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ShotSpotter CEO Ralph Clark stands for a portrait at one of the company's facilities in Newark, California, on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. Clark has said that the system’s machine classifications are improved by its “real-world feedback loops from humans.” Photo: Josh Edelson/AP

NYPD’s $54M bet on ShotSpotter: Nine years of data show failures and racial disparities

December 4 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

The NYPD’s nine-year experiment with ShotSpotter has yielded little success...

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The home of the Appellate Division, Second Department, on Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

Recent decisions out of the Appellate Division, Second Department

December 4 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Conflicting testimony, intervention rights, constructive notice, "time of the essence" deadlines, the...

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Few foldings knives, a judge's gavel and a book on wooden table

Brooklyn bouncer murder: Bronx man gets 20 years for fatal stabbing outside of Gowanus bar

December 4 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

A Bronx man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday...

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Crime

A New York police officer stands on 54th Street outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah

UnitedHealthcare CEO is killed in a ‘targeted shooting’ outside a New York hotel, officials say

December 4 | Jake Offenhartz and Karen Matthews, Associated Press

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed Wednesday morning in what...

Police blocked off the intersection at 320 Jay St. next to the Criminal and Family courts in Downtown Brooklyn just after noon on Wednesday, after a man fired a volley of gunshots. Photo: Brooklyn Eagle

Suspect in custody after firing shots outside Criminal Court in Downtown Brooklyn

September 18 | Mary Frost

Police had a suspect in custody Wednesday after he fired a volley...

Police & Fire

A New York police officer stands on 54th Street outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah

UnitedHealthcare CEO is killed in a ‘targeted shooting’ outside a New York hotel, officials say

December 4 | Jake Offenhartz and Karen Matthews, Associated Press

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed Wednesday morning in what...

Police officer Jojy Chacko, left, received the 84th Precinct Community Council’s Cop of the Month award for October 2024 from the 84th’s Commanding Officer Capt. Thomas Maffei. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

84th Precinct cop a hero to cyclists on Brooklyn’s dangerous Adams Street

December 3 | Mary Frost

This cop is a hero to the thousands of cyclists who ride...

Sports

Nets get defensive in win over Pacers

December 5 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Jordi Fernández spent most of Wednesday morning's shootaround coaxing his...

Nets look to end slide vs. Pacers

December 4 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

An ever-growing injury report has been the most consistent part of...

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John Abi-Habib founded a number of civic organizations in Bay Ridge.Photos: Wayne Daren Schneiderman/Brooklyn Eagle

Faces of Bay Ridge: John Abi-Habib, a mover and a shaker

January 22 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

BAY RIDGE – John Abi-Habib is all about foresight and being on...

Staten Island Man With History of Hate Indicted For Firefighter’s Murder

December 18 | Christina Carrega

A Staten Island man pleaded not guilty on Tues., Dec. 18 for...