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Hard-Working New Yorkers Forced to Pay Nearly Double the National Average for Car Insurance -- $4,031 a Year Compared to $2,400 Nationwide Every family expense – from rent to groceries – would be more manageable if Albany finally addressed the legal system failures driving up costs across New York NEW YORK - Citizens for Affordable Rates (CAR), a coalition of consumers, advocates, and organizations fighting for working families struggling with crushing insurance costs, highlighted the Partnership for New York City 's distressful new report , "Excessive Litigation Is Driving New York's Affordability Crisis," which exposes how legal system abuse and rampant insurance fraud are forcing New York families to pay auto insurance premiums 52% higher than families anywhere else in America. Working families across New York – from immigrant communities in Queens to Latino families in the Bronx , ...
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Arrest Made in Fatal Scooter Drive By Shooting in Bronx

Police have arrested one suspect and are searching for a second in the fatal shooting of a man in Little Italy. The gunman rode up as a passenger in a scooter and opened fire.  -Photo by NYPD


Man Gunned Down in Bronx’ Little Italy


Gunman Caught, Diver at Large - Cops Say


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

May 9, 2023 


BRONX - Police have made an arrest in the scooter drive by shooting in Little Italy that left one man dead back in February. 




Police announced the arrest of 26-year-old Yorvin Gomez. He was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal posession of a weapon: loaded firearm. Cops arrested Gomez in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Miguel Vargas across the street from the famous Artuso Bakery in the Bronx’ Little Italy. 




At around 7 pm on February 13, Vargas was standing in front of a convenience store at 689 East 187 Street. Two men on a scooter drove up. The passenger got off the moped and pulled out a gun. Cops say the passenger fired multiple rounds at Vargas striking him repeatedly. 





Miguel Vargas was shot to death on a street in Little Italy. -Photo by GoFundMe


The gunman then hopped back on the scooter and drove off. Vargas was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital a few blocks away but not did not survive. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. 




Cops have not provided a description of the driver of the scooter in the murder but did release surveillance video. Police are still searching for the suspect and are asking for the public’s help to capture him. 



Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 




All calls are strictly confidential.

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Location: 689 E 187th St, Bronx, NY 10458, USA

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