Dec. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Nearly ten years after a fatal Memorial Day weekend shooting, the gunman has been sentenced to prison. Bushwick resident David Cruz was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison for shooting William Perez point-blank on May 25, 2015, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.…
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Council Member Inna Vernikov sued for defamation by Russian-language media mogul
May. 9, 2024 By Adam Daly
Southern Brooklyn Council Member Inna Vernikov is being sued for defamation by Russian-language media mogul Gregory Davidzon.
‘I want to be able to live like a human being’: Flatbush tenants sue landlord for mold, sewage leaks
Nov. 13, 2023 By Jada Camille
Residents of a Flatbush apartment building are suing their landlord and demanding the court force building management to make improvements in their decaying units after raw sewage leaked into their apartments and units became infested with black mold and vermin.
Senate confirms Brooklynite Ramon Reyes as district judge for Eastern District of New York
Nov. 9, 2023 By Adam Daly
The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Brooklynite Ramon Reyes to the position of U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of New York, elevating him from his position as federal magistrate judge on the same court.
Six Brooklyn men indicted in bust of Bedford-Stuyvesant drug trafficking ring: DA
Oct. 5, 2023 By Christian Murray
Six Brooklyn men were indicted Wednesday in connection to a drug trafficking ring where they were allegedly peddling crack cocaine and heroin on the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant, authorities said.
Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for violent assault in Jay Street station: DA
Aug. 25, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Brooklyn man, Roland Henegan, 35, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for attacking a man at the Jay Street-MetroTech subway Station in Downtown Brooklyn last summer, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Wednesday.