Red Hook Campaign to Teach Immigrants Financial Literacy
By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ For City Councilman Carlos Menchaca the problem of the lack of financial literacy in many minority communities is personal. “Financial …[read more]
Month: September 2016
Gay-on-Gay Assault Defendant Gets Nine Years
By ANDREA AUSTIN A Bronx man was sentenced on Thursday to up to nine years in prison for assaulting a couple at a Dallas BBQ …[read more]
Grieving Parents Urge Law That Cops Learn CPR
By LISA FLAUGH The parents of an 11-year old girl who died of cardiac arrest testified at a city council hearing on Thursday that she …[read more]
Pro-Palestinian Activists Disrupt Council Hearing
By RENEE HARARI It appeared that the City Council will likely follow in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s footsteps and move to approve a resolution condemning the …[read more]
LIU’s Real-Life Lesson in Labor Strife
By SOPHIE DWECK The sun was shining Thursday on the LIU Brooklyn campus and students were walking to and from class with their book bags …[read more]
Jury Shown Crime-Scene Video of Slain Landlord
By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ The trial of a construction worker accused of killing a Hasidic landlord, resumed Thursday in Brooklyn Supreme Court with the …[read more]
The Saga of Homeless Youths Enlisted as Prostitutes
By DEAN BROWN Experts report that on a single night in January 2015, for example, New York City had about 317 homeless youth between the …[read more]
Judge OKs DNA Evidence in Case of Orthodox Jew Accused of Beating Gay Black Man
By RICHARD ANDERSON A Brooklyn judge on Thursday ruled in favor of the prosecution, allowing DNA evidence that the defense argued was too old at …[read more]
The School Bell Rings for City Kids
By ANDREA AUSTIN & PAUL FRANGIPANE Over one million New York City kids headed back to school Thursday with only a few setbacks to an …[read more]
Charlotte Bronte’s Life & Work Limned at Morgan Library
By MARK SULEYMANOV Dark family portraits, old paint boxes, and dusty manuscripts were among the artifacts on display as The Morgan Library and Museum debuted …[read more]