What happened in New York City in the 30 minutes before 2:00 PM on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, from the agencies to your pocket: no middlemen, no gatekeepers.
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1:30 PM · Suspicious package · Bay Street, St. George-New Brighton
A suspicious package was reported outside of Bay Street in Staten Island. The package is described as a black and gray and lime green book bag with a red purse inside. No further information was provided.
- Status: Developing
- Where: Bay Street, St. George-New Brighton
- Responding: NYPD
- Heard on: NYPD Patrol radio · 11 transmissions, 1:30 PM–1:36 PM
These are early reports from public police, fire and transit radio, and details may change as the story develops. Status updates come from what dispatchers and units say on the air. Places are given to the corner, station or block; home addresses, names and descriptions of people are never published, and medical calls are never listed.
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