Author: Alyson Martin (Alyson Martin)

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has come down hard on three Brooklyn-based companies, suing them because they offered (illegal) legal immigration advice to Haitians after the destructive earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince. Those who provided the advice were not actually lawyers and therefore could not give or charge for legal advice. Further, the companies charged for services...

A Cypress Hills teen was arrested last night for his part in a Sunday night sexual assault in Central Park. Robert Gonzalez, who is 18, turned himself in. Two others, Shawn Martinez and Kelvin Dalrymple, have not been taken into custody. According to the Daily News, the three men lured her to the park, saying...

Davie McKenzie, 28, was shot in the chest and killed Sunday night at about 11:20 p.m. on E. 21st St. in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Witnesses say they heard a succession of “pops.” Those gunshots also injured two other men, a 30 year-old and a 42 year-old. No one has been arrested.

Strong riptides swept away a Brooklyn man and his friend in Westhampton Sunday afternoon. Deng Zheng, 26, and his friend, Xiangyong Chen, 31, were swimming at Cupsogue Beach County Park on Long Island when Zheng and Chen were overcome by a large wave. Zheng was pulled from the water by two lifeguards, but CPR could...

When the Administration for Children’s Services said in February that 16 day cares would be closing city-wide, no parents braced more than those in Brooklyn, were 11 of those closing day cares are located. The Daily News is reporting that parents of 100 children at two shuttering centers in the same Boerum Hill building are...

Here’s a picture of Senator Charles Schumer having some fun before a Grizzly Bear performance last year. Schumer has supported the free Pool Parties concerts in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and says he plans to continue. He helped renew the contract for the 2010 season. The Senator declined an interview by the Times for the article, but...

Love exploring? Then you’ll really appreciate Paul Ramírez Jonas’ art project. He’s giving out 25,000 master keys at a Times Square kiosk and the first one went to Mayor Bloomberg on Thursday. The mayor usually gives out similar keys to people who have done something great, like the Dali Lama. But, Bloomberg loves the idea...

Vice President Joe Biden was in Brooklyn Wednesday, along with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other New York officials, to mark the beginning of an intensive face lift to the 127 year-old Brooklyn Bridge. The work is expected to cost $500 million, $286 million of which is city money. About $30 million is from the federal...

The New York Police Department is searching for a man who tried to grab two Brooklyn girls just minutes apart, according to several news reports. Around 5:15 yesterday, a black man about 6 feet tall wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans approached a 10 year-old girl near the Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues intersection in...

A Brooklyn boy has returned a locket with a heartfelt apology to a Williamsburg boutique after he thought it was free and stole the necklace for Mother’s Day. The handwritten note from the 7 year-old boy was posted on the Catbird store’s blog and at 1010wins.com.