80-year-old man found dead in East River near Long Island City, NYPD says ^⁠1%

5/20/2026, 11:40:32 AM

Keywords: East River, Long Island City, New York City, Public Safety

BS Summary: This article contains 1 faulty reasoning type, including Optimism Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 11.2% saturation with 13 hits. Analysis detected 13 faulty-reasoning hits from 116 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 5.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (21,036 of 21,198 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 99.20% of the article peer group.

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An 80-year-old man was found dead in the East River near Long Island City on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

The man was reported floating in the water near 44th Drive and Vernon Boulevard around 4:45 p.m, according to the NYPD.

Responding officers removed the man from the water, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have not yet released the man’s identity.

City medical examiners are determining his cause of death.

The NYPD said it has not made any arrests in the case and the investigation remains ongoing.

This story is based on preliminary information from police and may be updated.

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80-year-old man found dead in East River near Long Island City, NYPD says ^⁠1%