y Staten Island man, 72, files Child Victims Act suit over alleged 1960s abuse by Poly Prep teachers By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:00:56 +0000 Rubin, now a genteel 72-year-old Staten Island resident, alleges in a newly-filed Child Victims Act lawsuit that he was sexually abused on a weekly basis between 1960-65 by a cabal of five predatory teachers at the prestigious school. Full Article
y SEE IT: Robber steals cellphone from 12-year-old boy in Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 03:25:24 +0000 The boy was walking behind a building on Coyle St. near Ave. U in Sheepshead Bay at about 6 p.m. Jan. 25, when the robber ran up on the youngster from behind, police said Sunday. Full Article
y MTA to reopen long-shuttered entrance to busy Brooklyn subway station By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:17:11 +0000 Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials on Thursday announced plans to reopen a long-closed pair of entrances to the Nostrand Ave. station on the A and C lines by the end of 2020 — some 30 years after they were closed due to security concerns. Full Article
y Dozens of Brooklyn assistant DAs quit over new state law that adds to workloads By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 09 Feb 2020 03:22:48 +0000 The new law requires prosecutors to hand over most evidence in criminal cases to defense lawyers within 15 days of suspects’ arraignments. Because of the law, lawyers who once clocked out in the early evening are now working late into the night, say multiple sources in the Brooklyn DA’s office. Full Article
y Woman attacked with hammer during Brooklyn mugging By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:39:26 +0000 Police said the crook crept up behind the 38-year-old victim on Wilson Ave. near Dekalb Ave. in Bushwick about 7 a.m. Tuesday and shoved her to the ground. Full Article
y After legendary 53-year career, Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein hangs up his robe at age 98 By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:36:02 +0000 Judge Jack Weinstein on Monday moved to inactive status, closing out a 53-year career. A highlight of his law career was working with Thurgood Marshall on the legal arguments that led the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in Brown v. Board of Education that school segregation was illegal. He was named a federal judge in 1967, and on his retirement was the last appointee of President Lyndon Johnson still on the bench. Full Article
y ‘I’m still building, still paving the way’: Brooklyn entrepreneur launches black-owned champagne brand By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 16:51:36 +0000 Marvina Robinson was inspired to create Stuyvesant Champagne, named after Bedford-Stuyvesant where she grew up, while drawing up plans for a champagne bar set to launch in the neighborhood later this year. Full Article
y Poly Prep tennis coach accused of sexual abuse by second former student in new Brooklyn court filing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:38:29 +0000 The plaintiff, a former high school cheerleader identified only by the pseudonym “Mary Coe,” was in her first year at the school when defendant William Martire allegedly initially forced her to perform oral sex on him in the early 1980s, according to a horrifying 18-page Brooklyn Supreme Court filing. Full Article
y Brooklyn subway surfer recovering at hospital after doctors amputate crushed foot By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:04:36 +0000 Ulises Rivera, 32, had stitches above his right eye and a blood-soaked sheet wrapped around his right leg at Elmhurst Hospital — but otherwise seemed in healthy condition. Full Article
y Man wrongly convicted in 1995 Brooklyn gang murder sues the state for $100 million By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 22:48:27 +0000 Christian Pacheco, 42, was wrongly convicted in the racially-motivated Latin Kings killing of Lemuel Cruz, who died in December 1995 at a Brooklyn club called El Sabor Latino. Pacheco was nabbed by cops as he was trying to save Cruz's life. “I don’t regret helping him — honestly, I don’t. That’s the kind of person that I am," Pacheco told reporters Thursday. Full Article
y Pistol-whipping Russian mobster explodes at prosecutor at Brooklyn sentencing: ‘I can’t listen to these lies!’ By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:24:49 +0000 Aleksey Tsvetkov, 40, blew up while an Assistant U.S. Attorney recited his criminal history during his sentencing hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court on racketeering charges.. Full Article
y 19-year-old Brooklyn stabbing victim asked for his mom in his last breaths By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 05:01:39 +0000 Mamadou Bah, 19, an immigrant from Senegal who dreamt of playing pro basketball, died after he stumbled into Gentlemen’s Quarters Salon on Church Ave. near Ocean Ave. in Flatbush just before 10 p.m. Tuesday. Full Article
y Mom wants justice for Mexican son shot by ICE on vacation visit to Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:59:19 +0000 “Those people shot him to kill him. It’s a miracle that my son is alive,” Carmen Cruz said of the Feb. 6 incident in which her son, 26-year-old Erick Diaz-Cruz, was wounded in a confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Gravesend. Full Article
y Legendary mobster Sonny Franzese dead at 103 By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 19:23:16 +0000 The renowned tough guy did his prison time without ever turning on his mob associates following a 1967 conviction that was widely considered both inside and outside organized crime as a set-up. Full Article
y Boy, 7, walking to Brooklyn school with mom killed in crosswalk by driver with suspended license — sixth NYC pedestrian death in five days By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:34:41 +0000 The 8:15 a.m. crash at Pennsylvania and Blake Aves. in East New York happened just paces from three neighborhood schools and about two miles from where a 10-year-old girl was fatally struck by a school bus Tuesday, officials said. Full Article
y Tears flow, crossing guards and memorial appear at Brooklyn death scene where 7-year-old was fatally injured while walking to school By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 23:50:18 +0000 Folks in the neighborhood where the 7-year-old was struck and killed 24 hours earlier couldn’t help but notice the new arrivals Friday: Two guards positioned at the intersection near a homemade memorial honoring the lost and lovable child. Full Article
y Water main break in Brooklyn floods businesses, shuts down L train for three hours By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:10:52 +0000 The break took place near Driggs Ave. and N. 7th St. in Williamsburg about 4:30 a.m., officials said. The problem was fixed and the bulk of the flooding cleared up by 7 a.m. — not early enough to avoid rush hour disruptions in subway service. Full Article
y SEE IT: 15-year-old girl ‘traumatized’ after being beaten and robbed by teen mob in Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:49:47 +0000 The teen victim was chased to the corner of Utica Ave. and Sterling Place around 4:10 p.m. Thursday before being knocked to the ground. Video then shows a horde of teens descending upon her. Full Article
y Brooklyn man whose murder conviction was overturned will be retried for 1992 killing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:09:26 +0000 Emmanuelle Cooper, 54, spent 27 years in prison for the 1992 murder of MTA employee Andres Barretto, who was fatally shot in an East New York subway station after two men forced their way into a booth and robbed the token clerks inside. Full Article
y Brooklyn teen, 16, revealed sexual abuse at family dinner, mom recounts at teacher’s trial By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:21:55 +0000 Mervyn Affoon, who taught at the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism at hospitality at Erasmus Hall High School in Flatbush, is accused of sexually abusing the teen about 15 times between March 2017 and June 2017. Full Article
y ‘This is a celebration of homecoming.’ Mourners gather for funeral of 7-year-old boy fatally struck by unlicensed driver in Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:12:28 +0000 More than 200 mourners filed into the Love Fellowship Tabernacle church in East New York Thursday night for Payson Lott’s wake and funeral. The youngster was struck and killed by an unlicensed driver as he crossed a street in his neighborhood. Full Article
y Brooklyn Supreme Court worker tests positive for coronavirus, officials say courthouse will remain open By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:21:15 +0000 The employee, who works at 320 Jay St. in Downtown Brooklyn, tested positive for the illness Thursday night, prompting the Vera Institute to tell a majority of their employees to work from home. Full Article
y ’Flatten the curve, go home!’ New Yorkers bellow coronavirus warnings from their windows in Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:27:47 +0000 As New Yorkers take to staying indoors to combat the spread of the coronavirus, these residents are taking a different approach. Full Article
y Brooklyn man suspected of murdering love triangle rival and burning corpse took victim’s seat in church By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:42:00 +0000 The murder may have happened outside the city. Full Article
y Coronavirus threat leads Diocese of Brooklyn to close all 186 parishes, after two priests and more congregants infected By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:38:44 +0000 The diocese made the dramatic announcement after confirming positive coronavirus tests for two priests: One at a church in Queens, the other at a church in Brooklyn. Full Article
y Brooklyn judge, three others test positive for coronavirus in borough’s courts: officials By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:29:29 +0000 The judge, whose name was not released, was last in the courthouse on Mar. 12, officials said. Full Article
y Transgender woman housed with men repeatedly raped in Brooklyn federal lockup: lawsuit By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 21:58:18 +0000 A transgender woman awaiting trial on charges that she swindled elderly women out of their savings was raped repeatedly in jail after she was housed against her will with rowdy male inmates, according to a new lawsuit. Full Article
y Brooklyn’s McCarren Park bustles even as state goes ‘on pause’ over coronavirus By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:08:48 +0000 Friends played touch football and shared sweaty exercise equipment while others kept their distance from others Full Article
y Tony-winning actress who lost unborn child in Brooklyn crash pregnant again By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 02:12:31 +0000 Ruthie Ann Miles, a Tony winner who is now a regular on the CBS series “All Rise,” shared the happy news on Instagram. Full Article
y Brooklyn fiddler serenades neighbors stuck in coronavirus lockdown By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 20:09:00 +0000 “It’s about the power of music and bringing music to people to get through very difficult times. I think we all really need to do that and really step up for each other," said Dr. Kari Groff. Full Article
y Social distancing to prevent coronavirus spread isn’t happening in NYC courts By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000 While an increasing number of criminal suspects are being arraigned by video to prevent the spread of coronavirus, defendants’ families often sit on crowded courthouse benches waiting for their relatives’ arraignments. Full Article
y Patients denied take-home doses at packed Brooklyn methadone clinic, sparking fears of coronavirus transmission By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:18:07 +0000 Patient Jessica Ellision recalled how she broke down and sobbed Monday when she finally received her medication after a three-hour wait — much of it in the crowded hallway where she feared the other patients might be infected. “It was so intense and so stressful, and you feel like you worked so hard not to be sick, but this is it now — this is how it happens,” said Ellison, 39, of the Bronx. Full Article
y Two NYC Education Dept. employees who shared building with principal who died of coronavirus also hospitalized: sources By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:01:37 +0000 Rona Phillips, the principal of KAPPA V High School in Brownsville, is in intensive care with pneumonia, officials said. “Our thoughts are with Principal Phillips and her family for a speedy recovery, and we’ll support the school community in every way we can,” said Education Department spokeswoman Miranda Barbot. Full Article
y SEE IT: Crooks steal cash register from Brooklyn bistro: police By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:49:27 +0000 A pair of crooks broke into a Bushwick bistro and swiped the cash register during an early-morning robbery over the weekend, police said Tuesday. Full Article
y Streets will open to pedestrians around the city to give coronavirus-cooped New Yorkers more open space By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:12:06 +0000 City officials called the street closings planned starting Friday are an “initial pilot,” and that more sites may be added to the program in the coming days. De Blasio said on Tuesday he’d like to open “up to two streets per borough.” Full Article
y Beloved Brooklyn pastor dies from coronavirus at age 49 — first Catholic priest killed by disease in the U.S., officials say By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 22:14:19 +0000 The beloved 49-year-old priest, born in Mexico City, passed away Friday evening at the Wyckoff Medical Center in Brooklyn, the diocese said. Father Jorge, as he was known to worshippers, served as the diocesan coordinator of the ministry for Mexican-Americans among his other duties. Full Article
y Charges tossed against Brooklyn nail salon workers in broomstick beatdown By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Two Brooklyn nail salon workers who pummeled a customer with brooms in a viral video had assault charges against them dismissed at trial – and a defense attorney says they were victims of a mob mentality fueled by elected officials. Full Article
y ‘This is for real’: Videos show bodies loaded into trucks outside coronavirus-struck NYC hospitals By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:17:00 +0000 Disturbing videos posted online paint a grim picture on how hospitals seem to be struggling to deal with bodies as they battle against the wave of coronavirus patients. Full Article
y Manslaughter arrest for woman accused of fatally striking NYC hospital patient for violating coronavirus social distancing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:11:00 +0000 Hospital police initially issued Lundy a disorderly conduct summons after the attack and released her. On Thursday NYPD cops arrested her for manslaughter and assault. Full Article
y Members of NYC’s running clubs run errands for needy during coronavirus pandemic By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 17:16:56 +0000 Runners are using their legs for deliveries now. Full Article
y Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams calls for express supermarket lanes for first responders, with Foodtown already onboard By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:29:02 +0000 Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams called Saturday for all New York supermarkets to offer express lane treatment for those heroic New Yorkers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
y Cops bust thief trying to steal dozens of shoes and baseball caps from closed Brooklyn Foot Locker By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 19:56:06 +0000 Suspect Donte West, 28, broke into a side door of the shoe store on Pitkin Ave. near Bristol St. in Brownsville about 8:45 a.m. Saturday and loaded up a Chevy Trailblazer with more than three dozen pairs of sneakers and nearly 40 baseball caps as cops arrived, police said. Full Article
y Four men wounded in Brooklyn shooting By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 15:50:39 +0000 A 39-year-old man was shot in the stomach on Rockaway Parkway near Winthrop St. in Brownsville around 3:20 a.m., according to authorities. Three other men, in their 30s and 40s, were shot in the legs. Full Article
y Cops break up Brooklyn funeral for coronavirus victim as mourners ignore social distancing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 20:54:37 +0000 The funeral was held for Rav Yosef Kalish, 63, an Amshinover rebbe who was hospitalized with COVID-19 last week and died Sunday morning, The Associated Press reported. Full Article
y Gone too fast, too young: Brooklyn dad of 2-year-old boy dies at home from likely coronavirus despite family’s desperate efforts to save him By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 03:45:00 +0000 The last thing Jorge Cruz ever did was ask for a cup of hot tea. By the time it was cool enough for a sip, he was dead -- apparently from coronavirus. Full Article
y Family of Brooklyn artist found dead in apartment fire believe he died before the blaze By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:22:01 +0000 Wilfredo Cervantes, 52, an artist and poet from Puerto Rico, was found dead inside his second-floor apartment on Jefferson Ave. near Ralph Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Wednesday evening. Full Article
y Ex-prisoner fears coronavirus rampant at Brooklyn federal lockup, says early release likely saved his life By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 22:40:08 +0000 Inmates were coughing and sneezing, and guards wore no personal protective equipment, said Hassan Chunn, 46, who fears the disease is spreading through the Metropolitan Detention Center. Full Article
y SEE IT: Burglar in surgical mask robs Brooklyn church twice in 5 days By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:29:42 +0000 The crook first targeted Grace Baptist Church on New Jersey Ave. near Liberty Ave. in East New York around 8 p.m. March 31, cops said. He forced open a side door and made off with a wad of cash. Full Article
y Outraged staff, local residents say Brooklyn nursing home kept dead coronavirus patients in room cooled only by air conditioning By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:19:51 +0000 Outraged community leaders joined staffers Tuesday outside the Linden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, where demonstrators complained as many as 10 bodies were stored in an unrefrigerated fourth floor dementia unit where the dead reside among the living — and ailing residents are reportedly free to wander. Full Article
y HOMETOWN HELPERS: Brooklyn hospital X-ray technologist uses mental prep routine to 'amp up’ for hectic shifts on the coronavirus front line By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Gina Torres, radiologic technologist at Wyckoff Heights Hospital in Brooklyn, knows the amount of stress waiting inside as coronavirus patients pour in day after day. Full Article