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Alleged Lower East Side gang members indicted for multiple shootings over two-year period amid war with rivals
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (190+ words) A Lower East Side crew of seven alleged gang members was indicted Thursday for scheming to obtain firearms and murder their rivals last year, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Prosecutors say the alleged "Up the…...
Brooklyn Bar Association celebrates borough’s Asian-American legal community
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (363+ words) The Brooklyn Bar Association recognized the achievements of two Asian-American members of the borough's legal community on Tuesday at a celebration of Lunar New Year, an important celebration in the Chinese lunar calendar. In the Chinese zodiac the coming year…...
A generation remembered, a future funded: Inside DIFFA’s defining night
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (301+ words) Evenings like the DIFFA "Angels & Demons" Gala make that truth not only visible, but deeply felt. Kenneth Cole followed with remarks that reinforced that same sense of responsibility, his voice grounded in decades of advocacy that extend well beyond the…...
Transit officials announce clean air investments in South Bronx thanks to congestion pricing revenue
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (647+ words) MTA officials and elected representatives announced Wednesday that they will purchase a new set of 75 hybrid and clean-diesel refrigerated trucks for the Hunts Point Produce Market using revenue collected from the city's congestion pricing program, promising to drastically reduce carbon…...
Court system honors outstanding workers with annual presentation of Bernard Botein award
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (348+ words) Bernard Botein " an iconic New York judge who served as the presiding justice for the Manhattan-based Appellate Division, First Department, during the middle of the 20th century " made the improvement of the legal system's interactions with the underprivileged his cause c'l'bre....
U Omakase brings simple yet bold sushi to Greenpoint
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (512+ words) The omakase craze, much like a well-dressed libertine, shows no signs of leaving the party. There was a time'fond, chaotic, faintly unhinged'when sushi in New York operated like the Wild West: laminated menus, fluorescent lighting, and the quiet dare of…...
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg warns New York ‘behind the curve’ in efforts to stop ghost guns from being produced and used in crime
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (584+ words) Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made it clear in an exclusive interview with amNewYork on Tuesday: Albany must step up to help the city stop the proliferation of "ghost guns." Bragg gave a stark warning about the nearly untraceable, 3D-printed…...
Jewish Lawyers Guild bids ‘mazel tov!’ New York’s top matrimonal judge, high-ranking jurist for the Bronx at annual gala
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (457+ words) Jewish Lawyers Guild bids "mazel tov!" New York"s top matrimonal judge, high-ranking jurist for the Bronx at annual gala'amNewYork Jewish Lawyers Guild bids "mazel tov!" New York"s top matrimonal judge, high-ranking jurist for the Bronx at annual gala…...
Manhattan DA seeks murder charge for man who allegedly shoved 83-year-old into subway tracks
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (361+ words) The Manhattan District Attorney indicted a man accused of shoving two people onto the train tracks for murder after one of the victims who was 83 years old died from his injuries." Bairon Hernandez, 34, was charged with second-degree murder once Richard…...
Life imitates art: Man shot in Manhattan’s Flatiron District steps from set of TV show CIA
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (266+ words) A man was shot in the Flatiron District of Manhattan in broad daylight on Monday just steps away from where film crews were taping an episode of "CIA." According to police sources, the incident unfolded at around 12:26 p.m. on March 30 on…...