Police Commissioner Raymond Kelley hailed as a hero the Park Slope shopkeeper who fended off a robber with a plastic trash can. Mohammed Esa was behind the counter at New Star Tobacco last Wednesday around 2:45 p.m. when a man walked in, drew a knife and demanded money, reported The New York Times. “Obviously, it...
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November 10, 2010November 11, 2010Live Wire
Holocaust Fund Defrauded of $42 Million
A fund dedicated to collecting reparations for Holocaust survivors from the German government was defrauded more than $42 million in the span of 16 years. The 17 indicted were charged with using faked identification, falsified government records and Holocaust history to manipulate the stories of recruits applying for compensation from the Conference on Jewish Material...
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November 10, 2010November 9, 2010Live Wire
NYPD to investigate ticket quotas at Brooklyn precinct
NYPD will launch a probe into memos at the 77th precinct in northern Crown Heights, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday. The decision was made after an officer posted at least two notices that listed a required number of tickets needed in a specific amount of time, said the New York Daily News. The notice goes against NYPD’s...
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November 10, 2010November 11, 2010Live Wire
Alleged Brooklyn Con Artist Begins Trial for $40 Million Swindle
The trial for Brooklyn’s own alleged Ponzi schemer began yesterday in federal court. Phillip Barry, 53, was charged with losing the savings of dozens of Bay Ridge investors through a fraudulent investment company, reported the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Barry can get up to 20 years in prison on charges that he ran a $40 million...
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November 10, 2010November 9, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Has Largest Job Growth in the City
Brooklyn was named the city with the fourth largest gains in employment, said a new report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment grew 1.4 percent in the first quarter of 2010. A lot of the 8,6000 new jobs in Brooklyn can be attributed to a hiring spree in the home health care industry,...
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November 10, 2010November 10, 2010Live Wire
Joel Klein Steps Down as Schools Chancellor, Bloomberg Taps Businesswoman for the Job
Joel Klein, the longest running New York City school chancellor, stepped down, after eight years. Klein, joined by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the newly- appointed chancellor, Cathie Black announced at a press conference yesterday that he would become the Executive Vice President at News Corp, reported the New York Daily News. The job was given...
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November 10, 2010November 17, 2010Brooklyn Life
Disabled Sue MTA Over Cuts
by La Toya Tooles It was after 10 p.m. when Gabriela Amari left midtown Manhattan for her apartment in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Hours later, the F train finally arrived at Church Avenue station. She exits the train and gets in the brand new elevator. It doesn’t work. And now, she is stranded in the subway...
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November 1, 2010November 2, 2010Brooklyn Life
Halloween in Brooklyn
Reporters from The Brooklyn Ink canvassed the borough on Halloween and found people celebrating in all sorts of ways.
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October 28, 2010October 29, 2010Brooklyn Life
Cop Praised for Heroism – and Marksmanship
By Amaris Castillo Feris Jones seemed surprised to see photographers waiting for her when she arrived at the Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza in downtown Brooklyn on Thursday morning. The NYPD Detective smiled shyly for the cameras, then looked away. The 50-year-old officer’s low-key demeanor was in stark contrast to her actions last Saturday, when she...
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October 28, 2010October 29, 2010Brooklyn Life
Clinton Endorses Cuomo at Brooklyn Rally
By Camilo Smith It’s not as if Andrew Cuomo needed the political rock star brilliance of his former boss, Bill Clinton, to lead him into next week’s gubernatorial election. Cuomo already enjoys a double-digit lead over his Tea Party-backed rival, Carl Paladino. The packed auditorium at New York City Technical College in Downtown Brooklyn on...