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Recent Appellate Division, Second Department, decisions covered a range of issues from modifying criminal convictions based on the evidence of defendants' mental states or intentions to affirming family court decisions on parental rights and child welfare, examining the courts' careful consideration of psychological and circumstantial evidence in legal judgments. Seen here is the Second Department’s courthouse in Brooklyn Heights. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Latest decisions from the Appellate Division, Second Department

May 7 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Family court’s decision on child abuse, upholding custody changes and conditions for mother affirmed The Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, has affirmed decisions from the Family Court of Kings County concerning Magali M. C., who was found to have allowed abuse against three children under her care. The case, which brought to light allegations against […]

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 of the nonprofit organization “Russian America for Democracy in Russia,” who marched over the Brooklyn Bridge and rallied in front of the Brooklyn War Memorial in Cadman Park on Saturday. Formerly residents of Russia and Ukraine, members of the group now live in […]

Contestants in the 2013 BHA Dog Show.

The Brooklyn Heights Association Dog Show is returning after 9 years

May 3 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — All Brooklyn Heights dogs are invited to enter one of the most popular events ever sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Association — the BHA Dog Show. The show, which has been in hiatus for nine years, returns to Montague Open Streets Dog Days on Sunday, May 19. There are six categories of […]