NYC resident who died saving pets from flooded basement is ‘Torah Man’ who wore bizarre religious get-up to court

Aaron Akaberi, 39 — who was overcome by the floodwaters when he ran back inside his Flatbush home around 4 p.m. Thursday to ...

Siguenza, Lind clinch NY Supreme Court judgeships. What to know

David Siguenza and Darius Lind unofficially won New York Supreme Court judgeships in a four-way contest for an eight-county ...
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Longtime Brooklyn judge hanging up the robe after 35 years on bench

In celebration of Lawrence Knipel’s retirement from the Brooklyn judiciary, friends, family and colleagues feted the state ...
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$14 million med-mal verdict tossed due to judge's actions

A New York state appeals court has thrown out a $14 million medical malpractice verdict, holding that a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge's inappropriate conduct, including presenting the brain-damaged ...
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Shaken Baby Syndrome Remains 'Accepted Scientific Theory' in NY Courts, Judge Rules

Acting Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Miriam Cyrulnik wrote in People v. Flores-Estrada, 3216/2016, that while the reliability of shaken baby syndrome has lost a degree of credibility among medical ...
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Former Vice Media HQ faces foreclosure after landlords allegedly default on $25M loan

Williamsburg’s 285 Kent Ave. after they allegedly defaulted on a $25 million loan in September, according to a lawsuit filed ...