A team of six reporters spent four months investigating the New York housing system through the prism of one landlord, his buildings and his tenants in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Read on for our findings.
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March 26, 2010March 26, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Man Arrested in Bank Robbery
Police arrested a Brooklyn man suspected of robbing a Manhattan Bank earlier today. Around noon, an unidentified man entered a Capital One Bank on Broadway, and passed the teller a note demanding cash. Fifteen minutes later police took the suspect, Melvin Johnson, into custody. He hasn’t been charged.
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March 26, 2010March 26, 2010Live Wire
Making Sense of Teenager’s Senseless Death
Earlier we told you about the stabbing of a Brooklyn teenager on Coney Island Avenue, who was gunned down walking home from work on Tuesday. It’s still a mystery why, Matthew Huisman reports.
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March 26, 2010March 26, 2010Live Wire
A Question of Identity
“She was either a culprit, or a naive employee in the middle of an alleged fraud.” Nate Rawlings brings us a scene from the Criminal Court, where attorneys could not even agree on the name of the accused.
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March 26, 2010March 26, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Sticks With Paterson
Even as supporters go down like dominoes, Gov. David Paterson’s Brooklyn base is holding firm. Christopher Alessi brings us the voices of the embattled governor’s final supporters.
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March 26, 2010March 26, 2010Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
Strong words on MTA cuts
The MTA is out of money. But cutting 15 subway lines will make commutes longer for a lot of people who rely on them to commute between Manhattan and Brooklyn each day. Dennis Holt in an editorial in The Brooklyn Eagle has strong words on whether the budget is an excuse for reducing public transportation:...
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March 26, 2010March 26, 2010Live Wire
The Roar
Read Yepoka Yeebo’s poetic take on the burst of noise that shattered the morning quiet in Brownsville.
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March 26, 2010March 26, 2010Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
Teenager arrested in slaying
A 19-year-old man was arrested this morning for murdering another teenager in Midwood. Gavin Torres was shot twice in the chest shortly after midnight Tuesday. Police officers heard a gunshot on a routine patrol of Coney Island, and arrived to see Julio Iglesias fire two shots at the victim. They pursued him on foot and...
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March 26, 2010March 26, 2010Live Wire
What a Pickle?!
Manhattan’s pain is Brooklyn’s gain. Guss’ Pickles is moving on from the Lower East Side to Borough Park, as Yepoka Yeebo reported yesterday. Now watch her video, in which the neighborhood newbie shows us how it’s done.
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March 26, 2010March 26, 2010Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
Juicy Chicken Thriller
A little tidbit to disrupt your lunch. Someone has been leaving a trail of chicken heads, flesh and assorted intestines around Prospect Park. The full stomach-turning story is available the NY Post. Just finish that chicken sandwich first. UPDATE: In time to ruin your mid-afternoon coffee break, Brooklyn Paper has video.