Stranger Sexually Abuses Woman On Street | NYC Top Stories

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Here are the top five stories around New York City:

1. Work on the roof of the six-school Julia Richman Education Complex has neighbors pulling out their hair over its late night construction schedule. Residents of an Upper East Side building said the lights kept them up well past midnight, and reached out to a local councilwoman for a fix. (Read more on Patch.)

2. An aspiring FDNY firefighter died at the age of 32 after he suffered a "medical episode" during a training run last week, officials said. Alexander Griffin will be laid to rest in Queens on Thursday, and a GoFundMe seeks to raise $35,000 to help his family. Griffin left behind his wife, mother and brother, who is an FDNY firefighter in Queens, the fundraiser states. (Read more on Patch.)

3. The New York Police Department is looking for a man who snatched a backpack containing more than $600 worth of items from a religious institution on Wednesday. The suspect entered the Hephzibah House on the Upper West Side through an unlocked door, police said. (Read more on Patch.)

4. The rocky child custody case between former celebrity couple Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner, filed in Manhattan federal court, appears to be reaching an amicable conclusion. The divorcing duo have reached a deal in a case in which Turner accused Jonas of refusing to let their children leave the U.S., according to documents filed on Tuesday. (Read more on Patch.)

5. A 27-year-old was sexually attacked on Wednesday as she walked at night just a block from a Park Slope public school, the NYPD said. An image of a person believed to be connected to the incident was released by police officials, who are seeking the public's help identifying a suspect. (Read more on Patch.)