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NYC nanny found fit for trial in stabbing deaths

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A nanny charged with stabbing two small children to death last year while their mother picked up her other child from a swim lesson was found fit for trial Friday.

Police said they found Yoselyn Ortega last October in the bathroom of her employer’s Upper West Side apartment. The bodies of 6-year-old Lucia Krim, called Lulu, and her 2-year-old brother, Leo, were nearby in a pool of blood, and Ortega had stabbed herself as well. She was taken to a hospital.

Ortega was examined by two mental health professionals, Justice Gregory Carro said in Manhattan state Supreme Court. Both found that she could assist in her defense in a meaningful way and that she was mentally fit to proceed to her trial. Her lawyer, who declined to comment outside court, is challenging those results.

Ortega has pleaded not guilty to murder. Her sister has said she loved the children and is a peaceful woman.

After the children’s funeral, their shattered parents established the Lulu & Leo Fund to raise money for children’s education and enrichment programs. They started a Facebook page for the fund, filled with Lulu’s art and photos of the smiling little girl and her brother.

Ortega’s next court date was set for May 6.

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New York City cab driver returns iPhone to customer, refuses reward (in this life)

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He’s a cabby with a conscience.

A man who may be the most honest hack in town went out of his way to return a brand-new iPhone 5 to an absent-minded fare — and refused to take a dime in reward.

“Money is nothing to me,” Mohammad Riyaz said after returning the pricey phone to an IBM sales manager who had left it behind after hailing a cab from Madison Square Park to his Upper West Side brownstone.

“This is what it is all about,” Riyaz said about helping others while parked outside the unidentified fare’s home on West 69th Street.

Riyaz spotted the latest iPhone — which can cost from $650 to $850 and is a prized target for thieves — and doggedly tracked down its businessman owner.

The sales manager’s wife, who gave her name only as Marie, said she and her grateful husband tried to persuade the selfless Riyaz to accept $80 cash as a reward and to pay for his trip back uptown.

“What can I do to get you to take it?” she told Riyaz. “And the guy wouldn’t take the money.”

“We tried so many times and he was so nice, so so nice,” added her hubby, who asked not to be identified.
Riyaz said the good deed was all the reward he needed.

“If I died today what’s my money going to do?” he asked. “If I do something good now then when I die good things will happen in the next life.”

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Time Warner Cable Marks Third Season of The Hub's "Transformers Prime Beast Hunters" with New TV Spo

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Time Warner Cable Marks Third Season of The Hub’s “Transformers Prime Beast Hunters” with New TV Spot and KRE-O Toy Giveaway for New York City Customers

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Time Warner Cable joins the excitement surrounding the third season of the Daytime Emmy® Award-winning show, “Transformers Prime Beast Hunters,” by debuting a national TV spot and announcing a KRE-O TRANSFORMERS toy giveaway from Hasbro in New York City.

The 30-second spot featuring Megatron, villainous leader of the Decepticons, is designed to show how Time Warner Cable can transform its customer’s television viewing experience at home with the TWC TV app on any device. Customers across the TWC footprint can see how Megatron is no match against this app that transforms any screen in your home into a TV screen beginning March 27. The spot will also be available for viewing on Time Warner Cable‘s YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/timewarnercable.

In addition, Time Warner Cable has partnered with The Hub Network to give away KRE-O TRANSFORMERS building sets from Hasbro to the first 500 customers that visit the New York City store in the Upper West Side located at: 2554 Broadway at 96th Street. New York City Residential customers with accounts in good standing can pick up one of their own on Thursday, March 28 at 10:00 a.m. ET (The toys will be given out on a first come – first served basis while supplies last; one TRANSFORMERS toy per account holder; valid photo ID must be presented.)

“We are thrilled to partner with The Hub Network to bring our customers closer to the programming they love such as ‘Transformers Prime Beast Hunters,'” said Jeffrey A. Hirsch, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, Residential Services. “We hope the TV spot and giveaway will allow our customers to embrace not only their favorite TRANSFORMERScharacter but also the various devices they can use in the home to catch them in action.”

“Time Warner Cable is a great friend and partner to The Hub Network,” said Margaret Loesch, President and CEO of The Hub. “We are delighted to be part of their campaign and love the ‘Transformers Prime Beast Hunters‘ spot that we worked together to create.”

Time Warner Cable‘s New York City service area includes Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and western Brooklyn, Mt. Vernon, NY, as well as Bergen and Hudson Counties in New Jersey.

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Mental exam of NY nanny in murder case pending

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A hearing in the case of a New York nanny charged with killing two children has been adjourned because her psychiatric evaluations are not complete.

Yoselyn Ortega appeared in court Friday for the first time since the childrens’ stabbing deaths. Her case was adjourned until April 5 after her lawyer said her psychiatric evaluations were incomplete.

Ortega was hospitalized with stab wounds police said were self-inflicted after the Oct. 25 killings. She was arraigned at the hospital in November. She appeared in court Friday wearing glasses and her hair in braids.

Authorities say Ortega stabbed 6-year-old Lucia Krim and her 2-year-old brother, Leo, while the children’s mother was out with a third child.

Ortega and the two children were found in the bathroom of the Upper West Side apartment.

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NY nanny accused of killing kids appears in court

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A New York nanny charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of two small children under her care has appeared in court for the first time.

Yoselyn Ortega was hospitalized for weeks with stab wounds police said were self-inflicted after the Oct. 25 killings. She was arraigned at the hospital in November but has since been released. She appeared in court Friday wearing glasses and her hair in braids.

Lawyers say psychiatric evaluations for Ortega are not complete, and they need more time to review medical records to determine whether she is fit for trial.

Authorities say Ortega stabbed 6-year-old Lucia Krim and her 2-year-old brother, Leo, while the children’s mother was out with a third child.

The three were found in the bathroom of the Upper West Side apartment.

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NYC nanny charged with murdering 2 children appears in court

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The New York nanny charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of two small children under her care appeared in court for the first time.

Yoselyn Ortega was hospitalized for weeks with stab wounds police said were self-inflicted after the Oct. 25 incident. She was arraigned at the hospital in November, but has since been released. She appeared in court Friday wearing glasses and her hair in braids.

Lawyers said psychiatric evaluations for Ortega were not completed, and they needed more time to review medical records to determine whether she was fit for trial.

Authorities say that Ortega stabbed 6-year-old Lucia Krim and her 2-year-old brother, Leo while the children’s mother was out with a third child.

The three were found in the bathroom of the Upper West Side apartment.

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Psych eval ongoing for NY nanny in children deaths

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Doctors say they need more time to examine a New York City nanny accused of fatally stabbing two children in her care.

Lawyers for Yoselyn Ortega appeared in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday, but the case was adjourned until March 8.

Judge Gregory Carry says the doctors were requesting more medical records before they can determine whether she is fit to stand trial.

Ortega is charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of 6-year-old Lucia Krim and her 2-year-old brother Leo on Oct. 25.

The children were discovered by their mother in the bathroom of their tony Upper West Side apartment. Police said Ortega was found lying nearby with self-inflicted wounds.

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Former Navy SEAL enlisting female military veterans to work as nannies in NYC

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Gi Jane is coming to a family apartment near you.

Prompted by the Upper West Side slayings of two children by their nanny, a former Navy SEAL has started a company offering to match hypervigilant parents with the ultimate in protection — female military veterans as caregivers.

“That family even went down to the Dominican Republic thinking they were screening the nanny, but they didn’t really know who she was,” Tactical Nanny creator Jonathan Gilliam said of Marina and Kevin Krim, who lost two of their young children in the horrible attack last year.

“We’re not just offering another nanny service. These women have a proven track record. They’re veterans protecting the future of the USA,” said Gilliam, 43.

The former lieutenant — who once served in the Navy’s special operations force, the division that took out Osama bin Laden — said his veteran workers can change diapers as easily as they can reload a semiautomatic.

But they’re also trained to protect people — in this case, kids — with their own lives, he said.

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