New York Post, Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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Eight people were shot
across the city — including
two teens — on a bloody Sun-
day and Monday, cops said.
A 29-year-old man was
blasted in the lower back at a
birthday party on 30th Street
near 47th Avenue in Long Is-
land City at around 1 a.m.
Monday, according to au-
thorities and police sources.
He was taken to NewYork-
Presbyterian Hospital/Weill
Cornell, where he is in criti-
cal condition, cops said.
At around 5 p.m. Sunday, a
16-year-old boy was shot in-
side Jackie Robinson Park,
at West 150th Street and
Bradhurst Avenue in Sugar
Hill, police said.
The victim was taken to
BronxCare Health System
in stable condition. It was
unclear whether he was the
intended target.
The day’s first victim was
another 16-year-old boy
who was shot by someone
who tried to rob him, ac-
cording to police sources.
The victim was walking at
East 29th Street near Foster
Avenue in Flatbush at
around 3:30 p.m. when a
suspect came up from be-
hind, pressed a gun against
his back and demanded,
“Run your s--t” — slang for
“Empty your pockets.”
As the victim turned
around, a shot rang out and
he heard the weapon fall to
the ground, the sources said.
He later realized he’d
been struck and walked to
SUNY Downstate hospital,
where he is listed in stable
condition, cops said.
As of Sunday, 1,730 people
had been shot in 1,410 sepa-
rate incidents this year.
Tina Moore, Amanda Woods2 teens
among
8 shoot
victims
The ferocious and destruc-
tive 2020 Atlantic hurricane
season officially came to an
end Monday, and it was truly
one for the record books.
The season, which offi-
cially began June 1, brought a
record 30 named storms,
with 12 of them making land-
fall in the continental US, ac-
cording to the National Oce-anic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration.
Thirteen became hurri-
canes with top winds of 74
mph or more, and six, Laura,
Teddy, Delta, Epsilon, Eta and
Iota, were classified as major
hurricanes with top winds of
111 mph or greater.
The previous record of
storms was 28, set in 2005.This is the fifth consecutive
year with an above-normal
Atlantic hurricane season,
with 18 such seasons out of
the past 26, according to
NOAA.
Although the season is offi-
cially over, meteorologists
warned that it is still possible
for additional storms to
develop. Natalie MusumeciAlarming record storm season
A dead pig was left on a
New Jersey rabbi’s doorstep
during the Jewish Sabbath
over the weekend, and police
are probing the incident as a
bias crime, they told The Post
on Monday.
The small pig was left at the
rabbi’s Treetop Lane home in
Lakewood between midnight
and 7 a.m. Saturday, when itwas discovered, police said.
“Currently, we are actively
pursuing several leads and
hope to bring this to a con-
clusion very soon,” Lake-
wood Police Capt. Gregory
Staffordsmith wrote in an
e-mail to The Post.
No note was attached to the
find, which was first reported
by the Lakewood Scoop.People who observe kosher
dietary restrictions are pro-
hibited from eating pork.
“It’s being investigated as a
bias crime,” Lakewood police
Lt. Leroy Marshall told The
Post. He declined to identify
the rabbi.
The Ocean County Sheriff ’s
Department is assisting in the
probe. Joshua Rhett MillerShocking find at rabbi’s door
By NolAN HickS
and Selim AlgArThe bulk of city schools that
serve kids up to fifth grade
should eventually be able to open
on a full-time basis, Mayor de
Blasio said Monday.
“Most schools — of the ones
that we’ve announced, let’s be
very clear, elementary K-5; pre-K,
3-K centers, District 75 special ed
— most will be able to get to five-
day over time, some as early as
Monday, December 7th,” Hizzo-
ner said at his daily briefing.
“Some will take more time.”
De Blasio unveiled the city’s
plans to revive the nation’s larg-
est school system on Dec. 7 after
shuttering buildings prior to
Thanksgiving.
Currently, a total of 335,
kids are enrolled in the Depart-
ment of Education’s blended-
learning format that has students
alternate between remote and
classroom instruction. Of those,
about 190,000 students are in the
grade ranges that could return to
school full-time.
De Blasio said on Monday thatthe city would consider offering
parents another opportunity to
switch from full remote to build-
ing learning.
Families were given a two-week
window to make that decision
earlier this month and 35,
kids opted in.
“When the health situation im-
proves — and particularly when
we start to see some vaccine dis-
tribution on a broader scale andwe think we’re in a much better
environment — then we’ll do an
opt-in because then we’ll be in a
position to do an entirely differ-
ent approach to our schools,” he
said. “But, for now, this will be
the universe of folks who will be
in in-person learning.”
De Blasio has stressed that re-
opening schools will require
more testing of students.
Previously, the DOE screened arandom sample of kids on a
monthly basis. That process will
now take place weekly.
The city is still pressing par-
ents to turn in testing consent
forms to enable the testing of
their kids.
As of last week, about 117,000 of
the 335,000 kids in blended learn-
ing had submitted them, accord-
ing to the DOE.
[email protected]Blas’ reopen
plan in ‘full’
5-day in-person eyed for elementary
back: Mayor de Blasio said Monday
that after the latest COVID closures,
some elementary schools will go in-
person full-time as soon as Dec. 7.AP