N.J. Transit detective faced years of racial discrimination, lawsuit says
A New Jersey Transit police detective claims in a lawsuit that he endured years of discrimination by his supervisor. Det. Brian Lee, who is Black, said former New Jersey Transit Police Lt. John Sullivan, who is white, “waged a years-long campaign” of bias-based harassment and retaliation against him, according to the...
N.J. professor loses free speech case after playing ‘devil’s advocate’ backfired
Kean University was within its rights to cut ties with a professor whose classroom remarks sparked student complaints, a federal judge has ruled. The ruling, issued July 1 by U.S. District Judge William Martini, ends a years-long legal battle over free speech and academic conduct. The decision affirms that public...
Irvington used opioid settlement money as ‘slush fund’ for concerts, watchdog says
Irvington spent $632,000 on two drug awareness concerts, proving the need for greater oversight of opioid settlement funds, investigators say.
N.J. town received money to fight opioid crisis. It paid for concerts, cotton candy,...
The settlement money had been earmarked for drug prevention, treatment, or recovery from the deadly opioid epidemic that became a scourge of so many of the state’s inner cities. Irvington apparently spent it on having a good time, according to the Office of the State Comptroller. If you purchase...
O’Dea & Walker demand N.J. restore $125M from Affordable Housing Trust Fund
Hudson County Commissioners Bill O’Dea (D-2) and Jerry Walker (D-3) are demanding that the State of New Jersey restore the $125 million that was diverted from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) in this budget. “It’s incredibly disappointing to see the State of New Jersey raid its own AHTF,...
N.J. woman fatally shot by boyfriend ‘lit up every room’
A New Jersey man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend and then fleeing to Delaware allegedly had a heated argument with her before killing her with her children present in their East Orange home, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Shalamar Brown, 44, was shot by Darian Ficklin, 29,...
‘Would Have Taken Him and Done Whatever He Wanted’: 6-Year-Old Boy Is Snatched Off...
A 6-year-old Brooklyn boy was injured Sunday night after a man wearing a fez allegedly tried to abduct him on a busy sidewalk in Coney […] ‘Would Have Taken Him and Done Whatever He Wanted’: 6-Year-Old Boy Is Snatched Off Brooklyn Sidewalk by Man Before Mom Tackles Suspect After Screaming Child Is Thrown to the...
Popular DJ who vanished 3 weeks ago ID’d as man found dead on NYC...
A popular Big Apple DJ who mysteriously vanished three weeks ago has been identified by sources as the man discovered dead on a houseboat in Queens. Reda Briki, 52, was found unconscious and unresponsive by an acquaintance in the cabin of a boat docked at Railroad and Greenpoint avenues in Newton Creek Marina Sunday...
Maniac caught on video snatching kid off NYC street didn’t drop him on his...
A nut may have allegedly tried to kidnap a 6-year-old boy on Coney Island over the weekend — but at least he didn’t drop him on his head as claimed, the suspect’s lawyer argued to a judge Tuesday. Jonathan Robalino, 36 — who is charged with snatching little Rah Shem “Rah Rah” Gantt while he strolled with his parents...
Grand Central Terminal hides a basement so secret, that guards once had shoot-to-kill orders
Wikimedia Commons/Author: Michelle Young of Untapped New York. Hidden thirteen stories under Grand Central Terminal sits a secret room called M42, which was kept off all maps and blueprints. When German spies landed on Long Island in 1942, officials feared saboteurs might target the basement’s huge rotating...
