Drive Launched to Register Young Local Voters
By RENEE BEYDA NYC Votes announced on Thursday the second annual Student Voter Registration Day would be launched on Mar. 18 in over 60 local …[read more]
Month: March 2016
Accused of Killing Transgender Female, He Rejects Plea Deal
By ALEAH WINTER & DANIEL STEIN-SAYLES A Brooklyn man charged with manslaughter of a 21- year- old transgender female, rejected a plea deal at a …[read more]
Hearing Delayed for Accused Killer of 96-Year-Old Woman
By INEZ SHARABY A 24-year -old homeless man, who allegedly broke a 96-year-old lady’s hip when he threw her to the floor, had his hearing …[read more]
Rape Suspect Whose Victim ‘Wanted It’ Appears in Court
By LUIS GONZALEZ A Brooklyn cabbie who allegedly raped a passenger in February 2015 was warned Thursday by a Brooklyn judge that he would be …[read more]
Report: State underestimates sewage pollution
By SEAN EGAN New York’s waterways are far more polluted with raw sewage than the state Department of Environmental Conservation has been reporting under a …[read more]
Wi-Fi slated for city buses
By REZA MALEK New York City buses are about to catch up to modern technology. Riders will see a major upgrade as it was announced …[read more]
Feds, Apple battle in Brooklyn court
By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA The legal battle between national security interests and personal privacy escalated last Monday after the Justice Department appealed a Brooklyn federal court …[read more]
Crown Heights Residents Demand Same Repairs as Gentrifiers
BY AMBER ALEXANDER A large group of Crown Heights residents protested in the streets of their neighborhood ON THURSDAY to deplore the conditions of their …[read more]
Council seeks translators for immigrant seniors
By JONATHAN GOMEZ City Council members have urged the city’s Department of Aging to provide more language interpreters to community-based programs that work directly with …[read more]
Prada Lays an Egg with PETA for Using Ostrich Feathers
By ALEAH WINTER PETA demonstrators took their protests to new heights on Thursday as they stood outside of Prada’s Broadway store in Manhattan with an …[read more]