The state’s housing division backed the city’s decision that the landlord of Independence Plaza North could charge its tenants market-rate rents.
Thu 11 Mar 2010
Filed under: Mitchell-Lama Projects, TriBeCa (NYC), Renting and Leasing, Decisions and Verdicts — @ 6:00 am
Tue 2 Mar 2010
The ruling gave 4,300 residents the right to leave housing that is compared to warehouses.
Tue 2 Mar 2010
A federal judge’s ruling lets 4,300 residents leave housing that has been compared to warehouses.
Mon 1 Mar 2010
The ruling by a federal judge Monday gives 4,300 residents the right to leave housing that has been compared to warehouses.
Fri 26 Feb 2010
Filed under: Civil Rights and Liberties, Kern, Richard, Mineo, Michael, Police Department (NYC), Brooklyn (NYC), Police Brutality and Misconduct, Decisions and Verdicts — @ 2:08 am
After a Brooklyn jury found three police officers not guilty of abusing Michael Mineo, both sides of the case followed a familiar script.
Thu 25 Feb 2010
Filed under: Testwell Laboratories Inc, Kancharla, V Reddy, Barone, Vincent, Concrete, Tests and Testing, Decisions and Verdicts, Frauds and Swindling, Building (Construction) — @ 5:48 am
Two executives of Testwell Laboratories, once New York’s top concrete testing company, were convicted of enterprise corruption in connection with the falsification of tests.
Thu 25 Feb 2010
Filed under: Kern, Richard, Cruz, Alex, Morales, Andrew, Mineo, Michael, Brooklyn (NYC), Police, Decisions and Verdicts, Suits and Litigation — @ 3:40 am
Officers Richard Kern, Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales face Internal Affairs and federal investigations into their treatment of Michael Mineo, as well as Mr. Mineo’s civil rights lawsuit.
Wed 24 Feb 2010
Filed under: Lowery, Natavia S, Stein, Linda S, Sentences (Criminal), Decisions and Verdicts, Murders and Attempted Murders — @ 3:21 am
The personal assistant of Linda S. Stein, who managed the Ramones and was a real estate agent for celebrities, was found guilty.
Wed 24 Feb 2010
Filed under: Supreme Courts (State), Rios, Cesar, Decisions and Verdicts, Bronx (NYC), Accidents and Safety, Fires and Firefighters, Suits and Litigation — @ 2:45 am
A Bronx judge ruled that prosecutors had failed to prove that the owners knew that some tenants carved up their apartments with a maze of partitions.
Mon 22 Feb 2010
Filed under: Morrissey, Francis X Jr, Wills and Estates, DeMarco, Judith, Fernandez, Yvonne, Marshall, Anthony D, Astor, Brooke, Decisions and Verdicts, Frauds and Swindling, Jury System, New York City — @ 4:40 am
A juror’s statements will form the basis of an an expected appeal of Anthony D. Marshall’s fraud conviction.