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September 16, 2019

Decades-old murder conviction is under review in Queens

September 16, 2019/ David Brand
Decades-old murder conviction is under review in Queens

“They consider DNA less reliable when it exculpates someone, but when it inculpates, it’s the be all and end all.”

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September 16, 2019/ David Brand/
Crime, Central Queens, Features, news, Law
Legal Aid, Legal Aid Society, Michael Robinson, murder, Stephen Knopf, DNA, Karina Vetrano, Chanel Lewis, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, TrueAllele, CRU, Conviction Review Unit, Melinda Katz, Harold Ferguson
September 13, 2019

Plaintiffs file 17 sex abuse complaints in Queens under state’s Child Victim’s Act

September 13, 2019/ David Brand
Plaintiffs file 17 sex abuse complaints in Queens under state’s Child Victim’s Act

In addition to the 17 cases filed in Queens, there were 251 complaints in New York City’s other four Supreme Civil Courts.

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September 13, 2019/ David Brand/
Crime, Central Queens, eastern queens, news, Law, Features, northern queens, Southern Queens, Western Queens, Voices
Child Victims Act, CVA, Chereé Buggs, Larry Love, OCA, Office of Court Administration, Fresh Meadows, Middle Village, Rockefeller University, Queens Supreme Court, sex abuse, child sex abuse, Father James Collins, St. Margaret’s Church
September 13, 2019

Off-duty cop charged with DWI after crashing into car and trying to drive away

September 13, 2019/ Guest User
Off-duty cop charged with DWI after crashing into car and trying to drive away

Police told the Eagle that the cop was found behind the wheel, “with the engine still running” after crashing into another car.

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September 13, 2019/ Guest User/
Crime, Central Queens, Law, news
ASPCA, NYPD, DWI, John Riquelme, dogs
September 13, 2019

Queens’ 15 councilmembers weigh in on the city’s jails plan

September 13, 2019/ David Brand
Queens’ 15 councilmembers weigh in on the city’s jails plan

Three Queens councilmembers flat-out say they will vote against the plan.

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September 13, 2019/ David Brand/
Communities, Central Queens, eastern queens, news, Law, northern queens, Southern Queens, Western Queens, politics, Crime
Kew Gardens, jail, Bill de Blasio, community jails, borough-based jails, Rikers Island, Jimmy Van Bramer, Antonio Reynoso, aren Koslowitz, Daniel Dromm, Rory Lancman, Francisco Moya, Adrienne Adams, Donovan Richards, Costa Constantinides, Barry Grodenchik, I. Daneek Miller, Peter Koo, NIMBY
September 13, 2019

CUNY immigration initiative hosts massive citizenship application event

September 13, 2019/ Guest User
CUNY immigration initiative hosts massive citizenship application event

CUNY Citizenship Now! began in 1997, and has grown into the largest university-based legal assistance program in the country.

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September 13, 2019/ Guest User/
Communities, eastern queens, Central Queens, Education, Law, news, northern queens, Southern Queens, Western Queens
CUNY, CUNY Citizenship Now!, Felix Matos Rodríguez, DREAMers, immigration, immigrants, undocumented immigrants
September 12, 2019

Costco of cocktails: Boozy big box worries College Point liquor stores

September 12, 2019/ Guest User
Costco of cocktails: Boozy big box worries College Point liquor stores

"It would destroy our nest eggs, basically.”

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September 12, 2019/ Guest User/
eastern queens, Central Queens, Communities, Business, Features, news, Law, northern queens, politics, Southern Queens, Western Queens
liquor, alcohol, College Point, Michelle Trone, Whitestone Expressway, Total Wine & More, Alex Melamudov, Corona, sm, small businesses, Metropolitan Package Store Association, Paul Zagardo, Peter Koo, Costa Constantinides, Andrew Hevesi, David Weprin, John Liu, Paul Vallone, Daniel Rosenthal, June Trone, David Trone, Laura Curran, State Liquor Authority
September 12, 2019

The jail plan will likely pass. And the towers are getting smaller.

September 12, 2019/ David Brand
The jail plan will likely pass. And the towers are getting smaller.

Where do New York City Council members stand on the jail plan?

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September 12, 2019/ David Brand/
Crime, Communities, Central Queens, Features, news, politics, Law, Voices
community jails, borough-based jails, jails, Rikers Island, No New Jails, Close Rikers, City Council, ULURP, George Artz, Corey Johnson, Bill de Blasio, Queens Detention Center, Kew Gardens, Adrienne Adams, Karen Koslowitz, Rory Lancman
September 11, 2019

Former Mayor Bloomberg launches $160 million campaign to combat youth e-cig ‘epidemic’

September 11, 2019/ Guest User
Former Mayor Bloomberg launches $160 million campaign to combat youth e-cig ‘epidemic’

Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that it would launch an initiative aimed at banning all flavored e-cigarettes.

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September 11, 2019/ Guest User/
Central Queens, eastern queens, Education, Law, Health, news, northern queens, politics, Southern Queens, Western Queens, Voices
e-cigs, e-cigarettes, Juul, smoking, children, Robert Holden, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Protect Kids: Fight Flavored E-Cigarettes, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
September 11, 2019

‘Don’t do anything stupid or I’ll kill you:’ Ozone Park man pleads guilty to gunpoint rape

September 11, 2019/ Guest User
‘Don’t do anything stupid or I’ll kill you:’ Ozone Park man pleads guilty to gunpoint rape

“In pleading guilty, the defendant has admitted to brutalizing a woman he encountered on the street shortly before midnight.”

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September 11, 2019/ Guest User/
Crime, eastern queens, news, Law, Southern Queens
rape, gun violence, Ozone Park, Jamaica, George Persaud, Richard Buchter
September 11, 2019

Cuomo passes new laws to help 9/11 first responders

September 11, 2019/ Guest User
Cuomo passes new laws to help 9/11 first responders

The bills make it easier for first responders to apply for disability pensions and receive disability benefits.

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September 11, 2019/ Guest User/
Communities, Central Queens, eastern queens, Law, news, Health, northern queens, politics, Southern Queens, Western Queens
Andrew Cuomo, David Weprin, Stacey Pheffer Amato, Joseph Addabbo, Andrew Gounardes, James Gaughran, Peter Abbate Jr., Karin Reyes, 9/11, September 11, first responders, FDNY, NYPD, Rockaway
September 11, 2019

Proposed 200-bed women’s jail deserves more attention, advocates say

September 11, 2019/ David Brand
Proposed 200-bed women’s jail deserves more attention, advocates say

“We’re an afterthought because typically, we think women don’t get arrested.”

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September 11, 2019/ David Brand/
Communities, Central Queens, Crime, Features, Law, news, Rikers Island
women's jail, kew gardens, jail plan, helen rosenthal, department of correction, doc, Rose M. Singer Center, close rosie's, queens criminal courthouse
September 10, 2019

City eliminates root cause of frustration for homeowners

September 10, 2019/ David Brand
City eliminates root cause of frustration for homeowners

“We’re not just fixing broken sidewalks – we’re fixing a broken system.”

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September 10, 2019/ David Brand/
Central Queens, Communities, eastern queens, Law, news, northern queens, Southern Queens, Western Queens
tree roots, DOT, Department of Transportation, Bill de Blasio, Alicia Hyndman, Michael DenDekker, Peter Koo, Committee on Parks and Recreation, tree damage
September 10, 2019

Queens men allegedly defraud mortgage lenders out of millions

September 10, 2019/ Guest User
Queens men allegedly defraud mortgage lenders out of millions

The five defendants allegedly sold properties for higher than the short sale price without disclosing it to the lenders.

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September 10, 2019/ Guest User/
Crime, eastern queens, Central Queens, Law, news
EDNY, wire fraud, homes, housing, Iskyo Aronov, Michael Konstantinovskiy, Tomer Dafna, Avraham Tarshish, Michael Herskowitz, Rego Park, Queens Village, United States Attorney’s Office
September 10, 2019

SUV driver plows through red light in South Ozone Park hit-and-run, killing woman

September 10, 2019/ Guest User
SUV driver plows through red light in South Ozone Park hit-and-run, killing woman

The deadly collision occurred near 111th Avenue and 126th Street.

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September 10, 2019/ Guest User/
Crime, eastern queens, Law, news, Southern Queens, Transit
South Ozone Park, collision, hit-and-run, NYPD, cars
September 10, 2019

Court officers honor colleagues who died on 9/11

September 10, 2019/ David Brand
Court officers honor colleagues who died on 9/11

More than twenty officers ran into the building to rescue victims of the attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Three didn’t make it out.

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September 10, 2019/ David Brand/
Communities, Central Queens, eastern queens, Law, news, Features, northern queens, politics, Southern Queens, Voices, Western Queens
court officers, 9/11, World Trade Center, William Harry Thompson, Mitchel Wallace, Thomas Jurgens, Theodore “Teddy” Leoutsakos, Queens Criminal Courthouse, Joseph Baccellieri, New York State Court Officers Academy, Queens Supreme Court, Janet DiFiore, Lawrence Marks, Vito C. Caruso, Michael Magliano, Edwina Mendelson, Costa Constantinides, Michael Gianaris, Astoria
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