BY CHAYIM TAUBER This has not been an easy season for the New York Yankees. Injuries, slumps, and gradual loss of the 10 game lead once held in the American League East have made this season one of the more challenging ones the Yankees have endured in recent years. Still, despite all the turmoil and […]
BY JOE RINI Milestones for Dickey and Wright and Collins to Return in 2013 Although September was short on pennant race drama for the New York Mets, two players did scale team milestones during this last week of the 2012 season. David Wright became the Mets all-time hits leader and R.A. Dickey became the Mets […]
BOCES Overcharging New York State Tax Payers According to an investigation by the Journal News and LoHud.com regional BOCES programs have overcharged New York school districts to the tune $473 million between 2007 and 2011. A recent report by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli uncovered that the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) regularly […]
NYPD Now Video Taping All Interrogation of Suspects Last week New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced that suspects in all murder, sex crime, and felony assault cases will be recorded during their interrogations with police. Kelly said recording what police officers and suspects say is practical, helpful, and safeguards civil rights. The recordings will […]
Jody Ann Hemmings, 24, of New York, New York was sentenced last week to 14 years in state prison and five years post-release supervision for killing Pomona resident, Jason Ogneoff. Hemmings pleaded guilty to one county of manslaughter in the first degree, a felony and one count of arson in the second degree, also a […]
California Based Text Message Scam Put Out of Business Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a settlement last week with Game Theory LLC, a mobile-content corporation based in San Jose, California. The settlement comes following an investigation that revealed the company was sending spam text messages to New Yorkers, and then tricking them into signing […]