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The Trace
2 months ago
US politics

This New York County Is Disarming Record Numbers of Potentially Dangerous People

ERPOs can be effective in preventing individuals at risk of self-harm or harm to others from accessing guns
Suffolk County in New York has been successful in implementing ERPOs and could serve as a model for other counties and police agencies [ more ]
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www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
NYC real estate

Black Real Estate Agent Wins Racial Bias Case Against Hamptons Firm

Brown Harris Stevens of the Hamptons, a branch of one of New York City's oldest and most prestigious real estate firms, wrongfully terminated the contract of a Black real estate agent who raised concerns about racial discrimination there, a federal judge ruled last week.Shauncy Claud, who worked as an independent contractor for the firm for eight months, was awarded $788,000 in back pay, punitive damages against the firm and damages for her emotional distress.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston real estate

Home sales in Massachusetts suffered double-digit declines in 2022

Home Buying In welcome news to buyers, not sellers, home prices grew at a snail's pace.Blame it on the lack of listings, mortgage rate increases, reluctant sellers, and high home prices, but sales of single-family homes and condos were in the dumps in 2022.Sales of single-family homes were down 31.7% from December 2021 to December 2022 and plummeted a whopping 40.7 % from December 2020 to December 2022, according to a report The Warren Group, a real estate analytics firm, released Tuesday.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Man who pretended to be Bushwick homeowner's nephew to steal deed gets 10 years in prison: DA * Brooklyn Paper

A man who stole an elderly Bushwick homeowner's deed and sold her home by pretending to be her nephew and forging Power of Attorney has been sentenced to up to ten years in prison.Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Tuesday that 48-year-old Shavard Callaway of North Babylon "callously took advantage of an elderly woman, stealing and selling her home while she was living with relatives."
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston real estate

Home prices edged up despite a dramatic drop in sales

Home Buying A cooling market is forcing sellers to resort to things they haven't done in years: ask for less money and offer concessions.Its a confluence of calamities for those looking to get into homes and those looking to get out of them.Mortgage rates have doubled since March, but competition is easing as more prospective buyers are forced to sit on the sidelines, fingers crossed that market conditions will improve.
Politics NY
1 year ago
Brooklyn

2022 General Election Round Up

The left-wing pollsters at Data for Progress have Governor Kathy Hochul leading her GOP challenger Rep. Lee Zeldin by 13 points in the November general election, according to a new survey they released Thursday.
Nytimes
1 year ago
US politics

What to Watch For in the Massachusetts Primaries

Democrats expect to reclaim the governor's office this fall with Maura Healey, there's a three-way Democratic primary for lieutenant governor and Boston has a messy district attorney race.
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Boston.com
11 months ago
Boston real estate

Prices and sales slip as housing market cools

Real Estate State sees the first drop in the median purchase price for a single-family home since 2018.In " The Shawshank Redemption," escaped convict Andy Dufresne writes his recently paroled best bud Red that " hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston real estate

Home sales in Mass. plummet

Can prices be far behind?
There were 4,877 sales of single-family homes in Massachusetts last month, 16.2% fewer than in September 2021, according a report The Warren Group released Tuesday.
TODAY.com
11 months ago
Boston

Autistic boy, 4, who disappeared in South Boston is found dead, authorities say

The body of a 4-year-old autistic boy who disappeared over the weekend in South Boston was found Monday, according to Massachusetts State Police.Mohamed Fofana was found dead just before 12:30 p.m. near the shoreline of Castle Island, state police said in a tweet.Castle Island is on the northern tip of a stretch of Boston beaches overlooking Boston Harbor.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Report: Boston officers justified in shooting at man near hospital

Local Two Boston police officers who opened fire on a man who had what appeared to be a real gun near a city hospital three years ago, and who was later shot and killed by police following a car chase, were justified in their use of force and should not face criminal charges, according to the results of an investigation released Monday.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

That chill in the air you feel is the housing market

Real Estate News Prices in Greater Boston are still climbing, but not at the breakneck pace buyers have seen and sellers have enjoyed.Sales of single-family homes and condos in Massachusetts have dropped, and prices are still climbing - but like a hiker lugging a backpack full of unabridged dictionaries.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

'We do not have a clear path to victory': Read Ricardo Arroyo's statement on Suffolk DA race results

"This race may be over but the work continues."
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Here's why Suffolk County houses far fewer young people after COVID

Suffolk County is one of several large metro areas in the United States that experienced sharp population declines between 2020 and 2021, according to U.S. Census data.
Boston.com
2 years ago
Boston

Boston University to lay off 175 employees from COVID-19 testing sites

In late March the school announced it was changing its COVID-19 protocols, and ending required weekly testing on May 13.
amNewYork
1 year ago
Brooklyn

State Senate Republican sues Democratic majority over LaSalle committee vote in bid to force chief judge nomination to full vote | amNewYork

A state Senate Republican is suing Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and 10 other Democrats over the upper chamber's Judiciary Committee vote against advancing Governor Kathy Hochul's pick of Judge Hector LaSalle to lead the state's highest court.The legal gambit, highly unusual for a typical state judiciary confirmation process, aims to force a floor vote LaSalle's nomination after it failed in the Judiciary Committee last month by a 10-9 vote.
New York Family
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Photos with Santa Around New York 2022 - New York Family

Santa Photos 2022
Make memories this holiday season by taking photos with Santa!Here are some places around New York to get photos with Santa this year.Psst... Check out Holiday Road Trips for NYC Families!Manhattan
Macy's Herald Square, 151 W. 34th Street, Herald Square
November 25-December 24, See website for schedule
There is no fee to meet Santa.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

G.O.P. Retains House Seat on Long Island, a Swing-District Battleground

Representative Andrew Garbarino, a Republican, won his race in the Second Congressional District on Long Island, a key battleground in the battle for the House.The race was called early Wednesday morning by The Associated Press.Mr. Garbarino's victory was largely expected: In the four House races on Long Island this year, Mr. Garbarino was the only Long Island incumbent running, and his district, which stretches across the southeastern parts of the island, leaned conservative in 2020.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Fetty Wap Pleads Guilty to Conspiring With a Long Island Drug Gang

The rapper, who had parlayed a hit record about selling drugs into widespread stardom, conspired to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine in New Jersey, prosecutors said.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Dining

Rumrunning, Bootlegging and More Criminal History of 'Liquor Island'

For Amy Kasuga Folk, the Southold Town Historian in Long Island, it pays to know the difference between the Prohibition terms rumrunning and bootlegging.
amNewYork
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Long Island man arrested after abducting woman and leading police chase to Brooklyn | amNewYork

A Long Island man was arrested on Wednesday night for abducting a woman off the street and fleeing to Brooklyn.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Here's how much the rain this week helped the drought in Mass.

Finally, after months of hot, dry weather, recent rainfall put a dent in the drought that's been plaguing Massachusetts.
Boston.com Real Estate
1 year ago
Boston real estate

Massachusetts home sales were high and dry in July

Like the scorched lawns and muddy ponds all across drought-ridden Massachusetts, the local real estate market dried up in July.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Science

Five shark attacks reported in two weeks on Long Island, officials say

Five shark attacks have been reported in the past two weeks off Long Island, including two within hours Wednesday, a dramatic increase in shark encounters that officials there said may represent a "new normal."
Boston.com Real Estate
2 years ago
Boston real estate

Will the number of homes listings ever rebound? Maybe in '24

(Bloomberg) - U.S. home buyers already struggling to afford soaring prices must now contend with mortgage rates that are rising at the quickest pace in almost three decades.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Police investigate fatal crash involving pedestrian, cars on I-93 in Dorchester

Massachusetts State Police are investigating a crash on Interstate 93 southbound in Dorchester that resulted in the death of a pedestrian and sent others to the hospital with serious injuries, according to a statement.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Dorchester man held without bail on charges of assault and battery, sex trafficking a minor

A Dorchester man is being held without bail after he allegedly lured an underage girl to Massachusetts and trafficked her for sex, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Mayor Wu: No plans right now to bring back mask mandate amid increase in COVID-19 cases

"We're watching the numbers very carefully."
Mayor Michelle Wu said Monday she has no immediate plans to bring back an indoor mask mandate in Boston despite a rising number of COVID-19 cases.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Gov. Hochul Solidifies Lead Over Lee Zeldin in Latest Poll

A Siena College poll on Wednesday showed Gov. Kathy Hochul with a 17 percentage-point lead over Representative Lee Zeldin in New York's race for governor.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Outside Money Floods New York Congressional Races

Super PACs have spent about $9 million to try to influence the Aug. 23 congressional primaries in New York, more than three times the amount spent in 2018.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Fourth human case of West Nile virus confirmed in Massachusetts

"Most people infected with WNV will have no symptoms."
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Man in his 20s becomes third West Nile virus case in the state this year

The man, who was not identified, was likely exposed to the virus in Suffolk County where the risk of human infection is currently moderate to high.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Man in his 70s infected with West Nile Virus in Suffolk County

A man in his 70s became the second person in Massachusetts to be infected with West Nile Virus this year, the State Department of Public Health said Friday.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Elderly woman diagnosed with first Mass. case of West Nile virus in 2022

Local The woman was exposed to the virus in Suffolk County.The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced the first human case of West Nile virus in the state this year Thursday afternoon.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

13 men charged after allegedly soliciting sex from undercover officers near Mass. and Cass

One man was arrested and 12 others are facing court dates following an undercover operation conducted Tuesday night into Wednesday morning by police near the area of Roxbury known as Mass. and Cass.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

City encourages indoor masks as Boston's COVID cases rise nearly 40 percent in past week

"Based on current trends, it is essential that people protect themselves and others."
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