By KRYSTYNA CHICHURA It's 10 o'clock in the morning and the local businesses in the Atlantic Yards area are just starting to open the doors to their customers. Abe Fulani…
Jurors See Video of Dogfight That Led to Brooklyn Murder Trial
By GILBERTE SAINT-PRIEUX and NAKIA COPELAND Jurors witnessed footage in a Brooklyn courtroom recently of the dogfight that, prosecutors charge, led ex-con Daniel Pagan to stab a fellow dog owner…
Storm-Ravaged Coney Island Hospital Getting Back on Its Feet
By STEPHANIE BERZON What used to be polished and tiled is now a nearly black slab of concrete. Wires coil around and dangle from an exposed ceiling. The only electrical…
Possible Serial Killer Has Merchants on Edge
By CONOR FEBOS Storekeepers along Flatbush Avenue were on edge Tuesday as authorities continued searching for a possible serial killer who is suspected of gunning down three Middle Eastern Brooklyn…
Felder wins in `super-Jewish’ Brooklyn district
By YVONNE JURIS Former City Council member Simcha Felder handily defeated Sen. Dave Storobin on Tuesday in a campaign to represent Brooklyn's new “super Jewish” seat in the State Senate.…
Golden wins in Bay Ridge race
By MELANIE GOLDBERG Ten-year Republican incumbent Martin Golden was re-elected Tuesday to his State Senate seat in southern Brooklyn, defeating Democratic opponent Andrew Gounardes. With all precincts reporting, Golden had…
Cymbrowitz wins 7th term in southern Brooklyn
By MELANIE GOLDBERG Twelve-year Democratic incumbent Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz defeated two challengers who divided the opposition vote in a storm-struck district in southern Brooklyn. With all the precincts reporting by…
Despite probe, Grimm re-elected to Congress
By NICK LOPEZ Rep. Michael Grimm was the victor Tuesday in his race against Democrat Mark Murphy for a second term in Congress from a storm-battered Staten Island-Brooklyn district. With…
Rep. Grimm looks to hold back challenge in S.I./Brooklyn district
By NICK LOPEZ A walk through the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst passes many a poster for Rep. Michael Grimm’s re-election campaign There are few, if…
Brooklyn DA Pushes to Increase Penalties for Assaulting EMT Workers
By AVRIL REGIS EMT worker Betty Higdon, was not expecting to leave a patient's Bronx home in the back of the ambulance she drove everyday. Higdon was attacked in the Bronx…