$650,000 Settlement

Lead discovered in NYC Housing Authority buildings

August 9, 2018

“Even though the New York City Housing Authority has been under a microscope for flouting lead-paint safety regulations for years, the exact number of children residing in NYCHA public housing poisoned by lead was never disclosed. Over the weekend, the city department of health offered a number: It said that 820 children younger than 6 were…Read the article

Brooklyn DA Declines to Retry Accused in Interest of Justice

September 8, 2016

Wayne Martin was overjoyed when the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office officially dismissed the indictment against him yesterday. Martin had been sentenced to life without parole for the fatal shooting of a tire shop owner and an employee in East Flatbush in 2005. The Brooklyn Conviction Review Unit uncovered alleged misconduct by now-retired trial prosecutor Marc…Read the article

Twenty-two Injured in New Jersey Deck Collapse

September 16, 2019

Twenty-two people were hospitalized after a two-story wooden deck collapsed in Wildwood, New Jersey on Saturday. The debris from the decks trapped and injured a number of people, including children and an infant. As of Sunday, two victims remain hospitalized. The incident occurred at around 6 p.m. at an older condominium building on the 200…Read the article