Crime & Safety

Man Found Dead In The East River, Police Say

A man's body was found floating in the East River on Sunday, police said.

EAST VILLAGE — A man was found dead in the East River on Sunday afternoon, police said.

Police said they received a report of the man's body floating in the river near 14th Street at about 3:25 on Sunday. Officers with the NYPD's scuba unit transported him to a nearby marina where the man was pronounced dead.

The man has not yet been identified, and the city's medical examiner is working to determine his cause of death.

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