delay
  • Jim Hoffer has more on the investigation.
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new jersey, eyewitness news 5pm, eyewitness news
  • The Mayor's office says the delays are a fabrication by the unions that are resistant to change. Yet, two families recently contacted us convinced it took too long to dispatch an ambulance to their dying sons.
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investigations, jim hoffer
  • southwest plane nose gear accident laguardia
  • The National Transportation Safety Board is trying to figure out why the landing gear collapsed in what appeared to be a normal landing.
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  • With the rescue phase of the accident over, it is time to focus attention on what went wrong.
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  • ems delay
  • The elderly woman had fallen down the stairs, fractured her skull, and injured her spine.
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  • 911 investigation
  • Our investigation reveals there have been problems with at least 150 emergency calls to 911 in the last five weeks.
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  • 911 investigation
  • Investigative reporter Jim Hoffer has the story
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eyewitness news
  • san francisco plane crash
  • The Glide slope that usually helps pilots land at the right speed and angle, wasn't working at the San Francisco Airport.
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plane crash, california, investigations, jim hoffer
  • One of the attacks happened on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the other two happened in the Bronx.
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new york city, bus, investigations, jim hoffer
  • new rochelle shooting
  • There are claims of excessive force by the family of a man fatally shot by police in Westchester County.
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  • LIRR rep
  • The Long Island Railroad is back on track, but it's not been a good week for the railroad or its passengers.
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  • LIRR rep
  • Jim Hoffer has an Eyewitness News investigation into who's responsible for all the recent rail problems
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eyewitness news
  • bloomberg
  • Investigative reporter Jim Hoffer has all the details
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eyewitness news
  • the investigators
  • There are serious questions about the new 911dispatch system in New York City.
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  • closed bridge
  • As the Eyewitness News Investigators reported in April, a bridge in Queens is so riddled with cracks, the city has kept it closed to traffic.
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  • 911 system
  • There are a few kinks in the system. That's how the mayor's office describes the troubles for the new 911 system.
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  • could bridge collapse happen in our area?
  • A bridge collapse in Washington State is putting new focus on the condition of bridges throughout the country.
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  • roosevelt island police
  • Some young, minority males living on Roosevelt Island say they're being targeted for doing nothing wrong by the very people who are supposed to protect them.
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investigations, jim hoffer
  • family searches for clues in missing man case
  • Florida Businessman Charles Butler always dreamed of returning to live in the city where he was born, but 7 months ago he vanished without a trace.
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charles butler, missing person, investigations, jim hoffer
  • Terri Thompson
  • After a month in a hospital burn unit where it was uncertain if she would survive, Terri Thompson is home, but still hurting.
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new jersey, assault, irvington, terri thompson, new jersey news, jim hoffer
  • port authority
  • Some workers at the Port Authority say when they blew the whistle on their supervisor for stealing, they were hit with disciplinary violations.
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port authority, investigations, jim hoffer
  • subway platform inspections
  • Elevated track and bridges connect key parts of the 240 mile subway system, but inspection of these critical components is haphazard according to this new report.
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mta, mass transit, new york city transit, subway, bus, abc7 traffic center, jim hoffer
  • guns sold targeting kids
  • Children cannot drive until their 16, cannot drink until their 21, but they can shoot firearms long before then.
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gun, gun control, gun violence, investigations, jim hoffer
  • planes bump wings at newark airport
  • The FAA says taxiway incursions occur too infrequently to warrant the expense of cameras or warning systems.
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plane emergency, newark international airport, newark liberty international airport, faa, investigations, jim hoffer
  • soldier
  • How is it possible that you join the Army Reserves, complete all your training, but never get your active duty pay?
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u.s. military, investigations, jim hoffer
  • refinery
  • The Bayway Refinery in Linden pumps out 238,000 barrels of fuel a day making it the largest refinery on the East Coast.
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linden, new jersey, investigations, jim hoffer
  • bridge safety
  • The bridge crosses the railroad tracks in Flushing, Queens on 149th Street between Roosevelt and 41st Avenues.
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jamaica, queens, investigations, jim hoffer
  • What's emerging is a profile of two young men who may have led deeply secret lives, secrets and beliefs.
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boston marathon bombings, boston marathon explosions, dzhokhar a. tsarnaev, tamerlan tsarnaev, boston, boston marathon, explosion, investigations, jim hoffer
  • chechen terror
  • Many questions remain about the Boston Marathon bombing suspects and their backgrounds.
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boston marathon bombings, boston marathon explosions, dzhokhar a. tsarnaev, tamerlan tsarnaev, boston, boston marathon, explosion, investigations, jim hoffer
  • boston marathon bombings
  • There's a reason pressure cooker bombs are so popular with terrorists. Just a little knowledge can create a lot of destruction.
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boston marathon, explosion, boston marathon bombings, boston marathon explosions, boston, investigations, jim hoffer