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Attorney General James Urges New Yorkers to Be Cautious of Fake Bad Bunny Concert Tickets

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a consumer alert on Tuesday, Aug. 12, warning New Yorkers of fake or invalid tickets to concerts by Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, otherwise known as the artist “Bad Bunny.” A popular Puerto Rican rap artist, Bad Bunny has a huge fan base in New York and around the world and is performing concerts in San Juan, Puerto Rico through Sept. 14. 

UPDATE Hochul Fires Back at Ted Cruz’s Diss Over Head Attire at Fallen Bronx NYPD Det. First Grade Didarul Islam’s Funeral

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has fired back at Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas after an apparent diss and after he was called out by the Council of American-Islam Relations (CAIR) and others for questioning her decision to wear a head covering while attending the funeral of slain NYPD Det. First Grade Didarul Islam, who was Muslim, on Thursday, July 31.

Bronx Man Charged with Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death Used Stash House Occupied by Child

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Federal prosecutors announced Friday, Aug. 1, that a 34-year-old Bronx man, Estherlyn Frias, a/k/a “Platinum,” a/k/a “Silver,” was charged with drug dealing resulting in death in connection with the “overdose” of a victim in Greenwich, Connecticut last month. Prosecutors allege the man ran the drug operation out of his partner’s home where a young child slept in close proximity to potent narcotics.

UPDATE Police Officer Didarul Islam Posthumously Promoted to Detective First Grade at Funeral Service

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
Thousands of police officers from across the New York metropolitan area and beyond gathered at the Parkchester Jame Masjid on Virginia Avenue on Thursday, July 31, to pay their respects and say goodbye to slain Police Officer Didarul Islam, 36, a Bangladeshi American immigrant, father or two with another baby on the way, who was promoted to detective first grade by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch during the service.