A Brooklyn man looking to get his 1996 murder conviction overturned is hoping the fingerprints of disgraced former Det. Louis Scarcella on his case will help him get out of prison. Scarcella testified in Brooklyn Supreme Court Tuesday and Wednesday in the case of Eliseo DeLeon, who was convicted of the 1995 Clinton Hill murder […]
Preservation advocates made their case at a city Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing for landmarking poet Walt Whitman’s only still-existing New York City house — even though the property was not on the agenda. The group spoke out Tuesday during a hearing about six Manhattan and Staten Island properties that were significant to the LGBTQ+ civil […]
Rideshare moped company Revel began distributing 1,000 street-legal electric vehicles across Brooklyn and Queens on Wednesday. After signing up, people who download the Revel app can locate a moped to ride using their phones. I, for one, jumped at the chance to try out the shiny new 180-pound wheels. The takeaway? This ride is fun […]