The fire started on the fifth floor of the building, and it took 60 firefighters to get under control, according to fire officials.

Alumnae, faculty, parents and community members gathered at Paddy’s on the Bay in Throgs Neck, two months before the high school was set to shutter.

The group says their hope after each cleanup is to see less and less graffiti and litter covering the area the next time they are back.

Health officials say the initiative will help fast-track the review of safer alternatives. They say the first two dyes out of eight are slated to be eliminated by the end of July.

Monday is the pick out of the week with light wind, plenty of sunshine, and high temperatures in the 70s. Tuesday and Wednesday will be a bit breezy, and cooler for communities facing the Atlantic, ...

Christopher Fuentes, 36, has been identified as the victim. Officers say they found Fuentes with several stab wounds in the chest just before 4 a.m. on Saturday. Fuentes was pronounced dead after ...