Crown Heights Religious Nonprofit Running Illegal Hotel
CROWN HEIGHTS — A Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish charity whose mission is to help the needy has been operating an illegal hotel charging Manhattan prices, officials said.
Officer Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman Inside Brooklyn Courthouse
A Brooklyn court officer accused of forcing a random woman to perform a sex act on him in a courthouse stairwell was slapped with charges Monday.
NYC Newspaper Publisher Arrested For Threatening Sex Assault Victim
A Howard Beach newspaper publisher in debt to the mob attempted to threaten a woman out of pursuing sex assault claims against a Bonanno crime family associate, federal authorities said Wednesday.
Secret Service Leave Out Lara Trump’s Birth Plan For Anyone Walking By Trump Tower
Lara Trump is just weeks away from her due date, and the expectant mom’s baby bump was on full display as she made her way to Trump Tower on Monday.
Woman Fired After Being Pregnant At Wedding May Sue NYC Synagogue
A Manhattan Jewish congregation known as the oldest in the United States must face a lawsuit claiming it illegally fired a employee after learning she was 19 weeks pregnant when she married, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.
NYC off The Hook For Williamsburg Shomrim Beating of Taj Patterson
A Brooklyn judge has tossed a gay student’s lawsuit against the city and the men found guilty of a brutal, Williamsburg Shomrim beat-down that left him blind but ruled the fashion pupil can still sue the Orthodox Jewish community watch group behind the attack.
Diamond Dealer Files Suit After He Loses Gun Permit Following NYPD Bribery Scandal
A Diamond District jewelry dealer says the NYPD unfairly yanked his gun permit over the bribes-for-weapons scandal turning him into “a classic crime victim in the making” because he “routinely carries … a king’s ransom” through the city “with absolutely no protection.”
NYPD Cops Launch Boycott Against Dunkin’ Donuts
Police union leaders in New York City called for a boycott of all Dunkin’ Donuts after a worker at a Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin-Robbins in the city refused service to two NYPD detectives last Friday, The New York Post reported.
Emails Show ‘Corrupt’ De Blasio Donors Had Run of City Hall
Mayor de Blasio claims he barely knew them, but explosive e-mails released Friday show that two of his major campaign donors who were later accused of corruption were given the run of City Hall.
Martin Shkreli Is Found Guilty of Fraud
Martin Shkreli, the hedge fund manager turned pharmaceutical entrepreneur once dubbed “the most hated man in America” has been found guilty on three of eight federal charges that he deceived investors in a pair of failed hedge funds.