Nov. 14, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith Ten years ago Sybil Green, who goes by the name Tami, was biking down a stretch of Jackie Robinson Parkway’s residential frontage road, which connects Vermont Street in East New York with Highland Park, when she noticed a house that looked in disrepair, with a door ajar and a…
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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.
Oct. 16, 2023 By Adam Daly
A suit filed by local lawmakers to stop the city from erecting a mega-migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field was sent back to state court Friday by a federal judge.
Oct. 5, 2023 By Adam Daly
A church in Downtown Brooklyn is taking legal action against a neighboring restaurant in an effort to put an end to “persistent and disruptive leaks” that it says has caused foul liquid and food grease to rain down into its community space, causing millions of dollars in damage.
Aug. 25, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
One of Brooklyn’s largest music venues, Avant Gardner, has been sued by a security firm it hired to carry out monitoring mandated by the New York State Liquor Authority following years of scrutiny regarding Avant Gardner’s ability to safely supply alcohol and keep its patrons safe.
Aug. 22, 2023 By Megan McGibney
The latest conflict between New York City’s public schools and charter school communities reached a conclusion just before the city’s largest charter school system opened for the year.
Jul. 27, 2023 By Oscar Fock
Long Island University’s softball team scored perhaps its biggest win of the year last month, as LIU agreed to let the team stay in Brooklyn for another two years following a Title IX lawsuit filed against the university by some of the members of the team.
Apr. 14, 2023 By Megan McGibney The ongoing strain between New York City’s public school and charter school communities took another turn late last month when the United Federation of Teachers, along with parents and individual teachers, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court against the Department of Education for allegedly violating state education law…
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