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Then last week came the murder of 22-year-old Brian Watkins, an avid tennis buff from Provo, Utah, on a subway platform in midtown Manhattan. Over the years, his family frequently made a pilgrimage to watch the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Queens. En route to dinner at Tavern on the Green, a popular tourist attraction, the family was attacked by a group of eight black and Hispanic youths. After one of the gang cut open his father's pocket to get at his money and punched his mother in the face, Brian jumped to his parents' defense...
...police officers in October, the force will still be 14% smaller than its 1975 level of 31,683. Meanwhile crime, fueled by the drug epidemic, has jumped 25%. Since 1987, the number of street sweepers has been slashed from 1,400 to 300, trash collections in midtown Manhattan have been reduced by a third, and what used to be daily rounds in the outer boroughs have been reduced to twice a week. Epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis and syphilis have pushed the health-care system to the breaking point. As many New Yorkers are waiting for public housing as there...
...some of those properties, taking more bounce out of an already soft market. Apparently, the worsening U.S. economy and the battering of Tokyo financial markets are forcing many giant Japanese companies to reconsider investment strategies. Among the first properties rumored to be on the block: three office towers in Midtown Manhattan and some major buildings in L.A.'s Century City...
...fated afternoon, Grimm--as though to spite his name--dresses up as a clown, walks into a midtown bank, and takes everyone inside hostage. Of course, police snipers and SWAT teams, commanded by Chief Rotzinger (Jason Robards) surround the building within minutes. But Grimm has an ingenious escape plan--this is the cleverest part of the movie, so I won't give it away--and soon he and his pair of accomplices are on their way their way to JFK, Fiji and freedom. Or so they think...
After a massive manhunt, police announced last week that they had finally collared Dart Man. The suspect: Jerome Wright, 33, a messenger at a Midtown advertising agency who police said was on probation for a previous drug conviction and had been under observation for psychiatric problems. They had less luck with Zodiac, who evaded a citywide dragnet. Where are Batman and Robin when Gotham City really needs them...