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The Standish is projected to sell out for a total of at least $112 million, according to the old hotel's developer.
All charges were dropped last Saturday against the suspect, 27-year-old Kevin Ozoria, because of "insufficient evidence," the BK DA said.
Wali Camara was fatally shot when a man swiped a gun from a cop's holster, and now his family is filing a wrongful death claim.
Torres is said to be huddling with 53rd District Assemblywoman Maritza Davila about challenging Reynoso, Kings County Politics reports.
Get updates on the Bedford Union Armory, and learn about affordable housing, City Council funding, knowing your tenant rights, and more.
You've never seen a milkshake this tall, and with this many cookies on top of it.
Naftali Steinmetz, owner of the building, forced Latino tenants to go without heat for at least two winters, court documents say.
"Merry Christmas Its NYPD!" a caption read with the Snapchat.
"I don't want to sit next to a black person," the attacker said in Spanish before slashing and stabbing him, police said.
The rapper was hit in the arm and grazed in the head Sunday afternoon, cops said.
Michael Woodsworth, who wrote "Battle for Bed-Stuy: The Long War on Poverty in New York," will talk at the BK Historical Society.
The NYPD North Brooklyn borough made 10 stops Friday night to give kids gifts for the holidays.
Michael Woodsworth's "Battle for Bed-Stuy: The Long War on Poverty in New York" chronicles Bed-Stuy's unique history of community activism.
One mother wrote that the gun was found underneath some leaves, where her daughter likes to play.
Fort Greene Prep Academy's students are using ancient clunkers that frustrate them to no end, their technology teacher tells Patch.
A 12-year-old and 14-year-old yelled "South Side Jew!" at the victim and threw ice chunks at him, police said.
It's a young ballerina's dream.
659 Quincy St. used to be a townhouse that was demolished in 2014 after a roof collapse, city records show.
They fooled over 140 people, most of whom spoke poor English, into depositing counterfeit checks into their own accounts, the DA said.
The teen was last seen at her home in Brownsville on Wednesday morning, cops said.
