SJU Consumer Clinic Aids Queens’ Aging Population
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As the Queens’ population ages, more and more senior citizens are targeted by schemes designed to separate them from their money, assets and homes.
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St. John’s Clinics Open Doors For a New Class of Students
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As another semester begins at the St. John’s School of Law, second and third-year students have a chance to apply their legal training through the school’s various law clinics.
Read MoreThe Journey Begins for SJU Law 1Ls
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After completing a two-week introduction to law session, St. John’s University School of Law students officially began their pursuit of a law degree this week — buoyed by words of encouragement from Dean Michael Simons.
Read MoreNoisy LGA routes may actually lower life expectancy, Columbia researchers say
/The constant roar of passing planes started in 2012 when a flight path usually used a handful of times a year became a permanent route.
Read More25 Took First Step to Second Chance at LIFE Camp
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Roughly 25 Queens residents visited LIFE Camp in Jamaica to take the first step toward a second chance Monday night.
Read MoreJamaica Swindler Tried to ‘Housejack’ A 101-Year-Old
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He swindled a centenarian out of house and home. Now he’s facing 15 years in the big house.
Ricardo Bentham, 58, was hit with a slew of charges for allegedly filing a fake deed and stealing a home from his 101-year-old neighbor, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced Thursday.
Read MoreLegal Hand Empowers Low-Income Queens — And Wants Help
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Amid an immigration crackdown, affordable housing crisis and pervasive poverty, one Jamaica organization is reaching out to low-income residents and putting power and knowledge into their hands.
Read MoreAlleged Queens Bank Robber Busted For Botched Heist
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A man who allegedly held up two Queens banks, along with seven others in Brooklyn and Manhattan, was indicted Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said Tuesday.
Read MoreJamaica’s Wannabe ISIS Fighter Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
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A Jamaica man turned prospective Islamic State fighter pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday for his role in attempting to support the terrorist organization.
‘No Harassment’ of Patients Found at Jamaica Clinic, Judge Amon Rules
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A federal court ruled Saturday that anti-abortion activists are free to continue to follow and preach at patients as they approach a Jamaica health clinic.
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