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Turmoil and Turmeric at Park Slope Food Co-Op As Four Members Are Ousted Over Israel Boycott Protest
Andy Cush · 06/29/16 03:55PMThe controversy surrounding Israel and the Boycott Divest and Sanctions movement continues to tear at the fabric of America’s most hallowed institutions. This spring, it was the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign; last week, it was the University of California. Now, it’s the venerated aisles of the Park Slope Food Co-Op.
Brooklyn Voter Purge Disproportionately Affected Hispanics
Brendan O'Connor · 06/21/16 12:28PMEarlier this year, an investigative report from WNYC revealed two illegal voter purges that removed more than 120,000 people from voting rolls in Brooklyn, which some pundits described as “annoying” and “not voter suppression.” In fact, according to WNYC, voters in majority-Hispanic election districts were purged at a rate nearly 60 percent greater than in all other districts.
Hamilton Nolan · 06/20/16 04:00PM
Vaccinate Your Hasidic Baby Please
Marina Galperina · 05/17/16 01:35PMSince March, 75 people were infected with chicken pox in a South Williamsburg Orthodox Jewish community. The NYC health department is investigating the outbreak which almost exclusively affected infants and children up to 10 years old who were not vaccinated against the varicella virus or hadn’t finished the vaccination course.
11-Year-Old Charged With Hate Crime for Setting Fire to Yeshiva School Bus in Brooklyn
Andy Cush · 05/09/16 02:50PMAn 11-year-old boy was charged with a hate crime for allegedly setting fire to a Jewish Yeshiva school bus in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the New York Daily News is reporting. Surveillance video taken Sunday evening shows several young boys darting in and out of the bus shortly before a fire erupts within it.
Defense Attorneys Seek Retrial for Ex-Cop Found Guilty of Manslaughter, Saying Juror Lied About Father's Conviction
Brendan O'Connor · 04/14/16 07:20AMEarlier month, attorneys for ex-NYPD cop Peter Liang, who, in February, was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Akai Gurley, filed a motion arguing that Juror No. 9, Michael Vargas, should not have been allowed on the panel. His estranged father, it turns out, served time for manslaughter. Vargas also made a number of anti-cop comments on Facebook.
Peggy Noonan Went to Brooklyn Four Years Ago and She's Still Talking About It
Hamilton Nolan · 04/08/16 12:35PMNYPD Cops Cuff On-Duty Mailman for Yelling at Them While He Delivered Mail
Andy Cush · 03/23/16 04:41PMInnocent Man Exonerated After 25 Years in Prison
Hamilton Nolan · 03/11/16 10:11AMReported Brooklyn Building Collapse Possibly a Hoax
Brendan O'Connor · 03/10/16 09:48PMNYPD Officer Shot in Brooklyn, 2 Suspects in Custody and 1 Still at Large
Brendan O'Connor · 03/08/16 07:16PMBrooklyn District Attorney Drops Charges Against All 5 Teens Accused in Brownsville Gang Rape
Brendan O'Connor · 02/24/16 07:05PMEl Chapo May Follow His Product to Brooklyn, Face Prosecution There
Andy Cush · 02/12/16 10:12AMOfficer Peter Liang Takes Stand in Akai Gurley Shooting Trial
Brendan O'Connor · 02/08/16 07:15PMBill de Blasio Wants to Build Streetcars For the Brooklyn-Queens Waterfront's Wealthy Gentrifiers
Brendan O'Connor · 02/03/16 09:12PMIn his State of the City speech on Thursday—attendance at which his administration is working very diligently to limit to friendly faces only—Mayor Bill de Blasio will unveil, among other things, his proposal to build a streetcar line along the East River, connecting Sunset Park, Brooklyn, with Astoria, Queens.
Three Men Have Hanged Themselves in NYPD Custody Since May
Brendan O'Connor · 02/01/16 09:53PMWilliamsburg Is Melting Down Over Proposed L Train Closure
J.K. Trotter · 01/29/16 11:30AMA few weeks ago, officials at New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority announced preliminary plans to repair and fortify the Canarsie subway tunnel beneath the East River, a job that would require temporarily shutting down L train service between Williamsburg and Manhattan (either completely for an entire year, or just on weekends for three years). The announcement was initially greeted as a joke aimed at the neighborhood’s creative residents—the L train? Shut down? Hahaha!—but now those residents have begun to register actual alarm. Gothamist has the details from a recent town hall meeting (bolding ours):
Brendan O'Connor · 01/16/16 04:45PM
4 of the 5 Brooklyn Teens Suspected in Brownsville Gang Rape Released After DA Fails to Meet Deadline
Brendan O'Connor · 01/14/16 08:48PMThe Brooklyn district attorney alerted the court Thursday that he would not make the initial deadline to obtain indictments against four of the five teenagers arrested on suspicion of raping an 18-year-old woman at a Brownsville playground earlier this month. As such, those suspects are to be released without bail.