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Attorney General Letitia James has been a nationwide leader in protecting investors and regulating the cryptocurrency industry, securing more than $550 million from firms like KuCoin, Coin Cafe, Nexo and Bitfinex, implementing sweeping legislation, and taking legal action against major industry players. Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP

Attorney General James secures $2 billion settlement in latest crypto scam

May 21 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Attorney General Letitia James has been a nationwide leader in protecting investors and regulating the cryptocurrency industry, securing more than $550 million from firms like KuCoin, Coin Cafe, Nexo and Bitfinex, implementing sweeping legislation, and taking legal action against major industry players. Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP

Attorney General James secures $2 billion settlement in latest crypto scam

May 21 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Cryptocurrency scams have kept New York Attorney General Letitia James busy since...

Brooklyn Heights Association Dog Show returns in all its glory

May 20 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — In the words of the immortal Dr. Seuss: Big dogs...

Tom Leonard, the Drag Queen Gardener, poses for a picture at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 20, 2024. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, is the place to see cutting-edge garden design, new plants and find ideas to take home. It is an event which draws a truly global crowd and is the 'haute-couture' of the international gardening scene. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Our world in photos: May 20

May 20 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

LONDON — Drag Queen Gardener brings new life to planting: Tom Leonard, the...

It’s a pretty good day when you can wear rainbow butterfly wings and ride a mini-merry-go-round.

A perfect day for the 2024 Willowtown Spring Fair

May 20 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Willow Place was a pretty great place to be on...

Brooklyn Bridge Park’s "Sound & Color! Spring Festival" brought colorful kites and other family-friendly activities to Pier 5 on Saturday.

Spring Festival brings kites and music to Brooklyn Bridge Park

May 20 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK — Brooklyn Bridge Park’s “Sound & Color! Spring...

Three legal trailblazers were celebrated at Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association Annual Gala

May 20 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association (BWBA) held its Annual Gala at...

U.S. Attorney Breon Peace announces the conviction of Jeffrey Slothower for embezzling over $1 million from clients to fund a lavish lifestyle. Photo: Andrew Hanik/AP

Long Island investment advisor convicted of embezzling $1 million to fund lavish life

May 20 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

A former registered investment adviser and founder of the New York investment...

The Eastern District of New York courthouse where Devin Anthony Magarian was indicted for orchestrating a scheme to clone doctors' phones and illegally distribute oxycodone. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Florida man clones doctors’ phones to sell Oxycodone in major drug scheme

May 20 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

A federal indictment unsealed on Thursday charged Devin Anthony Magarian, 21, with...

The nave looking back to the rear of the cathedral. Photo courtesy of The Very Rev. Fr. Thomas Zain

Vicar-General acknowledges 30 years of priesthood

May 20 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

DYKER HEIGHTS — A sold-out crowd of more than 200 congregated at...

Howard University freshman Imani Jean.

George Bernard Shaw was wrong this time

May 20 | Andy Furman

George Bernard Shaw certainly was not talking about Imani Jean when he...

The exterior of the Hotel Bossert on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights.

Investment firm’s involvement could finally reopen Brooklyn Heights’ historic Hotel Bossert

May 17 | Raanan Geberer

After multiple postponed openings, foreclosure proceedings and a scheduled auction that never...

One of the signs posted by the NYC Sheriff on the door of the Exotic Smoke Shop (AKA Convenience and Organic Corporation) at 64 Henry St.

Notorious Brooklyn Heights weed shop padlocked by NYC sheriff

May 17 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — An illegal smoke shop in Brooklyn Heights — which has been...

Chile's Alejandro Tabilo serves to Germany's Alexander Zverev during a men's tennis semifinal match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Our world in photos: May 17

May 17 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

ROME — A quick glance before crushing: Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo serves...

U.S. House Democratic Leader Jeffries marks 70th anniversary of landmark desegregation case

May 17 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

CAPITOL HILL — HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES, who serves Brooklyn’s 8th...

Protest at City Hall planned against men’s shelter in Gravesend

May 17 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

GRAVESEND TO CITY HALL — A PROTEST AGAINST a proposed men’s homeless...

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the exoneration of Steven Carrington, who served over 23 years for a crime he did not commit. Photo: Jennifer Peltz/AP

Brooklyn man exonerated after 23 years for 1995 lumberyard murder

May 17 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday that he will move to...

Carol and Kevin Moore are accused of participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Kevin Moore allegedly took time off from his government job to attend the riot. Photos courtesy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the EDNY

Former MTA employee and wife arrested for alleged role in capitol insurrection

May 17 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

A former Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee and his wife have been arrested...

Neil Ganic, owner of Petite Crevette, with signature hat. Photos by Alice Gilbert

Petite Crevette and the yet-unnamed bar next door: 35 years of rebellious restaurant survival

May 17 | Alice Gilbert

Petite Crevette, like its owner Neil Ganic, is a neighborhood mainstay, a...

Beautiful flowers in bloom along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, under the stewardship of the Promenade Gardeners Conservancy.

Remembering spring in Brooklyn as a child

May 16 | William A. Gralnick

I remember fondly the long spring seasons in Brooklyn. First, would come...

A stork family nests on a power pole above a highway in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Our world in photos: May 16

May 16 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

FRANKFURT — Making the most of public utilities: A stork family nests on...

n this Feb. 6, 2017, file photo, state Sen. Kevin Parker, D- Brooklyn, stands at the podium, flanked by Senate members during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y.

Disability rights advocate says state senator with violent history shoved him at New York Capitol

May 16 | Maysoon Khan, Associated Press/Report for America

A disability rights advocate made a complaint to New York State Police...

DoorDash has been accused of unlawfully rejecting applicants with criminal histories, prompting a settlement to review rejected applications and reform hiring policies. Photo: Peter K. Afriyie/AP

DoorDash violates Fair Chance Act by discriminating against formerly incarcerated applicants

May 16 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with DoorDash, addressing the company...

Brooklyn Supreme Court, Criminal Term, where members of the Hyena Crips gang were charged with racketeering and multiple murders spanning nearly a decade. Brooklyn Eagle file photo by Robert Abruzzese

Brooklyn Hyena Crips Gang members charged with murders and racketeering

May 16 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Seven members of a Brooklyn-based gang — “Drippy,” “Cradley...

Liberty visit rookie Clark and Fever

May 16 | John Torenli, Sports Editor

The defending Eastern Conference champion New York Liberty will try to pick...

Hon. Hector LaSalle, presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department, speaks during the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association's "Lunch with a Judge" event on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Screenshot via Zoom

Judge Hector LaSalle speaks at Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association luncheon

May 16 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association hosted its monthly “Lunch with...

Atlantic Avenue BID preps members and neighbors for BQE truck reroutes

May 15 | Atlantic Avenue BID

In 2023, the New York City Council passed Local Law 171 requiring...

Palestinian Fayrouz Safi cries while she takes the last look at the body of her son Aysar Safi, 20, at the family house during his funeral in the West Bank refugee camp of Jalazoun, north of Ramallah Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Safi was killed during clashes with Israeli forces at the northern entrance of al-Bireh city, Palestinian ministry of health said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Our world in photos: May 15

May 15 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

WEST BANK — Regarding misery, the Middle East just keeps on giving: Palestinian...

The Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Red Hook.

Brooklyn Marine Terminal to undergo major transformation

May 15 | Raanan Geberer

The city, the Governor’s Office, the city’s Economic Development Corp...

A gavel.

Construction company owner convicted of criminally negligent homicide in death of 5-year-old girl

May 15 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

The owner of a Nassau County construction company has been convicted of...

Attorney General Letitia James announced that the Office of Special Investigation has opened a probe into the death of Christian Emile, following an encounter with NYPD officers in Brooklyn. Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP

Attorney General’s office investigates civilian death in Brooklyn

May 15 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

The Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an...

Liberty open with comeback win in D.C.

May 15 | John Torenli, Sports Editor

Jonquel Jones began this regular season much the way she finished the...