Tag: indictment

Driver charged with manslaughter, homicide in Brooklyn school bus hit-and-run

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Apr. 10, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A Brooklyn man was indicted Wednesday for an East New York hit-and-run that left his passenger dead and another driver injured. Tyree Epps was charged on April 9 with second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, second-degree assault, speeding, driving without a license, disobeying stop signs, and leaving the scene…

Brooklyn Borough President Reynoso recalls ‘unusual’ visit from Turkish official after Adams became mayor

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Sep. 27, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The 57-page federal corruption indictment of Mayor Eric Adams begins not with hizzoner’s alleged misdeeds at City Hall, but at Brooklyn Borough Hall.  “In 2014, Eric Adams, the defendant, became Brooklyn Borough President,” the document reads. “Thereafter, for nearly a decade, Adams sought and accepted improper valuable benefits,…

Mayor Adams’ Brooklyn neighbors back resignation calls amid indictment drama

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Sep. 26, 2024 By Adam Daly Outside Mayor Eric Adams’ Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone on Thursday, neighbors backed calls for his resignation. The mayor is accused of bribery, soliciting illegal campaign donations, and wire fraud as part of an alleged years-long relationship with Turkish officials. Emerson Iannone, 24, who lives down the block from Adams’ Lafayette…