No prior notice, no case: Brooklyn Appellate Division affirms dismissal of injury claim The Appellate Division, Second Department has upheld the dismissal of a personal injury lawsuit brought by Zacheria Elsaid against the City of New York and related municipal departments. The case, initially heard by Justice Gina Abadi of the Supreme Court, Kings County, […]
The Brooklyn legal community is hosting a suit drive to help individuals reentering society after imprisonment by providing them with professional attire. This initiative, led by Michael Farkas and Melina Alexis-Hayes from the District Attorney’s Office, involves multiple local legal organizations, including the Brooklyn Bar Association, the Kings County Criminal Bar Association, the Brooklyn District […]
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Workers at an illicit weed outlet in Brooklyn Heights are now barricaded behind walls of bulletproof plexiglass, following the shop’s most recent robbery by a mob of violent youth. This was the fourth known robbery of the illegal cannabis outlet, the Exotic Smoke Shop at 64 Henry St. After the latest robbery […]