Spider-Man Fan Pushes Hometown Spidey Statue | NYC Top Stories

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17 February, 2022

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NEW YORK CITY — Here are some share-worthy stories from the New York City Patch network to talk about tonight. Spider-Man Fan Pushing For Forest Hills Statue: Report Local resident Larry Ng is leading the effort to memorialize Spider-Man in his fictional neighborhood, the Forest Hills Times reported. Antisemitic Hate Speech Scrawled On New UWS Israeli Restaurant The message read repeatedly, "F--- Jews." Online Rap Bragging About $24M Scam Leads To BK Gang Bust: Feds A Brownsville gang accused of stealing federal job-loss relief funds posed with cash and rapped, "Unemployment got us workin' a lot." NYPD Diaper Shoplifting Bust Tweet Spurs Uproar "Cruelty on display, " one person called a deleted NYPD tweet showing diapers and cough medicine recovered in a shoplifting bust. Crown Heights Man Who Punched Asian Woman Charged, DA Says Mercel Jackson — who is charged with a hate crime — told police Chinese people "are not supposed to be in this country, " prosecutors said.