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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Photo by Mary Altaffer/AP Raheen Joye, 43, of The Bronx, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree attempted murder. The sentence was announced by District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and was imposed by Supreme Court Judge Jane Tully. This comes following an incident in 2022…

Students in a largely affluent swath of Manhattan may soon regain special preference when applying to nearby high schools. Schools Chancellor David Banks said on Thursday night that he was considering granting “some kind of priority” to families in District 2, which runs from the Upper East Side down to Tribeca. If enacted, that would…

“Untraceable ghost guns help empower criminals and are a threat to New Yorkers everywhere,” said Attorney General James. “This takedown is part of my office’s ongoing work with our partners in law enforcement to remove ghost guns from our streets and ensure the gun traffickers who threaten our communities see justice. I will continue to…

As the weekslong protests on city campuses go from the streets to the courts, the person ultimately responsible for those prosecutions is entering a political and logistical minefield. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg should be used to that by now. The progressive prosecutor who is responsible for almost all the cases involving protesters thus far…

Attorney General Letitia James helped to spearhead the recovery of $6.3 million stolen from family trusts by former attorney Richard J. Sherwood and financial advisor Thomas K. Lagan. Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP Attorney General Letitia James and U.S. Attorney Carla Freedman announced on Wednesday the recovery of $6.3 million stolen by former attorney Richard J. Sherwood…

The intersection of Grand Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Crown Heights, near the location where a sudden and brutal assault left a woman with a broken jaw. Screenshot via Google Streetview In an act of unprovoked violence, a Brooklyn man has been indicted for allegedly delivering a devastating blow to a 57-year-old woman, resulting in…

This column originally appeared in On The Way, a weekly newsletter covering everything you need to know about NYC-area transportation. Sign up to get the full version, which includes answers to reader questions, trivia, service changes and more, in your inbox every Thursday. New York City can finally lower the speed limits within the five…

The Eastern District of New York federal courthouse in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese A 36-year-old Brooklyn resident pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States by unlawfully exporting sensitive electronic components used in Russian military drones on Tuesday.  The plea was entered by Nikolay Grigorev in a federal court in Brooklyn…

Sixty years ago, the Beatles made their first visit to the United States. As part of their tour, they stopped in New York City, where a 21 year-old Paul McCartney captured their visit on his Pentax camera. Starting Friday, you can see more than 250 of McCartney’s photographs at the Brooklyn Museum, in a new…

Early Addition is a daily newsletter to guide you through New York City news, plus other tidbits from around the internet. Sign up here to get the full version in your inbox every weekday morning. Good Friday morning in New York City, where the Mets are hiring a mascot manager. Here’s what else is happening:…