No Fair Hike But Riders Voice Concerns to MTA Board
By ENRICO DENARD BROOKLYN—The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), following a dismal two-year decline in ridership needs riders back into the subways. Chair and CEO Janno …[read more]
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NYC Campaign Finance Board Finds Three Candidates Guilty of Campaign Violations
By SAMIA AFSAR The New York City Campaign Finance Board met February 10, to deliberate about campaign violations by three losing candidates from the 2017 …[read more]
Social Justice Organizations Criticize the Mayor’s Blue Print to End Gun Violence
By ANISHA BERMEJO Several prominent social justice organizations agree: New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ “blueprint” to end gun violence is a way to “oversee …[read more]
Falsely Accused Killer Goes Free After 25 Years
By WESTON LOVING A Queens man, previously found guilty of murder and robbery, walked out of the Queens County Courthouse Thursday, exonerated of his crimes …[read more]
Former Brooklyn Prosecutor Charged with Illegal Wiretapping
By PAUL FRANGIPANE A former Brooklyn prosecutor was indicted Monday on federal charges that she forged multiple judges’ signatures to illegally wiretap calls and receive …[read more]
Ditmas Park Teacher Cleared of Sex Abuse
Editor’s note: This story first appeared at Bklyner.com in collaboration with Brooklyn News Service. By LISA FLAUGH A former teacher at a Ditmas Park elementary …[read more]
As Seen in Bklyner: Teacher’s Sex Abuse Trial Begins
By PAUL FRANGIPANE A former teacher accused of groping five girls at a Ditmas Park public school agreed to a guilty plea on Monday – …[read more]
As Seen on Bklyner: Bail Revoked in Shooting
By PAUL FRANGIPANE A Brooklyn judge revoked the bail Thursday of a suspect arrested in a shooting last July on Avenue X in Sheepshead Bay …[read more]
Police: Fake News Story Led Gunman to D.C.
By ISAAC MONTEROSE Police arrested a 28-year-old North Carolina man in Washington on Sunday after he allegedly pointed a firearm at an employee of Comet …[read more]
An Angry Voice Speaks out for Rikers Officers
Violence is up in New York City’s Rikers Island jails even as the number of detainees has dropped below 10,000. Albert Craig, a trustee of …[read more]