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Levittown woman awarded $2M in lawsuit against Nassau Police Department
Donna Cipley of Levittown was awarded $2M in lawsuit against Nassau Police Department.Cipley faced allegations of hitting a detective with a door and injuring his hand in 2019. Those charges have since been dropped..Her lawsuit claimed that she was falsely arrested and sought damages. A jury ruled in her favor on Friday.
Jury will consider lesser charge in NYC subway chokehold case, judge dismisses manslaughter charge
NEW YORK (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of using a deadly chokehold on an unruly New York subway passenger dismissed the top charge in the case on Friday at prosecutors’ request, allowing jurors to consider a lesser count after they deadlocked on whether Daniel Penny was guilty of manslaughter.Judge…
Garden City files lawsuit over casino
The Village of Garden City has filed a lawsuit over plans to build a resort and casino at the Nassau Coliseum.The suit asks the Nassau State Supreme Court to void the 42-year lease agreement for the Coliseum between the county and Las Vegas Sands, claiming lawmakers violated state rules by not taking a hard enough…
Multiple serious accident in yesterdays storm
A person was killed in a crash early Thursday Morning on the Long Island Expressway in Jericho. The crash happened around 3 a.m. when the driver lost control of the vehicle.Police say the vehicle overturned and hit a delivery van that was pulled over to the side of the expressway and then another car hit…
Father of victim in NYC subway chokehold case sues defendant Daniel Penny
NEW YORK (AP) — The father of the victim at the center of the fatal New York City subway chokehold trial has sued the defendant as a Manhattan jury continued to deliberate the case Thursday.Jordan Neely ‘s father, Andre Zachary, filed the suit Wednesday against Marine veteran Daniel Penny in New York Supreme Court.He accuses…
Police release new photos as they search for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO
NEW YORK (AP) — The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies outside a Manhattan hotel used ammunition emblazoned with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose,” two law enforcement officials said Thursday.The words were written in permanent marker, according to one of the officials, who…
Former Long Island Resident Pleads Guilty to Massive Fraud Scheme Involving Sports Betting
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Press Release U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York Defendant’s Organization Misled Victims into Believing It Had Inside Information on College and Professional Sporting Events Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Cory Zeidman pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a yearslong scheme…
Diocese of Rockville Centre To Pay $323 Million To Sexual Abuse Survivors
A settlement in the Diocese of Rockville Centre clergy sex abuse case has officially been approved by a judge.Approximately 600 abuse survivors and the church officially signed off on a $323 million settlement ending a four-year court battle.A diocese spokesperson said the settlement would not affect the operations at any church or force any to…
UnitedHealthcare CEO is fatally shot in a ‘targeted attack’ outside a New York hotel, officials say
NEW YORK (AP) — UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was shot and killed Wednesday morning in a “brazen, targeted attack” outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding its investor conference, police said, rattling the city and setting off a massive dragnet hours before the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting.Brian Thompson, 50, was shot around…
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and Big Duck Lighting happening Wednesday
The 92nd annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting is happening on Wednesday. Kelly Clarkson will be hosting and performing at the tree lighting.There are over 50,000 multi-colored LED lights on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, connected by approximately five miles worth of wire.NBC will broadcast the lighting.Also The Big Duck in Flanders will be lit…
President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urge judge to toss his hush money conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers formally asked a judge Monday to throw out his hush money criminal conviction, arguing continuing the case would present unconstitutional “disruptions to the institution of the Presidency.”In a filing made public Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers told Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan that dismissal is warranted because of the…
Jury deliberations begin in Daniel Penny’s trial over using chokehold on Jordan Neely
NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors began deliberating and soon revisited some of their legal instructions Tuesday in the trial of a military veteran charged with using a fatal chokehold to subdue a New York subway rider whose behavior was alarming other passengers.The anonymous jury is weighing manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges in the death…