A new proposal from a Brooklyn councilmember would bring critical health services into courthouses citywide in an effort to reduce the number of people sent to jail. Councilmember Stephen Levin introduced legislation Thursday that would provide health screenings for criminal suspects awaiting arraignment. The screenings could identify behavioral and physical health issues, opening up alternatives […]
A Brooklyn judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of anti-vaxxers against the city on Thursday as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 359. “A fireman need not obtain the informed consent of the owner before extinguishing a house fire,” Hon. Lawrence Knipel of Kings County Supreme Court wrote in his ruling. […]
William from Boerum Hill asked: Why was William Van Alen buried in Cold Spring-on-Hudson next to Emily Warren Roebling and her divorced husband, Washington? Wow! That is a complex question. First, let’s dispose of a fallacy. The Roeblings never divorced. Emily died of cancer in Trenton in 1903 after a prosperous long life of 60 […]