Report: Ocasio-Cortez targets Jeffries for 2020 primary challenge
Congressmember-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is seeking to defeat U.S. rep. Hakeem Jeffries by recruiting a Democrat to challenge him in a primary in 2020.
Category Archives: Brooklyn, NY
Costly mistakes cited in Danbury prison reconstruction
Rebuilding the Danbury federal penitentiary cost needless expense and exposed female inmates to poor conditions and even danger while temporarily held in Brooklyn, two U.S. Department of Justice reports conclude. The reports by the department's Office of the Inspector General cover the period between July 2013 when the U.S. Bureau of Prisons announced it would convert Danbury from a prison housing women to one housing men, and October 2017 when the construction project was finished.
Lucian J. Gandolfo, Ph.D., Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis…
Rev. Dr. Gandolfo continues to have a desire for justice, and for the forces of good to overcome the darkness of this world. MELBOURNE, FL, September 13, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Lucian J. Gandolfo, Ph.D., with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.
Signage from Bay Ridge dentist office falls, injuring 2 elderly women
According to police, on Monday at around 5:45 p.m., the awning hanging over Brooklyn Smile at 9412 Fourth Ave. fell off. FDNY was on the scene to remove the debris and signage.
Immigration firm seems to thrive after Trump lawyer’s help
In this April 11, 2018, file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, walks along a sidewalk in New York. AT&T and drug giant Novartis drew nothing but bad publicity when they asked Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen for help with business, but a Florida visa broker appears to have gotten nearly everything he wanted.
Immigration firm seems to thrive after Trump lawyer’s help Source: AP
AT&T and drug giant Novartis got nothing but bad publicity when they asked Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen for help with business, but a Florida immigration firm that tapped him appears to have gotten nearly everything it wanted. When Nicholas Mastroianni II hooked up with Cohen last year, his business was threatened by a looming regulatory crackdown on the federal EB-5 program that offers foreigners permanent residency visas if they invest in certain U.S. real estate projects.
Pizza delivery man has ICE called on him at NY military base, now faces deportation
Pablo Villavicencio delivered a pizza on Friday to a Brooklyn military base, Fort Hamilton. He had previously delivered to the base on a number of occasions.
J’can pastor in New York gets congressional proclamation on 99th birthday
That's one of the favourite sayings of Reverend Charles J Barrett. And whereas he loves to proclaim blessings on others, the outpouring of love and affection on the occasion of his 99th birthday last Saturday, in Brooklyn, New York, has shown that the goodly gentleman is himself well blessed.
Opioid treatment gap in Medicare: methadone clinics
One in three older Americans with Medicare drug coverage is prescribed opioid painkillers, but for those who develop a dangerous addiction there is one treatment Medicare won't cover: Methadone is the oldest, and experts say, the most effective of the three approved medications used to treat opioid addiction. It eases cravings without an intense high, allowing patients to work with counselors to rebuild their lives.
MeToo founder Tarana Burke, Margaret Atwood honoured for activism
They were honouring stars of Hollywood, the media and literature, but it was longtime activist and MeToo founder Tarana Burke - a name unknown to most people until six months ago - who got the biggest ovation at Variety's annual Power of Women event on Friday. Activist Tarana Burke attends Variety's Power of Women event Friday in New York and told the audience she's "desperate to change" the narrative surrounding the MeToo movement before it's too late.
MeToo founder Tarana Burke: Focus on survivors, not blaming
They were honoring stars of Hollywood, the media and literature, but it was longtime activist and MeToo founder Tarana Burke - a name unknown to most people until six months ago - who got the biggest ovation at Variety's annual Power of Women event on Friday. Burke, who founded the MeToo movement 12 years ago and runs it out of the Brooklyn, New York, offices of Girls for Gender Equity, said she wanted people to recognize its deeper purpose - working with survivors of sexual assault, and not simply bringing down powerful abusers.
Golden talks congestion pricing, speed cameras
As state budget negotiations intensified in Albany ahead of an April 1 deadline, an influential Brooklyn state senator said he is in favor, at least in principle, of a proposal to institute a congestion pricing plan to get vehicles off clogged Midtown Manhattan streets and another idea that would double the number of speed cameras outside of New York City schools. But state Sen. Marty Golden , the only Republican state senator representing a Brooklyn district, said his support is contingent on getting certain provisions into both bills.
‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli to be sentenced for defrauding investors
Martin Shkreli, the former drug company executive who made headlines by jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug before he was found guilty of defrauding investors, is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli arrives at U.S. District Court for the third day of jury deliberations in his securities fraud trial in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., August 2, 2017.
Martin Shkreli’s former lawyer convicted of securities and wire fraud charges
In this Dec. 17, 2015, file courtroom sketch, from left, defense attorney Baruch White, pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, defense attorney Jonathan Sack and co-defendant Evan Greebel appear in court in New York. Greebel, a lawyer accused of helping Shkreli cover up a financial fraud, was convicted of conspiracy charges on Wednesday by a federal jury in Brooklyn.
Bristol church hosts ‘Adopt a Sailor’ for Christmas
Kevin Ramos, left, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and about fifty other U.S. Navy enlisted recruits from the Naval Station Great Lakes, joined parishioners and volunteers who served a holiday meal during U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command's 2017 Christmas Adopt-A-Sailor at Bristol United Methodist Church on Christmas, Dec. 25, 2017. "We're basically doing it as family," said Ralph Myers and his wife, Joyce Myers, right, as they help put on the 10th annual Adopt-A-Sailor event at Bristol United Methodist Church.
Unsealed court docs: Luthmann’s alleged death threats, ‘La Cosa Nostra’ connections
Flamboyant lawyer Richard Luthmann may fancy himself a champion of the little guy, but federal prosecutors say he is little more than a "violent criminal and fraudster" who, along with accomplices, bilked customers in a scrap-metal business they had formed, had a victim threatened at gunpoint, and took advantage of a blind client in a bid to hide their scheme. Luthmann, 38, who two years ago famously sought to resolve a civil lawsuit through "trial by combat," was arrested Friday morning by the FBI on a slew of charges, including kidnapping, kidnapping conspiracy, money laundering, brandishing a firearm to commit a crime, aggravated identity theft and extortion conspiracy.
Controversial Gitmo art exhibit closes after Snapchat threat
A woman looks at paintings made by detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, at an art exhibition at John Jay College. John Jay College will be closing a controversial art exhibit on Monday - featuring paintings and sculptures created by Guantanamo detainees - after someone made a "threat" on Snapchat, officials said.
The MTA apparently has no idea how they’re going to handle the…
As you undoubtedly know, the City and the MTA plan to close the L Train for nearly all of 2019 and part of 2020. We're just 16 months away, and they still haven't announced how they're going to handle the 15-month closure, which will affect an estimated 200,000 to 250,000 riders.
New York’s Majestic Passage in the Sky
To enter the Port of New York, vessels have to traverse the Kill Van Kull and pass under the Bayonne Bridge. In order for today's enormous new container ships to fit, the channel had to be made deeper and the bridge's roadway higher.
Ex-Rep. Grimm: All NYC Restaurants Pay Workers Off the Books
Former Staten Island congressman Michael Grimm is gunning for a congressional comeback after serving time for tax evasion. He's counting on two things to get his old job back: the loyalty of his constituents, who he served after Sandy, and the popularity of Donald Trump in his neck of the woods.