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Jazz musician Cecil Taylor (Photo via Andy New [https://www.flickr.com/photos/92523880@N00/2496006222/]/Flickr)The Long Island man who ripped off Fort Greene resident and jazz legend Cecil Taylor [/blog/2014/08/12/fort-greene-home-contractor-charged-with-stealing-nearly-500000-from-cecil-taylor/] was sentenced today. Noel Muir, 55, who stole almost $500,000 in prize
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> Car plunges into filthy and frigid Gowanus Canal https://t.co/6NhNy7D1t8 — David Hale (@DavidHa51596823) January 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/DavidHa51596823/status/689137203352612864] A Brooklyn man who drove his car into the Gowanus Canal after fleeing from a ‘hit-and-run’ incident was held on $15,000 bail. Matthew Murphy
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Source: Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeA 25-year-old Coney Island man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting his good friend in 2013 [/johnny-velez-garcia-arrested/] because he believed the victim was romantically involved with his sister, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced today. Johnny Velez-Garriga, 25, was
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Image courtesy of Manhattan DA’s office [http://manhattanda.org/press-release/manhattan-da%E2%80%99s-office-doi-nypd-announce-arrests-and-criminal-charges-widespread-briber] .Dozens of residential buildings and residents in Bed-Stuy, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Borough Park and other neighborhoods across Brooklyn — including Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Flatlands, Midwood, and Coney Island — are caught up in a bribery scandal [http:
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A 34-year-old city police officer from Kensington has been indicted on charges that he contacted a woman who was applying to become an NYPD officer and offered to expedite the hiring process in return for sex, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said in a press release today [http://www.brooklynda.
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https://vimeo.com/88345607 By Sam Hagens, Leon Mastik and Pieter Munnik Every 33 hours someone is killed by a traffic crash in New York City and every day five children are hit by a car. One of them was Lucian Merryweather, a Fort Greene 9-year-old who was killed by
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“An SUV pushed a white sports car into the door of Fresh Fanatic on Washington Avenue, breaking the supermarket’s doors, on Saturday around 2 p.m. (Photo by Amanda Woods)The front doors of Fresh Fanatic Supermarket on Washington Avenue between Park and Flushing Avenues shattered when a white
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A blush of color has started to penetrate the area around the dust bowl in Fort Greene Park. (Photo by Francisco Daum [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. The Greene Hill School, a private elementary school located at 39 Adelphi Street, wants to
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Councilman David Greenfield (Source: Facebook)Assemblyman Dov Hikind and Councilman David Greenfield exchanged vicious remarks in regards to the race for the Brooklyn District Attorney. According to a report [http://politicker.com/2013/08/hikind-blasts-greenfield-for-disgusting-lies-and-unconscionable-gutter-politics-in-brooklyn-d-a-s-race/] by Politicker, Greenfield, who supports incumbent Charles Hynes, warned that candidate Ken Thompson would “target
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Brooklyn District Attorney, Charles HynesCharles Hynes, the Brooklyn District Attorney, is being taken to court by DA candidate and Sheepshead native Abe George on the grounds of breaking election laws. George’s complaints stem from Hynes’s upcoming CBS reality show, which will feature the activity of the DA’s
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Brookyln District Attorney, Charles HynesBrooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes is up for reelection, and it looks like he will be getting an extra dose of scrutiny this year as a CBS reality show is set to document the D.A.’s office, according to a report [http://www.nydailynews.com/