The Brooklyn Times - bklyntimes.com https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Hochul names NY AG James as special prosecutor on alleged rape case at Cornell University Letita James appointed to oversee Cornell investigation ‘Atonement’ review: Kenneth Branagh impresses quietly RT by @GovKathyHochul: RT by @GovKathyHochul: The Governor has entrusted my office with this investigation, and we do not take that responsibility lightly. As our state’s Chief Law Enforcement Officer, I stand ready to lead a process guided by the facts and the law. Tonight, I signed an executive order appointing Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the Cornell sexual assault case. New information has raised serious questions about how this case was handled, and I’ve lost faith in the Tompkins County DA’s ability to fairly oversee it. The young woman at the center of this case deserves to know that every fact will be examined and justice pursued. Founder of NYC LGBTQ therapy practice charged with rape after alleged sexual assaults Paramount, CBS News New York partner with Komen Foundation for NYC Race for the Cure for breast cancer US judge in NY indefinitely blocks ICE from making arrests at immigration courthouses Times Square’s Ball-Drop Tower Fills With Immersive Spaces MTA boss warns devastating proposed federal cuts to transit funding on the horizon Now Is the Time for Jay Powell To Resign A $4 billion investment in public safety. $1 billion focused on preventing gun violence. The result? Shootings are down 19% this year and 67% since I took office. That’s not a coincidence. It’s what happens when you do the work. And today, we’re investing another $36 million because there’s always more work to do. The festival will showcase culinary favorites from Haiti, St. Lucia, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, The Ivory Coast, Barbados, Venezuela and the American South. https://brooklyneagle.com/419496/8th-annual-creole-food-festival-returns-this-weekend-in-dumbo/ As NYC rent freeze takes effect, a legal battle continues to play out between Mamdani and Mastro Push to strengthen NY sexual assault laws gathers steam after Cornell rape allegations Lawyer challenging NYC rent freeze releases Mamdani officials’ emails and text messages The Cancellation of Jewish Culture Trump’s tariffs make EVERYTHING more expensive. For the MTA, they’ve added $1 billion in costs and put generational transit improvements at risk. I’m demanding an exemption from these reckless tariffs. Read my letter to Secretary Lutnick: Christa Pike Is First Person To Survive Death Row With Drugs in Her System — and Double Jeopardy May Bar Tennessee From Trying Again U.S. Treasury cracks down on Russian shadow banking network funding Iran “Государство в государстве”: чем обернется для Армении реализация “маршрута Трампа” Nor’easter hits Brooklyn with high winds, downed trees, flooding Atickul Islam was required to resign from the NYPD as a condition of the plea, and cannot apply to any law enforcement agency again. https://brooklyneagle.com/419452/former-nypd-sergeant-pleads-guilty-to-impersonating-ice/ Mamdani’s $607M NYCHA makeover costs taxpayers a staggering $528K per apartment NYC mulls building temporary highway in sky over Brooklyn Bridge to fix BQE ‘A new kind of education system’: Inside Runway Green’s plans for Floyd Bennett Field A New Fit for the Modern Man AI Decodes Napoleon’s Secret Battlefield Message After 217 Years Airlines Ignored Warning From Israeli Intelligence to Stop Flying From UAE Before Hijack Bid Putin warns West Russia will use ‘all weapons’ if Kaliningrad threatened Israel Braces for Further Sanctions ‘Relief’ at CNN After Report Indicates Bari Weiss Will Not Have a Role at the Network NYC Free Tax Prep saved $226.6M for New Yorkers this year: Mamdani NYC to break ground on long-delayed Brooklyn park along Newtown Creek “Unidos, Somos Más,” together, we are more: Kings County Supreme Court celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Rescheduled Park Slope Super Stoop to take over neighborhood streets on Saturday The Boy Wonder, Still Unspooled City of Forest Day promotes urban forest advocacy with free events this Saturday Спаситель всего человечества: что в 1983 году сделал советский подполковник Петров Fifth Avenue Street Festival in Sunset Park draws thousands I know how much high energy bills are stretching family budgets. On the ground in the Bronx today, I highlighted what we’re doing to help lower those costs, including a monthly discount on energy bills for millions of New Yorkers. The most expensive congressional race in NJ history? This could be the one. 2026 World Cup – Baku: McEvoy Destroys Oceanian Record, Kornev Hits Russian Mark In 50 Free Jack Smith Faces Legal Reckoning for One of the ‘Worst Abuses of Government Power in Our Nation’s History’ Several Brooklyn neighborhoods designated for fast track of affordable housing, but City Council’s role is gone Former NYPD sergeant pleads guilt to charge he impersonated ICE official Pressure mounts on Mamdani to detail education platform after article on NYC schools Russia threatens to strike Nato with nuclear weapons ‘right from the outset’ – News Review Brooklyn News Review Posts