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AG James: Amazon Manipulated Its Advertising Platform to Inflate Prices for More Than a Million Advertising Customers, including Small Businesses 

On Monday, August 31,  New York Attorney General Letitia James  joined a bipartisan coalition of 21 other states and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in suing Amazon for secretly overcharging its advertising customers more than $20 billion by manipulating the system that it uses to...
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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and People’s Coalition to Stop Deed Theft Host Scammed Homeowners

By Mary Alice Miller Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez hosted a community meeting at Restoration in collaboration with People’s Coalition to Stop Deed Theft. Two dozen distressed homeowners attended to discuss the theft of their homes. The event was highly contentious. Homeowners who lost their homes...

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Mamdani Says Crime Down, Community Says ‘It Ebbs and Flows.”

BY Nayaba ArindeLast week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced that...
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A Felony, but Deed Thievery, Mortgage Fraud, and Illegal Evictions Are Still Big Business

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Brooklyn DA Obtains Sentencing of Disbarred Attorney for Stealing Deeds of 11 Brooklyn Properties, But What About Others

By Mary Alice MillerBrooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on November 12 that disbarred...
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One-on-One Deed Theft Prevention Workshop at Medgar Evers College

As Officials Make Deed Theft a Crime in NYC, Complaints Rise Brooklyn Borough President Antonio...
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Police Shoot Fare-Evader in Brownsville, cop, Bystander Injured

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeNine NYPD bullets were fired. Gregory Delpeche, 49, an innocent bystander sitting...
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Brennan Center Report: No Statistical Evidence that Bail Reform Affects Crime Rates

By Mary Alice MillerThe Brennan Center for Justice recently issued an investigative report that...
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Saving Our Streets Brooklyn

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeLast week at City Hall, violence interrupters like East New York’s Man...
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As Summer Approaches, Anti-Violence Initiatives Gear Up

By Mary Alice MillerMemorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer. The warm temperatures...
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DA Eric Gonzalez Cites Link Between Gun Violence and Domestic Violence

By Mary Alice Miller“We have a problem with keeping our women safe,” said Brooklyn...
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Crisis: Teen shootings, stabbings,and summer concerns

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeThe recent rash of teenage stabbings and shootings from Brooklyn to the...
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National Guard at NYC Subway Stations – the response

By Nayaba Arinde Editor at Large This is not a drill, the nation’s organized militia -...
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Troy Gill’s Mom: “He Was a Great Boy…”

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large Somebody shot a 13-year-old.Troy Gill was on his way home from a...
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Citizenship in the Age of Emerging Technologies

By Mary Alice MillerYour friendly neighborhood tech bro may know something the rest of...
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Brooklyn Books and Bullets

By Nayaba ArindeTeens shot by teens. The NYPD said that this year, up to...
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Remembering Diana King, Flo Anthony, and Pauline Barfield

Fern GillespieThis summer was a season of loss in New York City communications. Between...
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Brownsville Boxing Legends Come Home

By Mary Alice MillerMike Tyson, undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990, joined...