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The 3-year-old Queens boy tossed to his death from a seventh-story balcony
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Tot's nightmare
Watching TV before fatal balcony toss
By JOE MOLLICA and JAMIE SCHRAM
The 3-year-old Queens boy tossed to his death from a seventh-story balcony was harmlessly watching TV and lost in his own little world when he was scooped up by a deranged housemate, sources said yesterday.
Jerry Xhou was gone before his mother knew what happened, plucked from the living room by one of the boarders his family recently took on to help pay the rent, officials said.
Cops have been unable to talk to suspect Xiao Aiu Cai, 53, who was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. Cai, who had gotten into a dispute with her daughter Tuesday night just before throwing Jerry to his death, is facing murder charges, said Queens DA Richard Brown.
HORROR IN QUEENS: Xiao Aiu Cai is taken to an ambulance while strapped into a wheeled chair after she allegedly threw a 3-year-old boy from a seventh-floor balcony in Queens.
Sources said Cai and her daughter had been living with Jerry's family on Leavitt Street in Flushing for several months, an arrangement they entered into to lower their living costs.
Cai's daughter and Jerry's mother, Yun Xu, worked together as cashiers at a nearby grocery. They are not related.
Xu was apparently trying to intercede during the argument when Cai grabbed the child.
"By the time she turned around, the boy was gone," said Assemblywoman Grace Mang, who spoke with the victim's parents, immigrants from China's Fujian province.
"All the boy's mother was trying to do was ask them to stop fighting, but she looked around and couldn't find her son. And then she looked at the balcony and realized what happened. I've never seen something this bad."
Mang said the distraught parents were staying with relatives and making funeral arrangements.
A law-enforcement source said Cai had been institutionalized for psychiatric reasons once before.
Blood still stained the sidewalk where the toddler hit after his 70-foot plunge shortly after 8:30 p.m. The boy's father, Jian, was planning to mark the spot with candy because Jerry had asked his father to bring him some sweet treats.
Additional reporting by Larry Celona
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New York City officials have detected elevated lead levels in the water.
City says to 'run tap' after tests find lead in water
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City says to 'run tap' after tests find lead in water
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New York City officials have detected elevated lead levels in the water. They are telling New Yorkers to run their taps for 30 seconds before drinking water, cooking with it or using it to make baby formula.
The Department of Environmental Protection monitors water inside homes that have lead plumbing and fixtures, typically found in buildings more than 40 years old.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires local utilities to take action if 10 percent or more of tested buildings have a lead level of more than 15 parts per billion.
In tests conducted from June to September, 14 percent of tested buildings showed higher than accepted levels. That’s 30 out of 222 buildings.
Too much lead can damage the brain, kidneys and nervous system, especially in young children and pregnant women.
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Former NYPD cop Yavuz Erdogan accused of beating gas station attendant with American flag on Election Day - NYPOST.com
A retired NYPD cop and his sons beat a Long Island gas-station manager with American flags on Election Night, telling the Turkish immigrant to "get out of my country," authorities and witnesses said.
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