VPN-949

01/07/1997
MAYOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE
ONE POLICE PLAZA, BLUE ROOM, MANHATTAN
-MAYOR RUDOLPH GIULIANI AND OFFICIALS SPEAKING AT PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT REAL ESTATE REVENUES AND TAX BREAKS, INTRO 421A BENEFITS, THE MAYOR SIGNS THE BILLS INTO LAW, HISPANIC MAN WANT TO BRING BACK THE BROOKLYN DODGERS
-THE MAYOR TALKS ABOUT THE NEW YORK CITY BALL TEAMS, HE ROOTS FOR THE NEW YORK METS AND THE OUTSIDE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING THE DODGERS BACK
-THE MAYOR IS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE READING SCORES IN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOLS, WANTS MORE CONTROL IN THE NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS
-THE MAYOR IS QUESTIONED ABOUT TEACHING EBONICS IN THE CITY SCHOOLS
-MAYOR GIULIANI DISCUSSES THE POSITIVE SIDES OF IMMIGRATION AND THE REDUCTION IN CRIME IN THE CITY

01/07/1996
BROOKLYN 5 ALARM WAREHOUSE FIRE
538 EAST 99 ST AND FOSTER AVE, CANARSIE, BROOKLYN
-RAINY SMOKY NIGHT, MANY FDNY FIRETRUCKS AND FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK, TRYING TO CUT A HOLE INTO DOOR TO GET INTO WAREHOUSE
-AERIAL TOWER LADDER IN THE RAIN OR SNOW
-EXT OF THE LAIRD PLASTICS SHIPPING AND RECEIVING WAREHOUSE
-STREET SIGN: EAST 99 ST AND FARRAGUT RD
-FIREMEN CLIMB DOWN LADDER CAREFULLY
-EXT OF JETRO WHOLESALE GROCERS

01/07/1997
14 YEAR OLD SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS 17 YEAR OLD COUSIN
1424 GATEWAY BLVD AND BEACH 19 ST, FAR ROCKAWAY, QUEENS
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATE SHOOTING, MURDER, CRIME SCENE UNIT CAR, DETECTIVE WITH FLASHLIGHT,EXT OF BUILDING, COLD WINDY NIGHT
-INT OF HIGH RISE BUILDING, STAIRWAY, RESIDENTS IN HALLWAY, DETECTIVE SEARCHES THROUGH GARBAGE IN ALLEY
-HANDCUFFED BLACK TEENS ARE LED INTO PRECINCT, COMPLAINING
-EXT OF 101 PRECINCT
-STREET SIGN: B 19 ST AND GATEWAY BLVD

01/08/1997
LUCKY GETS ADOPTED BY FIREFIGHTER
ASPCA, 424 EAST 92 ST, MANHATTAN, UPPER EAST SIDE
-LEASHED DOG ON TABLE, VET PETS HIM, FEMALE FIREFIGHTER, ANNIE HOLDING A PUPPY, IS GOING TO ADOPT HIM, MENTIONS THE TOWN OF BABYLON ANIMAL SHELTER, DOG WAS RESCUED FROM A SHAFT, DOG GAVE BIRTH TO A PUP
-THE VET MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT THE DOG AND ITS CONDITION
-EXT OF ASPCA, DOG IS WHEELED OUT
-STREET SIGN: EAST 92 ST AND 1 AVE

01/08/1997
SHOOTING AT GEO. W. WINGATE HIGH SCHOOL
600 KINGSTON AVE, BROOKLYN, WINGATE SECTION
-YOUNG BLACK MALE HANDCUFFED, DAYTIME, GUN ON FRONT SEAT OF CAR, BODIES ON SCHOOL PLAYGROUND
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS, AREA CORDONED OFF, DETECTIVES IN SCHOOLYARD, STUDENTS LEAVING SCHOOL, EXT OF SCHOOL

01/08/1997
THREE ALARM FIRE AT 42 ST, QUEENS
41-07 42 ST AND SKILLMAN AVE, SUNNYSIDE, QUEENS
-SMOKE POURS OUT OF ROOF OF MULTI-STORY BRICK BUILDING, FLAMES INSIDE, RARE DAYTIME FIRE
-POV ROOF ACROSS STREET, ACTIVE FIRE, OVERHEAD OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON FIRE ESCAPE, RAGING DRAMATIC FIRE WITH HIGH WINDS
-FDNY DEP ASST CHIEF DE ROSA
-STREET SIGN: SKILLMAN AVE AND 42 ST

01/09/1997
SUSPICIOUS FIRE KILLS ONE
48-21 40 ST NEAR GREENPOINT AVE, SUNNYSIDE, QUEENS
-EXT OF FIRE GUTTED BRICK APARTMENT BUILDING
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AND TRUCKS ON STREET, PARAMEDICS WAIT, AERIAL TOWER LADDER EXTENDED
-RESIDENTS WATCH FROM APARTMENT WINDOWS, FIREMEN EXIT WITH HOSES
-BUREAU OF FIRE INVESTIGATION FIRE MARSHAL ARRIVES
-STREET SIGN: 40 ST AND GREENPOINT AVE

01/09/1997
ROCKAWAY FOUR ALARM BLAZE
BEACH 85 ST AND BEACH CHANNEL DRIVE, QUEENS
-OLD WOODEN HOUSES ON WATER ARE GUTTED BY FIRE, FDNY FIRE BOAT SPRAYS WATER, BEACH SHACKS OR COTTAGES, BOATS IN MARINA
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS WITH HOSES, FISHING DOCK OR JETTY

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