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New York’s legal weed program plagued by inexperienced leaders, report finds

May 10 | Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

Cannabis flowers are displayed for sale, Jan. 24, 2023, in New York.

New York’s legal weed program plagued by inexperienced leaders, report finds

May 10 | Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

New York’s legal cannabis market has been hampered by inexperienced leaders...

Volunteer Jason Foo holds a rescued pelican by its beak while treating the bird at the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach, Calif., Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Our world in photos: May 10

May 10 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

HUNTINGTON BEACH — ‘Canary in the mine?’: Volunteer Jason Foo holds a rescued...

A NYPD car.

NYPD: Major crimes in NYC dropped by almost 5% in April

May 10 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

CITYWIDE — SERIOUS CRIMES ACROSS New York City dropped 4.9% overall in...

Senate Majority leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Gov. Kathy Hochul at signing of legislative package to protect abortion rights, June 30, 2022.

N.Y. Equal Rights Amendment Thrown Off November Ballot by Upstate Judge

May 10 | Chris Bragg, New York Focus, and Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY

New York’s Equal Rights Amendment, which would enshrine the right to...

Hon. Sylvia Hinds-Radix, New York City Corporation Counsel, spearheads innovative programs to support bar retakers at the NYC Law Department that helped to boost pass rates and reinforce the department's commitment to excellence in public service. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Robert Abruzzese

NYC Law Department invests in bar retakers, yields results for the city

May 10 | By New York City Corporation Counsel Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Special to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle

When I began serving as corporation counsel in 2022, the Law Department...

Protesters face off with NYPD officers at a demonstration in New York City amid calls for a thorough investigation into the department's social media tactics and protest responses. Photo courtesy of NYPD via AP

Legal aid urges broader investigation of force and detentions in NYPD probe

May 10 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

The New York City Office of the Inspector General for the New...

District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced hefty prison sentences for three Hoolie gang members responsible for a brutal string of violence, including the heart-wrenching murder of 22-month-old Davell Gardner Jr. during a Bedford-Stuyvesant cookout. Photo by Rob Abruzzese

Brooklyn gangsters slammed with stiff sentences for reign of terror that took the life of a 22-month boy

May 10 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Three members of the notorious Hoolie gang were handed severe prison sentences...

Talea draft. Photo courtesy of Alice Gao.

Brewer Tara Hankinson draws a crowd with collaborations and inventive beer at Talea

May 9 | Alice Gilbert

You might recognize Talea as the aesthetically pleasing beer found in the...

Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Belgium's Zizou Bergs at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Our world in photos: May 9

May 9 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

ROME — Modern-day Colosseum, where gladiators die a thousand deaths: Spain’...

Attorney General Letitia James announced that a federal judge in Manhattan upheld a jury's decision against Quincy Bioscience, who sells the memory supplement Prevagen, for deceptive advertising practices. Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP

Case against Quincy Bioscience for false advertising of memory supplement upheld in federal court

May 9 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

A federal judge in Manhattan upheld a jury’s decision against...

Anthony Vaughn Jr. was officially elected by the Brooklyn Bar Association to be its next president. Vaughn will be installed during a ceremony at the Eastern District of New York’s courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn on June 6. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Robert Abruzzese

Historic milestone: Anthony Vaughn set to become first Black man to lead Brooklyn Bar Association

May 9 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

More than 77 years after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’...

Writer-director Jane Schoenbrun poses for a portrait in Green-Wood Cemetery on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, with a mausoleum in the background. Photos by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP

Green-Wood Cemetery helped filmmaker write, finish `I Saw the TV Glow,’ psychological drama

May 9 | Jake Coyle, Associated Press

GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY — The filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun is walking down a path...

Some boomers are on multiple medications. Combinations of those drugs could have serious side effects. Photos: Getty Images via AP

Boomers have a drug problem, but not the kind that you might think

May 9 | Laurie Achibald Pannone, The Conversation

Baby boomers — that’s anyone born in the U.S. between 1946...

Claxton remains top priority for Nets

May 9 | John Torenli, Sports Editor

Jordi Fernandez has high hopes for Nic Claxton next season and beyond...

Play equipment in Abolitionist Place.

Ribbon-cutting officially dedicates Abolitionist Place in Downtown Brooklyn

May 8 | Mary Frost

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Fulfilling a dream of more than a dozen years, representatives...

A section of MSC Meraviglia, one of the largest cruise ships in the world, can be seen at the end of the street.

Cruise ship sails into New York City port with 44-foot dead whale across its bow

May 8 | Associated Press

RED HOOK — A cruise ship sailed into a New York City port...

A boy bathes in a canal to cool himself on a hot summer afternoon in Jammu, India, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Our world in photos: May 8

May 8 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

INDIA — Ahhh water! Mankind’s true best friend: A boy bathes in...

Gerrymandering comic by Jeff Koterba.

Supreme Court reversed decades of precedent by allowing citizens to vote in gerrymandered districts

May 8 | Sam D. Hayes, The Conversation

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama...

Debt Gala co-founders, from left, Molly Gaebe, Tom Costello and Amanda Corday, appear at the Debt Gala in Brooklyn on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Photos: James Pollard/AP

Inspired by Met Gala, offbeat BK event raises money for medical debt relief

May 8 | James Pollars, Associated Press

GOWANUS — A plush octopus by Jellycat. A neck pillow by XpresSpa. Graphic...

Sky falls in on Liberty in Chicago

May 8 | John Torenli, Sports Editor

It’s on to Connecticut for the New York Liberty after...

BRLA President Adam Kalish presents Hon. Matthew D'Emic with a certificate of appreciation for his insightful lecture on the future of Rikers Island at the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association meeting in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle photos by Mario Belluomo

Judge D’Emic advocates for closure of Rikers Island at Bay Ridge Lawyers Association meeting

May 8 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

At a recent meeting of the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association in Dyker...

A student holds a placard during a protest inside the American University of Beirut to show support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The protesting university students demanded an end to Israel's war in Gaza and its continued attacks in Lebanon, as well as the American University of Beirut to end economic ties with companies that they say are "complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestinians." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Our world in photos: May 7

May 7 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

BEIRUT — Student activity energetic worldwide: A student holds a placard during a...

The New York state Capitol is seen from the steps of the State Education Building in Albany, N.Y., Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

New York judge blocks amendment barring discrimination on gender identity and pregnancy outcomes

May 7 | Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution barring discrimination based on...

Gov. Kathy Hochul.

New York governor regrets saying Black kids in the Bronx don’t know what a computer is

May 7 | Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark...

New York Attorney General Letitia James states, "Abortions cannot be reversed. Any treatments claiming otherwise lack scientific evidence and could be unsafe." Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP

Attorney general sues Heartbeat International for promoting unsafe ‘abortion pill reversal’ treatment

May 7 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Attorney General Letitia James has initiated legal action against Heartbeat International, an...

American millionaire and political candidate Ross Perot is seen in 1970 in Vietnam, where he was trying to get information on American prisoners of war. Photo: AP

Third parties will affect presidential race, but laws will prevent them from winning

May 7 | Barry C. Burden, The Conversation

Once again, the U.S. is entering a presidential campaign with some...

Liberty assistant GM to lead new franchise

May 7 | John Torenli, Sports Editor

Ohemaa Nyanin spent five years in Brooklyn watching New York Liberty general...

Assembly Member Maritza Davila and Assembly Member Brian Cunningham stand united in front of a determined crowd of advocates and protesters, rallying for the passage of the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills, in Albany.Photo courtesy of Release Aging People in Prison Campaign

Brooklyn lawmakers rally for parole reform and victim support legislation at state capitol

May 7 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Brooklyn legislators, including State Sens. Julia Salazar and Gustavo Rivera, alongside Assemblymembers...

This screen grab captured from surveillance video supplied by Eric Han shows the poultry truck driving away Monday morning, the driver unaware that crates of live chickens were laying in the middle of Old Fulton Street.

15 crates of live chickens fall off truck in DUMBO

May 6 | Mary Frost

DUMBO/FULTON FERRY— Roughly 15 crates of live chickens slid off the...

Russian and Ukrainian members of the group “Russian America for Democracy in Russia” marched over the Brooklyn Bridge and rallied in front of the Brooklyn War Memorial in Cadman Park on Saturday.

Russians and Ukrainians march in Brooklyn to end war in Ukraine

May 6 | Mary Frost

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Vladimir Putin’s Russia is a terrorist state, said members...

An artist performs a horse riding skill in the "Historic ode to the horses", a traditional horse riding show at the Inner Mongolia Ethnic Minorities Cultural Sports Center during a five-day holiday for international labor day in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Our world in photos: May 6

May 6 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

CHINA — You won’t see this in the Kentucky Derby: An artist...