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Brooklyn financial advisor allegedly scammed 10 clients out of $1.24M in Ponzi Scheme: DA

Prosecutors allege that instead of investing client's funds in business opportunities, Likhtenstein used the money for personal expenses and to make partial payments to earlier victims of the Ponzi scheme.

Mar. 25, 2025 By Adam Daly The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office is urging potential victims of an indicted Sheepshead Bay financial advisor to come forward after he was charged this week for allegedly stealing nearly $1.24 million from 10 investors through a Ponzi Scheme. DA Eric Gonzalez announced that Marat Likhtenstein, 64, was arraigned…

PHOTOS | Record crowd celebrates 30 years of Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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Mar. 25, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Bay Ridge was awash in green on Sunday as the neighborhood celebrated a milestone — the 30th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Under sunny skies, a record crowd lined Third Avenue to cheer on the marchers, filling the streets with Irish pride. For many attendees, the parade…

Aviator Sports to close indoor facility next month as local fight to save it holds strong

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Mar. 25, 2025 By Robert Pearl The indoor facility at Floyd Bennett Field’s Aviator Sports and Events Center, a longtime recreational hub that has served thousands of children from Brooklyn and Queens, will close April 14, officials announced Monday — but locals are still hoping to save the space. The closure, set for when…

E-bike rider fatally strikes 49-year-old man in Greenpoint, no charges filed

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Mar. 24, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A 49-year-old Williamsburg man was hit and killed by an e-bike rider in Greenpoint on Friday. Luis Cruz was crossing Franklin Street in the middle of the block between India and Java streets at about 7:40 p.m. on March 21 when a 26-year-old e-bike rider slammed into him,…

Families of pandemic nursing home victims mark five years, demand Cuomo take accountability

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Mar. 24, 2025 By Dean Moses Mourning families gathered in Cobble Hill on Sunday to mark the five-year anniversary of COVID-19 and advocate for accountability in the wake of pandemic nursing home deaths. Surrounded by political candidates from across the spectrum, families stood united in their opposition to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of…

Man dies in custody at Brooklyn Criminal Court after hearings delayed multiple times

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Mar. 24, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki The NYPD is investigating how a man died while in custody at Brooklyn Criminal Court last week. Police reported that Soso Ramishvili, 32, of Avenue X was found unconscious and unresponsive inside a holding cell of the courthouse at 120 Schermerhorn St. in Downtown Brooklyn at about 8:25 a.m.…

‘I feel free’: Bay Ridge man who lost his sight finds freedom in running marathons

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Mar. 21, 2025 By Lauren Rapp One morning, Bay Ridge resident Zak Turner noticed his computer screen at work looked blurry. He figured it might be time for glasses. What happened next was something he never expected. Months after first experiencing blurry vision, Turner, 25 at the time, sat beside his girlfriend — now…

Norwegian Christian Home cuts ribbon on revamped rehab gym in Dyker Heights

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Mar. 21, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil The Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center in Dyker Heights celebrated the completion of its newest rehabilitation gym with a ribbon-cutting last week. The $80,000-plus renovation, unveiled on March 19, aims to enhance the facility’s ability to provide top-tier rehabilitation services, including physical and occupational therapy. The…

Behind the picket line: Filmmakers document Alamo Drafthouse workers’ battle for better pay

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Mar. 21, 2025 By Regina Martinez “This is not a labor cost issue.” Those words, written by Sony lawyer Matthew Kelley in an email to Alamo Drafthouse’s bargaining committee, have been on the minds of filmmakers Tyler Trautman and Sebastian Diaz as they document the ongoing strike at the dine-in cinema. “Unless our employees…