By Michael del Castillo The Brooklyn actor who allegedly stabbed his mother to death last week will be arraigned tomorrow morning at the Kings County Supreme Court, says Brooklyn’s District Attorney. Michael Brea, 31, was arrested November 23 at 501 Park Place where his mother, Yannick Brea, 55, was found dead of stab wounds. Brea...
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November 11, 2010November 12, 2010Brooklyn Life
On Veterans Day Soldiers’ Votes Still Not Counted
By Michael del Castillo The Department of Justice has granted a waiver to New York State delaying the counting of as many as 22,000 New York soldiers’ votes who requested ballots from overseas this year. In spite of many improvements since 2008 soldiers continue to find it difficult to cast their votes on time. “I...
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November 11, 2010November 14, 2010Brooklyn Life
Rebuilding Haiti, One Umbrella at a Time
By Sanya Khetani Bad weather puts Catherine Charlot in a good mood. Armed with her shopping cart, Charlot is a familiar sight in Gowanus and Park Slope after a storm hits, scanning the streets and rummaging through garbage cans for broken and discarded umbrellas. She is often mistaken for a homeless woman, but Charlot remains...
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November 11, 2010February 15, 2011Brooklyn Life
Legislation Threatens Public Housing
By Brian Park In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville, public housing residents and their elected officials are voicing their concerns regarding pending legislation that could dramatically alter the funding and ownership structure of the nation’s public housing market. Brownsville is home to the largest concentration of public housing developments in the entire nation. Within this...
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November 11, 2010November 12, 2010Brooklyn Life
Final Farewell to Madoff’s Past Possessions
By Amaris Castillo As they stood inside a Brooklyn warehouse yesterday morning, members of the press looked more like museum visitors as they paused before ornate glass vases and works of art. The items, which ranged from ordinary to lavish, once belonged to Bernard L. Madoff before they were seized over a year ago by...
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October 28, 2010November 1, 2010Brooklyn Life
CUNY Center Boosts Brooklyn Science Industry
By Michael Del Castillo CUNY’s Medgar Evers College has opened a new $247 million School of Science, Health and Technology building on the former site of a sanitation garage. The building, known as Academic Building I, expands the college’s growing campus and is a milestone in Brooklyn’s transformation into a center for scientific learning and...
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October 13, 2010October 13, 2010Live Wire
Two Armed Robbery Suspects Still at Large
Police in Brooklyn’s 71st Precinct are seeking assistance locating two unidentified robbery suspects. The robbery occurred at 1022 Nostrand Ave. near the corner of Empire Blvd. Anyone with information regarding the suspects are asked to contact Crimestoppers at 1 (800) 577-8477
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October 13, 2010October 13, 2010Live Wire
18-year-old Claims Self-Defense in Vicious Stabbing
John S. Katehis, the so-called satanic teenager who allegedly stabbed WABC newsman George Weber 50 times in March 2009, yesterday claimed the attack was self-defense, reports The Brooklyn Eagle. In a previous hearing Katehis appeared in Justice Neil Jon Firetog’s courtroom with the words “Prince of Darkness” handwritten on his shoes. Weber reportedly met Katehis when...
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October 13, 2010October 13, 2010Live Wire
Comptroller Candidates vie for Chance to Fix State Budget
The winner of this year’s state Comptroller election will have “almost complete control of the state’s $124 billion pension fund,” reports The Gotham Gazette. Until recently, candidate Tom DiNapoli was under investigation by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office for alleged wrongdoing in an investment known as Intermedia, which both he and disgraced Comptroller Alan Havesi had...
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October 13, 2010October 13, 2010Live Wire
Prokorov Promises Nets Championship within Five Years of Move to Brooklyn
During formal introductions of the New Jersey Nets to their new Moscow audience, Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov reiterated his vow to win a championship in five years, The Associate Press Reports. In spite of losing out on the battle over LeBron James and a lackluster draft, Prokhorov said he believes the combined effect of the...