Sept. 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 35-year-old Brooklyn prosecutor was struck and killed by a bus Monday while she was riding her bicycle through South Williamsburg. Sarah Pitts, a Senior District Attorney with Brooklyn D.A. Eric Gonzalez’s office, was riding a bike eastbound on Wythe Avenue around 12:35 a.m. when she struck by a… Read more »
Aug. 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin A South Ozone Park man will serve two years in prison for sexually abusing two young girls at his daughter’s daycare business — including one whom he abused for several years. Ramon Rodriguez, 77, was sentenced to two years in prison and three years’ post-release supervision today in Queens… Read more »
July 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin Brooklyn activist Emily Gallagher has unseated 46-year incumbent Joe Lentol to represent Greenpoint and Williamsburg in a stunning defeat. Gallagher beat out Lentol, one of the longest-serving members of the State Assembly, with the support of absentee voters in the Democratic primary for the 50th Assembly District. She trailed… Read more »
July 21, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A disbarred Queens lawyer was charged Monday for allegedly bilking his clients out of thousands of dollars after they entrusted him to take charge of their legal matters. Michael Kohn, 70, allegedly stole funds held in bank accounts that were owed to three of his clients following real estate… Read more »
July 21 2020, By Michael Dorgan A CBS News reporter was killed after falling from a Revel moped in Greenpoint Saturday. Nina Kapur, 26, was a passenger on the electric scooter that was traveling northbound on Franklin Street approaching India Street at around, 5:30 p.m., according to police. The driver, a 26 year-old-man, pulled a… Read more »
July 15, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The fight to stop a local supermarket from shutting during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have failed. The owners of the Key Food store, located at 22-15 31st St., informed the state last week that they will shutter the store in October and lay off all of its 151… Read more »
July 2, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The MTA’s Fair Fares program has been cut by $65 million in the new city budget. The program subsidizes mass transit for low-income residents by applying a 50 percent discount on subway and eligible bus fares. Mayor Bill de Blasio said that record-low MTA ridership during the pandemic –… Read more »
June 23, 2020 By Christian Murray The police are looking for two suspects wanted for punching and robbing a 49-year-old man inside the 103rd St./Corona Plaza subway station last week. The suspects, a man and woman both in their 20s, allegedly got into a dispute with the victim. The pair then punched and kicked the… Read more »
June 22, 2020 By Allie Griffin A NYPD officer has been suspended after placing an African-American man in an apparent chokehold on the Rockaway boardwalk Sunday. The officer from the 100th Precinct was suspended without pay for allegedly using the banned practice when arresting the man at 8:45 a.m. near Beach 113th Street and Ocean… Read more »
June 19, 2020 By Allie Griffin A street in Jamaica will be painted with the words “Black Lives Matter,” Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. De Blasio said 153rd Street between Jamaica Avenue and Archer Avenue will be painted with the message — a rallying cry in protests against police brutality and the killing of… Read more »