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Zhuang defends actions, accuses NYPD of police brutality after protest arrest
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Council Member Susan Zhuang defended her actions and accused police of excessive force a day after she was arrested and charged with assault for allegedly biting a police officer during a protest in Gravesend.
Brooklyn man gets 20 years for daytime murder attempt in Boerum Hill
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Friday that Jamal Batts, 34, of Boerum Hill, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempting to shoot a man in the head at point-blank range following a dispute. The victim miraculously dodged the bullet and escaped to safety. “It is shocking that...
Woman attacked, left bloodied by stranger in random assault in Long Island City
A woman is speaking out after she was randomly attacked and thanking the good Samaritan that came to her rescue when no one else would.Runing Lao said she was attacked Wednesday just before 1 p.m. outside of a Chipotle on Jackson Avenue.She said the woman attacked her for no reason.When Lao tried to defend herself, she said the woman took her umbrella, broke it in half and used it to cut her in the face."She just attacked me for no reason, at first I was shocked and frightened and I tried to fight back," Lao said.Lao said if it wasn't...
Brooklyn man shot dead after confronting man who ‘inappropriately touched’ woman: police
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A man was shot to death in Brooklyn last Friday after he stepped in to confront a man who “inappropriately touched” a woman, police said. Dyseem Jackson, 21, was shot and killed at the Albany Houses at 1400 Bergen St. in Crown Heights around 12:15 a.m., according to the NYPD. […]
Keeping up with the Joneses: What it might be costing Americans
Jamie Feldman, 35 years old, lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. and is currently paying off nearly $20,000 in credit card debt. She’s also the co-host of Debt Heads podcast. After being laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic, she maxed out a credit card while spending to keep up with her social life.
Dancing In The Street Returns To Downtown Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay’s “Dancing in the Street” returns this summer for its 13th season. The weekly street fair began on July 5 and will continue through August 16. This annual series is held by the Oyster Bay Main Street Association (OBMSA) and is free to the public. Dancing began on Friday, July 5 and will continue every Friday until mid-August. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and will end at 9:30 p.m.
NYPD, BK DA to Host Crown Heights Gun Buyback Event on Saturday
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and New York City Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban today announced that a gun buyback event will be held on Saturday, July 20, in Crown Heights. The event will be from 10am to 4pm and will take place at Beulah Church of the Nazarene, located...
Ama Karikari-Yawson, a Baldwin-based author seeks to promote book diversity
There is a lack of representation of characters of color in children’s literature, according to Ama Karikari-Yawson, a Baldwin-based children’s author and a co-founder of Milestales Publishing and Education Consulting. “There is a word gap that very often impacts minority communities and communities of color,” she said. “That...
Kiwanis Club of East Meadow gives back with 'Christmas in July' toy drive
This summer, the Kiwanis Club of East Meadow will be collecting toys for their first-ever Christmas in July event. The Toy Drive, which began in late June, and will run all the way through July 31, with all collectings and proceeds going to the Nassau University Medical Center’s pediatrics unit.
Men's Lacrosse Announces Fall Schedule; Championship Ring Ceremony Set for Sep. 27
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State men's lacrosse team has announced their fall 2024 schedule highlighted by a Night of Champions Fundraiser & Ring Ceremony on September 27th. Players must be fully cleared and have their own equipment for the first practice. They should each bring a water bottle labeled...
Street co-named to honor first female African-American elected judge
Sign up for our Caribbean Life email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. 230th Street, at the corner of 133rd Avenue, in Laurelton, Queens was co-named last Wednesday in honor of the first female African-American elected judge in Queens. Dr. Danielle N. Williams...
NYC’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in danger of ‘collapsing,’ doctors say
CITYWIDE — EXPERIENCED DOCTORS ARE LEAVING NYC’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) and the agency is in danger of collapsing, forensic pathologists represented by Doctors Council SEIU said in a letter to Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday. “It has become impossible to retain and recruit critically needed OCME staff as a result of low pay and the failure of the New York City Office of Labor Relations to renew a 2018 memorandum of agreement that expired over 3 years ago made with the intention of avoiding this current city-wide crisis,” the doctors said in the letter. Medical Examiners in NYC are some of the lowest-paid in the country, the doctors said.
Area Fire Departments on OSHA Rule Changes
Local fire departments are raising concerns over plans by OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, to update some of its rules and regulations that haven’t been changed since the 1980s. New York Assemblyman Billy Jones was joined this past week by several Fire Chiefs and First Responders from across the North Country who say those Emergency Response Rule changes could negatively impact volunteer fire and EMS services.
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