With arrests of orthodox members gaining more publicity, a potential political fallout might be on the horizon, some say.
Brooklyn borough deposed in lawsuit
Borough President Marty Markowitz was deposed in his office last Friday, as part of a gender and age discrimination lawsuit brought on by Regina Weiss, his former communications director.
Arrests imminent in Salty Dog brawl
The New York Post is reporting that three firefighters will be arrested tomorrow for their role in a Jan. 28 brawl at the Salty Dog bar in Bay Ridge.
Organic food retailer still intent on building near toxic canal
Whole Foods Supermarket is entering the final phase of a cleanup on its future Third Avenue and Third Street site.
Watchtower confirms move out of Brooklyn
Richard Devine, real property manager for the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society confirmed the organization plans to move upstate, to the town of Warwick.
Letter To Rapist Read In Court; He Gets 437 Years
By K. S. Nikhil Kumar The victim had asked to speak to her attacker. She rose and came to the front of Judge Vincent DelGiudice’s Brooklyn courtroom today. The judge was about to pronounce sentence for Boker Thomas, 31, who stood convicted of multiple counts of rape, criminal sexual assault, burglary and robbery. Three court...
Update on hit and run
The owner of the car that hit two young women in Prospect Heights on Sunday has agreed to be questioned, police announced at a press conference today. Erin Phelan, an aide for Mayor Bloomberg, and her friend Alma Guerrero are still hospitalized.
Housing project rapist sentenced
Thomas Boker was sentenced to between 432 1/3 to 437 years in prison today in an emotional hour long hearing on four separate crimes: rape, sexual assault, robbery and burglary. “I am innocent. I am not a monster,” Boker said in court. Four of the eight victims were present at the hearing. Our reporter K....
Police seek hit and run suspect
Police are searching for witnesses to Sunday’s hit and run accident on Flatbush Avenue near Prospect Place. They’ve released a photo of the suspect.
Zazi’s guilty plea
Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty to three terrorist charges yesterday in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. Zazi described his involvement with Al Qaeda and his training in Pakistan. Our reporter Danielle Bengsch covered it from the courtroom.