District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday that his office has successfully disrupted a cryptocurrency scam operation that targeted the Russian-speaking community through deceptive investment schemes. The DA’s Virtual Currency Unit seized 70 domains used to lure victims, resulting in more than $1 million in losses for more than 20 Brooklyn residents and $4 million […]
WINDSOR TERRACE — A plan to close much of the BQE during three weekends next year and divert traffic onto local streets has met with some real opposition in the Windsor Terrace and Kensington areas, published reports say. As the Brooklyn Eagle reported earlier this month, traffic from the BQE, which carries more than 150,000 […]
This story was originally published on Oct. 5 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. For Rabbi Robert Blustein, enforcing mask-wearing in his synagogue is personal. Blustein lost both his parents and an older sister to COVID-19 — and doesn’t want anyone else […]