New York Times:
Jennifer Hero’s life will always be divided — before the flood and after — even after her relocation to Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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Andrea Combs has persevered through learning disabilities and the death of her husband. The Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service assisted her in overcoming her latest obstacle, unemployment.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Opponents of the Brooklyn arena planned for the New Jersey Nets have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a state agency's approval of the project. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
This just in: a jury in Brooklyn has found the defendants in the Bear Stearns case, Matthew Tannin and Ralph Cioffi, not guilty on all charges. The former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers, Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, were on trial for various fraud counts, essentially accused of lying to their investors about the healt (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Some sad news to report from the New York federal judiciary. Charles P. Sifton, a federal judge in Brooklyn, died at his home in Brooklyn on Monday. He was 74. According to this NYT story, the cause was complications of sarcoidosis, a lung disease. Judge Sifton handled many major cases in more than 30 years on the bench, ma (Read More)
New York Times:
Mr. Sifton was a federal judge in Brooklyn whose rulings paved the way for women to join the New York Fire Department and for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to run for a third term.
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New York Times:
New York City and the boat operator have yet to agree on a subsidy for a service favored by residents of some waterfront condos in Brooklyn and Queens.
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New York Times:
In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay, you’ll find boats and plenty of fishing, but also historical monuments and retro restaurants.
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Most New York City apartment buildings are a stack of identical boxes, but three apartments in a Brooklyn high-rise show how radically different places can be inside.
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New York Times:
Mendel Brach, a Brooklyn developer who used an exemption for faculty housing to put up oversized buildings, will be barred from selling apartments in New York State.
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New York Times:
Even in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, where William C. Thompson Jr. spent much of his life, many did not seem to realize he is black. (Read More)
New York Times:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The multibillion dollar Atlantic Yards project, which aims to construct a new basketball arena in downtown Brooklyn, was hit with another lawsuit on Monday in the latest attempt by grass-roots groups to block the controversial development. (Read More)