North Carolina man convicted of shooting former friend at baby shower
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Robert DeJesus was attending a family member’s baby shower in Rochdale Village when Brian White shot him multiple times following an argument.
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Veteran Port Authority cop charged with stealing LaGuardia impound fees
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The cop stole $70,000 worth of money orders.
Read MoreGOP nominee for Queens DA would step aside for 'good candidate' Lasak
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“Judge Lasak is a neighbor of mine and I think he’d be a good candidate.”
Read MoreActivists at City Hall demand answers in death of Layleen Polanco
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“It’s been 19 days now since Layleen Polanco was found dead in her cell at Rikers and we’ve had no action from the city.”
Read MoreRidgewood man pleads guilty to trafficking teen girls
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Eddy Florence, 34, admitted to placing prostitution advertisements on various escort service websites, such as Backpage.com, for the two teen victims, aged 13 and 15.
Read MoreKorean restaurant owner convicted of exploiting employees
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Kum Gang San restaurant on Northern Boulevard in Flushing. Photo via Google.
By Phineas Rueckert
A Korean restaurant owner in Flushing, convicted of underpaying and denying overtime to employees, is in more hot water after a panel of judges found that he attempted to circumvent paying out the $2.7 million judgement by transferring properties to family members.
Ji Sung Yoo, the owner of the restaurant Kum Gang San, was found guilty of wage theft in 2014. One former employee alleged that Yoo forced bussers to work 20-hour days without overtime pay. Yoo also reportedly forced them to do other denigrating tasks without receiving any overtime, such as mowing his grass, shoveling snow in his driveway, and picking cabbage at his friend’s farm on their day off.
In March 2015, Yoo was asked to pay $2.7 million dollars in back wages and damages to the former workers. In order to avoid paying the judgement, Yoo allegedly transferred several properties — in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan — to family members, which allowed him to claim he was insolvent and couldn’t pay out the judgement.
Yoo has since filed, and subsequently lost, two appeals in the Second Circuit Appeals Court — with the most recent coming on June 6.
“Too often, low wage immigrant workers can obtain a back-pay award in court but have no means to enforce judgment to collect from dishonest employers,” Jackson Chin, Senior Counsel at LatinoJustice PRLDEF, said in a statement earlier this month.
On June 18, Yoo and his family faced a civil contempt hearing, which never took place according to Kenneth Kimmerling, the Legal Director of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, who was contacted by the Eagle.
“It’s been resolved — that’s all I can say,” Kimmerling said of the case.
Cardi B pleads not guilty to assault charges in Flushing strip club brawl
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“Not guilty, sir, honor,” Cardi told Justice Joseph Zayas when asked how she would plead.
Read MoreCabán leads Katz in too-close-to-call Queens DA primary
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“She shows me we can achieve the bold, transformational change that we deserve.”
Read MoreICE has made 6 arrests inside NYC courthouses this year, OCA reports
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The most recent arrest inside a courthouse occurred in Queens Criminal Court on June 17.
Read MoreAdvocates rally for Layleen Polanco at City Hall Wednesday
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Activists will “demand accountability and lay out policy changes that must happen to end the convergence of carceral systems that led to Polanco’s death.”
Read MoreRego Park man pleads guilty to killing mom, dumping body in lake
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After killing his mother, Gorbunov reportedly stuffed her remains into a body bag and ordered a car service to take him to Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Read MoreMarijuana was decriminalized. Here’s what that means for Queens.
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The bill reduces the penalty for possession of less than two ounces of marijuana from a misdemeanor to a violation punishable by a fine.
Read MoreLegislature agrees to limit solitary, but fails to pass HALT bill
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The new policy clarifies that solitary will be reserved only for conduct that creates significant risk to the safety and security of correctional facilities.
Read MoreOPINION: Queens needs a real prosecutor to lead DA’s Office
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“It is, simply put, not a job for beginners.”
Read MoreBorough President formally rejects proposed Kew Gardens jail
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The city’s borough-based jail proposal would construct a 1,500-bed jail 126-02 82nd Ave, on the former site of the Queens House of Detention.
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