District Attorney
With school in session and the days getting shorter, keeping our kids, and our community, safe is a high priority. If you’re a local business owner, one way you can help is by becoming a Safe Stop [http://www.brooklynda.org/safe_stop/safe-stop.html]. A community outreach initiative
abe george
Dov Hikind (Source: assembly.state.ny.us)Assemblyman Dov Hikind, the influential Orthodox power-broker, has endorsed Ken Thompson for Brooklyn District Attorney. The New York Times is reporting [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/nyregion/legislator-with-sway-in-orthodox-jewish-community-endorses-hyness-opponent.html?_r=0] that Hikind’s endorsement comes as somewhat unexpected considering the
Borough President
[SlideDeck2 id=408 ress=1] By Priscila Ortiz Green thumbs are popping up in P.S. 20 [http://ps20.org] with a parent-led initiative to expand the school’s garden program to all 300 students. Starting in 2011, The Clinton Hill School’s farm program originally only catered to two
anti-bullying
Attention budding filmmakers and young district attorney dreamers! Kings Country District Attorney Charles J. Hynes [http://www.brooklynda.org/] is holding his Third Annual Anti-Bullying Video Contest [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLOLT77Fig0] for Brooklyn students in grades four through nine. The winner will become Brooklyn district attorney for
Charles Hynes
The following is a press release from the offices of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes: Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes has received $103,000 in public protection funds from Brooklyn State Senator Martin J. Golden that will provide support the District Attorney’s existing alternative to incarceration programs
antisemitism
The following is a message from the offices of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz: In a push to punish those responsible for hate crimes, including the latest epidemic of anti-Semitic crimes plaguing our community, as a member of the Assembly’s Codes Committee, I called on the City’s District Attorneys to
District Attorney
The Brooklyn District Attorney has not yet filed charges related to yesterday’s multi-agency rescue of 23 dogs living in squalor in a Sheepshead Bay couple’s two homes [/breaking-bay-couple-arrested-for-cruelty-to-animals-20-dogs-recovered-from-two-homes/] , though the city did issue a slew of health- and safety-related violations. The DA’s office is still investigating the
conspiracy
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/2606875388/in/photostream]Courtesy of wallyg via FlickrSeventeen men were indicted and a dozen medical supply companies were raided last week for their alleged involvement in a health care scam that netted more than $3 million for the conspirators. Most of those involved hailed