Author: Sanya Khetani (Sanya Khetani)

The City Council has approved the merger of the Administration for Children’s Services and the Department of Juvenile Justice, according to The Gotham Gazette. The move is an attempt to keep children out of jail and promote other programs as alternatives to imprisonment. The merger was announced by Mayor Bloomberg in January, and was supported...

The hunt for a man from the Bronx who escaped from police custody in New Jersey yesterday ended when the New York City Police Department Regional Fugitive Task Force and US Marshals found and arrested him in Connecticut, according to NY1. The man, who is a suspect in a shooting in the Bronx, fled by...

Mayor Bloomberg will announce a new round of budget cuts today to combat New York City’s $3 billion deficit, NY1 says. The cuts are expected to include most departments, including Education, Finance, Aging and libraries, with an estimated savings of $1.5 billion. These cuts come after Bloomberg’s orders to all city agencies to cut their...

The Kings County District Attorney announced on Wednesday that Thomas Sotiridy, 60, an officer at the Criminal Court was arrested on charges of child pornography, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports. The charges note that he was in possession of hundreds of photographs of underage girls engaged in sexual activity with adults. He is also accused...

Police have appealed for public assistance in finding a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Bushwick on Sunday morning, according to NY1. The suspect is described as a 20-25 year old male, 5’6″ to 5’8″ tall and 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white jacket, blue jeans, baseball cap and white...

St. Ann’s Warehouse, which produces over 180 performances a year, was selected to take over Tobacco Warehouse by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation’s Board, according to The Brooklyn Eagle. Their plan was chosen from over 1,400 submissions, and includes a theater, as well as ample unenclosed space. The lease is expected to be signed in...

Governor Paterson wants the Legislature  to return for a special session on November 29, according to The Gotham Gazette because he says they have “unfinished business” to attend to, namely making more significant spending cuts to deal with the already huge budget deficit before Paterson’s term ends. The Governor says it was the legislature’s “obligation...