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Source: Facebook/Andrew CuomoGovernor Andrew Cuomo called a special election today to fill the seat of former Congressman Michael Grimm, setting an election date for May 5. Though Grimm officially resigned [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/12/congressman-michael-grimm-will-resign/] amid charges of fraud over a month ago, Cuomo took his time
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Brooklyn Supreme Court (Source: afagen [https://www.flickr.com/photos/afagen/] /Flickr)Leo the English bulldog was just coming to his mama’s defense when he bit their neighbor, a judge has ruled. A lawsuit charging that the dog of Nicole Ranieri, 42, sank its teeth into the arm of
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A lawsuit filed by Michele Adolphe [http://www.scribd.com/doc/238672371/Michele-Adolphe-Files-Lawsuit-To-Remove-Rodneyse-Bichotte-From-Ballot] , a candidate running for the 42nd Assembly District (which covers Ditmas Park, Flatbush, and Midwood), to remove Rodneyse Bichotte [http://www.rodneysebichotte.com/], a challenger endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, from the ballot for next Tuesday’
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A New York court has ordered Faberge Lounge (2007 Emmons Avenue) to pay $25,000 and cease using its current name after the restaurant was successfully sued by Faberge Limited, the luxury European jeweler. The restaurant’s owners were also ordered to alter its storefront design, which the court determined
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Faberge Lounge at 2007 Emmons Avenue is being sued by the 159-year-old luxury jewelry company of the same name for using its image and trademarked name in a “shameless” attempt to misappropriate the brand. The suit, filed in Brooklyn Federal Court, alleges that the restaurant is using the name without
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Lady Justice, atop the Fontaine de la Justice in Cudrefin, Switzerland. Source: WikimediaA federal judge has come down hard on the outgoing Bloomberg administration, ruling that the city has inadequate plans for helping the disabled evacuate should a major disaster like Superstorm Sandy strike the city again. WNYC is reporting
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Source: changeschanging / FlickrA B36 bus driver picking up passengers on Sheepshead Bay Road is in the cross-hairs for refusing to let a 10-year-old child board his bus and declaring him a “terrorist.” The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/bus-driver-calls-muslim-boy-10-terrorist-suit-article-1.1499629] that the family
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New Utrecht High School (Source: Google Maps)Ivy Lin, a 34-year-old science teacher, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education (DOE) and the city over allegations that she was fired for not letting a student cheat a Regents exam at New Utrecht High School (1601 80th Street). The
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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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Source: Rodrigo Moraes via Wikimedia CommonsLea Shimunov, a 47-year-0ld Sheepshead Bay housewife, broke her teeth when she was scarfing down some peanut M&Ms, and is filing a suit against the monolithic Mars candy corporation in Brooklyn Supreme Court, according to a report in the New York Post [http:
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Source: blhphotography / FlickrAs we reported last month [/wooden-boardwalk-advocates-headed-to-court-against-the-parks-department/], the battle over the future of Coney Island’s historic boardwalk is finally coming to a head this Thursday, October 25, at 360 Adams Street, Kings County Supreme Court House, in hearing room 38. Todd Dobrin, president of the “Friends of Coney
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Rob Burstein, president of the Coney-Brighton Boardwalk Alliance, Todd Dobrin, president of Friends of the Boardwalk, and the concrete boards on their beloved wooden boardwalk are headed to court. Burstein sent out a letter to his supporters detailing the legislative actions law firm of Goodwin-Proctor will be taking against the