for ‘Be prepared for the Wild West’: As real estate’s busy season winds up, here’s how to buy or sell a home during the coronavirus pandemic By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 16:01:48 +0000 Real estate data suggests the market took a downturn in March that might already be rebounding. Here's what experts predict. Full Article
for Former Halford inmate is a Playa in QEII Cup at Sha Tin By www.rte.ie Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:39:56 +0000 Playa Del Puente narrowly missed out in the Hong Kong Derby last time, but jockey Blake Shinn is hoping he can gain compensation in Sunday's FWD QEII Cup at Sha Tin. Full Article Racing
for Australian jockey banned for head-butting fellow rider By www.rte.ie Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:06:46 +0000 Australian jockey Luke Tarrant has been given a six-month ban after head-butting fellow rider Larry Cassidy during an altercation at Doomben. Full Article Racing
for BHA outlines blueprint for potential return to racing By www.rte.ie Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:30:39 +0000 A restriction on field sizes to 12 runners per race and the use of only senior jockeys both feature in the latest plans for the potential resumption of racing in Britain. Full Article Racing
for New dates announced for French Classics By www.rte.ie Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:25:34 +0000 France Galop has announced rescheduled dates for the French Classics, with the Guineas meeting set to be staged on June 1 at ParisLongchamp and the French Derby and Oaks to follow on 5 July at Chantilly. Full Article Racing
for Japanese Guineas whet appetite for European Classics By www.rte.ie Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 22:38:26 +0000 The Flat racing calendar in the northern hemisphere remains mired in uncertainty, but in one jurisdiction the first Classics of the season have been staged as the coronavirus pandemic rages. Full Article Racing
for Proposed plan for British racing takes shape By www.rte.ie Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 15:59:21 +0000 Two bumper weekends of Classic trials could take place at the end of May under the "best-case scenario" planning for the resumption of racing in Britain. Full Article Racing
for Government sets 29 June return date for racing By www.rte.ie Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:58:53 +0000 Horse and greyhound racing is not due to resume until 29 June according to the Department of Agriculture, though Horse Racing Ireland remains hopeful restrictions will be lifted earlier. Full Article Racing
for Bundesliga nails down final details for big return By www.rte.ie Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:09:45 +0000 The German Bundesliga is set to start again on 16 May. Full Article Soccer
for Off-duty FDNY firefighter busted for DWI after found sleeping in parked car By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:27:07 +0000 Police discovered firefighter Lenzell Ross, 28, snoozing in his parked Tesla on the side of the Belt Parkway near Shore Parkway in Lindenwood about 2:30 a.m., authorities said. Full Article
for Defense lawyer, in closing arguments for 2016 slaying of beloved Brooklyn pizzeria owner, insists prosecutors failed to prove their case By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:01:45 +0000 Attorney Javier Solano, in his final jury address Friday, insisted there was a “piece that didn’t fit” in the prosecution’s presentation against murder suspect Andres Fernandez in the June 30, 2016, shooting of Louis Barbati. Full Article
for ‘She was a pleasure to be around... you never expect this:' distraught dad grieves for daughter, killed by off-duty NYPD cop in car wreck By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:32:42 +0000 Instead of waking up to wish his daughter the best on her 23rd birthday, Collin Dixon got the phone call every parent dreads. Full Article
for Brooklyn assault suspects get welcome reprieve under new reforms: No bail despite alleged violent offenses in separate cases By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:19:33 +0000 Two men accused of violent crimes were freed without bail from Brooklyn Criminal Court on Thursday amid growing concern about the state's new bail reform laws. Full Article
for Former Mexican security chief linked to Sinaloa Cartel held without bail by Brooklyn federal judge on multi-million dollar bribery charge By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 22:14:35 +0000 Garcia Luna, accused of turning a blind eye toward murderous drug overlord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman while serving as Mexico’s secretary of public security from 2006-12, arrived in Brooklyn Federal Court with his attorney for a Friday afternoon hearing. Full Article
for Poly Prep tennis coach accused of sexual abuse by second former student in new Brooklyn court filing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:38:29 +0000 The plaintiff, a former high school cheerleader identified only by the pseudonym “Mary Coe,” was in her first year at the school when defendant William Martire allegedly initially forced her to perform oral sex on him in the early 1980s, according to a horrifying 18-page Brooklyn Supreme Court filing. Full Article
for Man wrongly convicted in 1995 Brooklyn gang murder sues the state for $100 million By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 22:48:27 +0000 Christian Pacheco, 42, was wrongly convicted in the racially-motivated Latin Kings killing of Lemuel Cruz, who died in December 1995 at a Brooklyn club called El Sabor Latino. Pacheco was nabbed by cops as he was trying to save Cruz's life. “I don’t regret helping him — honestly, I don’t. That’s the kind of person that I am," Pacheco told reporters Thursday. Full Article
for 19-year-old Brooklyn stabbing victim asked for his mom in his last breaths By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 05:01:39 +0000 Mamadou Bah, 19, an immigrant from Senegal who dreamt of playing pro basketball, died after he stumbled into Gentlemen’s Quarters Salon on Church Ave. near Ocean Ave. in Flatbush just before 10 p.m. Tuesday. Full Article
for Mom wants justice for Mexican son shot by ICE on vacation visit to Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:59:19 +0000 “Those people shot him to kill him. It’s a miracle that my son is alive,” Carmen Cruz said of the Feb. 6 incident in which her son, 26-year-old Erick Diaz-Cruz, was wounded in a confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Gravesend. Full Article
for Water main break in Brooklyn floods businesses, shuts down L train for three hours By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:10:52 +0000 The break took place near Driggs Ave. and N. 7th St. in Williamsburg about 4:30 a.m., officials said. The problem was fixed and the bulk of the flooding cleared up by 7 a.m. — not early enough to avoid rush hour disruptions in subway service. Full Article
for Brooklyn man whose murder conviction was overturned will be retried for 1992 killing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:09:26 +0000 Emmanuelle Cooper, 54, spent 27 years in prison for the 1992 murder of MTA employee Andres Barretto, who was fatally shot in an East New York subway station after two men forced their way into a booth and robbed the token clerks inside. Full Article
for ‘This is a celebration of homecoming.’ Mourners gather for funeral of 7-year-old boy fatally struck by unlicensed driver in Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:12:28 +0000 More than 200 mourners filed into the Love Fellowship Tabernacle church in East New York Thursday night for Payson Lott’s wake and funeral. The youngster was struck and killed by an unlicensed driver as he crossed a street in his neighborhood. Full Article
for Brooklyn Supreme Court worker tests positive for coronavirus, officials say courthouse will remain open By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:21:15 +0000 The employee, who works at 320 Jay St. in Downtown Brooklyn, tested positive for the illness Thursday night, prompting the Vera Institute to tell a majority of their employees to work from home. Full Article
for Brooklyn judge, three others test positive for coronavirus in borough’s courts: officials By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:29:29 +0000 The judge, whose name was not released, was last in the courthouse on Mar. 12, officials said. Full Article
for ‘This is for real’: Videos show bodies loaded into trucks outside coronavirus-struck NYC hospitals By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:17:00 +0000 Disturbing videos posted online paint a grim picture on how hospitals seem to be struggling to deal with bodies as they battle against the wave of coronavirus patients. Full Article
for No coronavirus release for former Mexican top cop Garcia Luna, accused of taking millions in bribes from cartels By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:21:49 +0000 A Brooklyn federal magistrate denied Genaro Garcia Luna release from prison due to coronavirus, saying he was a flight risk. Full Article
for Manslaughter arrest for woman accused of fatally striking NYC hospital patient for violating coronavirus social distancing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:11:00 +0000 Hospital police initially issued Lundy a disorderly conduct summons after the attack and released her. On Thursday NYPD cops arrested her for manslaughter and assault. Full Article
for Members of NYC’s running clubs run errands for needy during coronavirus pandemic By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 17:16:56 +0000 Runners are using their legs for deliveries now. Full Article
for Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams calls for express supermarket lanes for first responders, with Foodtown already onboard By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:29:02 +0000 Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams called Saturday for all New York supermarkets to offer express lane treatment for those heroic New Yorkers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
for Cops break up Brooklyn funeral for coronavirus victim as mourners ignore social distancing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 20:54:37 +0000 The funeral was held for Rav Yosef Kalish, 63, an Amshinover rebbe who was hospitalized with COVID-19 last week and died Sunday morning, The Associated Press reported. Full Article
for Gone too fast, too young: Brooklyn dad of 2-year-old boy dies at home from likely coronavirus despite family’s desperate efforts to save him By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 03:45:00 +0000 The last thing Jorge Cruz ever did was ask for a cup of hot tea. By the time it was cool enough for a sip, he was dead -- apparently from coronavirus. Full Article
for Family of Brooklyn artist found dead in apartment fire believe he died before the blaze By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:22:01 +0000 Wilfredo Cervantes, 52, an artist and poet from Puerto Rico, was found dead inside his second-floor apartment on Jefferson Ave. near Ralph Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Wednesday evening. Full Article
for HOMETOWN HELPERS: Brooklyn hospital X-ray technologist uses mental prep routine to 'amp up’ for hectic shifts on the coronavirus front line By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Gina Torres, radiologic technologist at Wyckoff Heights Hospital in Brooklyn, knows the amount of stress waiting inside as coronavirus patients pour in day after day. Full Article
for Beloved Brooklyn activist/rapper battles coronavirus in month-long fight for life as friends and family send prayers By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:50:03 +0000 Roberto Correa, born and raised in Brooklyn, looms in his Sunset Park neighborhood as a prominent and popular figure: He owns The Booth NYC, a local clothing store/recording studio, and is a well-known local activist. Full Article
for ‘It’s as bad as you think’: Public defense attorney reports seeing inmates in Brooklyn federal jail ‘begging’ for medical care, guards without protection By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:48:56 +0000 When Deirdre Von Dornum and the others arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal Bureau of Prisons staffer wearing no gloves or mask greeted them in the lobby, according to the email. Full Article
for She paid $15,000 for mom’s final arrangements — and now worries Brooklyn funeral home stored remains on unrefrigerated U-Haul truck By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:13:31 +0000 NYC Mayor de Blasio denounced storing bodies in unrefrigerated and unmanned U-Haul trucks outside of Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home on Utica Ave. and Ave. M in Flatlands Full Article
for Teen arrested outside Hasidic funeral in Brooklyn as cops seek to enforce social distancing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 02:50:59 +0000 The scene on 43rd St. between 13th Ave. and 14th Ave. unfolded at about 4 p.m. Thursday as mourners flouted social distancing norms to attend what was supposed to be a private funeral at the home of Rabbi Cheskel Wagshel, 95, said a family friend. Full Article
for DEA investigator busted in sting for trying to arrange sex with 14-year-old: officials By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:11:27 +0000 Frederick Scheinin, 29, of Sunnyside, Queens, allegedly chatted for months with a federal agent posing as a minor, and now faces charges in Manhattan federal court of attempting to entice a minor and attempting to produce child pornography. Full Article
for NYC educators push for teacher diversity in city schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:10:30 +0000 Hall became a middle school science teacher in the Bronx in part so his students would never have that same experience. But for years, he was the only black male teacher on staff — which came with challenges of its own. Full Article
for Teacher pushes for resolution in long-standing lawsuit on school racism By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:38:27 +0000 Former principal Minerva Zanca of Pan American High School in Queens allegedly targeted black staffers from 2012-13, calling one a “gorilla” and “nappy-haired," according to a lawsuit filed in 2016 by the federal Justice Department. Full Article
for NYC Education Dept. due for shortage of more than 1,000 seats for preschoolers with disabilities: analysis By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:00:20 +0000 Advocates have long protested the lack of special education pre-K classes for 3- and 4-year-olds, which is federally mandated, even as the city invests millions in universal pre-K. Full Article
for Ballooning state aid for private schools subsidized teacher salaries at some of NYC’s most expensive private schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 04:00:55 +0000 A fast-growing New York state program that funds math and science teacher salaries at private schools paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to some of the city’s priciest private schools that can charge over $50,000 a year for tuition, the Daily News has learned. Full Article
for U.S. Education Dept. investigates foreign donations to Havard, Yale By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 22:44:56 +0000 The probe is part of a broader effort to monitor the influx of donations from other countries to American universities, which also includes investigations at Georgetown and Texas A&M. U.S. colleges are required under federal law to report foreign donations of $250,000 are more. Full Article
for NYC lawyers push back on state proposal to lower qualifications for special education judges amid shortage By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:23:19 +0000 New York City currently has fewer than 70 special education judges — called impartial hearing officers — to handle the thousands of complaints that special education students lodge every year against the city school system, resulting in more than 10,000 still-open cases. Full Article
for Progressive South Bronx charter school facing closure fights for survival By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:00:37 +0000 Teachers, parents, and supporters of Heketi Community Charter School in Mott Haven are fighting back, arguing that the school met its goals for academic growth. Full Article
for Agencies urge Gov. Cuomo to boost funding for special education preschool amid shortage By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:21:14 +0000 Advocates predict up to 2,000 city youngsters with disabilities may be unable to find an appropriate preschool this spring because of financial constraints that make it harder to hire and maintain teachers for special needs programs. Full Article
for Two NYC teens handcuffed and held by NYPD for 30 hours after scuffle with school safety officers By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 05:30:21 +0000 The teen and a pal stayed there for roughly 30 hours, most of which time they spent handcuffed to a bench in a Queens police precinct without food or water. “I still can’t sleep at home, because it’s always running through my mind,” 16-year-old Haily D’Souza told the Daily News. Full Article
for Poly Prep tennis coach accused of sexual abuse by second former student in new Brooklyn court filing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:38:29 +0000 The plaintiff, a former high school cheerleader identified only by the pseudonym “Mary Coe,” was in her first year at the school when defendant William Martire allegedly initially forced her to perform oral sex on him in the early 1980s, according to a horrifying 18-page Brooklyn Supreme Court filing. Full Article
for NYC school arrests cut in half amid policing reforms By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:00:54 +0000 NYPD officers made fewer than 150 arrests in city schools between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2019 — about half the number of arrests cops made during the same months last year. Full Article
for NYC students enjoy free performance of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ at Madison Square Garden By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:45:46 +0000 City middle and high school students streamed off buses and trains, buzzing with excitement for the afternoon’s entertainment. For some, it was the first chance to see a Broadway show. Full Article
for NYC starts voter registration push for 16- and 17-year-olds By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 22:41:30 +0000 A new state law allows teens to register as soon as they turn 16, and city officials are holding voter registration drives at city high schools and colleges this week to spread the word. Full Article