Crime & Safety

Sex, Drugs Forced On Nightclub Workers, Suit Says: Top 5 NYC Stories

Catch up with the news making headlines today in New York City.

Catch up with the news making headlines today in New York City.
Catch up with the news making headlines today in New York City. (Google Maps)

Good evening, New York City Patch readers! We've assembled some of the most share-worthy stories from the city for today, just for you.

Here are the top five stories around New York City:

1. A city environmental protection worker who fatally struck a Queens pedestrian has been arrested, police said. Read more.

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2. A teen was injured in an early morning shooting in East Harlem on Wednesday, police said. Read more.

3. A long-awaited plan to create separate bike and pedestrian paths on the Queensboro Bridge might happen as soon as this summer, according to the city's Transportation Department. Read more.

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4. Allen Weisselberg, a retired executive in Donald Trump's real estate empire, was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in jail for lying under oath during his testimony in the civil fraud lawsuit brought against the former president by New York's attorney general. Read more.

5. An ex-bottle server at a swanky downtown nightclub contends that she was physically, verbal and sexually harassed by a management team who not only allowed "customers to sexually harass and abuse her," but pressured her "to lure male customers to The Box so that they could be sexually serviced by others." Read more.

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