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Surveillance footage shows Leo Oliver, wearing a white Adidas shirt, at the counter of a convenience store in East New York, holding a gun before firing at the store clerk during the 2020 shooting incident. Photos courtesy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the EDNY

Felon sentenced to 10 years for possessing ammunition in Brooklyn shooting

September 18 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Leo Oliver, also known as “Gam,” was sentenced to 10...

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An apartment is left exposed where a corner of the residential building collapsed in the Bronx borough of New York, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/AP

Construction company owner sentenced to jail for child’s death following wall collapse in Brooklyn

September 18 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

The owner of a Nassau County construction company, Nadeem Anwar, was sentenced...

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Tim Kennedy, right, of Hillsborough, N.J., and Chris Weaver of Houston, Texas, trumpet players with the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, look at the New York State Constitution on Saturday, April 20, 2002, at the Senate House Historic Site in Kingston, N.Y. The Merchant Marine trumpeteers got to see the 225-year-old document before they played at the event honoring the 350th anniversary of Kingston and 225th anniversary of the state constitution. Photo: Jim McKnight/AP

How the NY Equal Rights Amendment could change the state constitution

September 18 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

On Nov. 5, 2024, New York voters will decide whether to adopt...

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Crime

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

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Police had a suspect in custody Wednesday after he fired...

A NYPD car. Photo: Julio Cortez/AP File

4 wounded at Brooklyn train station when officers shoot man wielding knife

September 16 | Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press

Four people were wounded at a Brooklyn subway station Sunday when police...

Police & Fire

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

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Police had a suspect in custody Wednesday after he fired...

A view of the L train’s Sutter Avenue station. Photo by Marc A. Hermann/MTA

New York man hit by stray police bullet needed cranial surgery, cousin says

September 18 | Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press

Gregory Delpeche, 49, was riding the subway to work when the shooting...

Sports

Liberty seeking first-round opponent

September 19 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Sandy Brondello already has her team primed, healthy and in pole position...

Top-seeded Liberty dancing in D.C.

September 18 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Jonquel Jones knows the answer to all the New York Liberty’...

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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...