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City In Westchester To Pay $50K To Activist As Part Of Settled Civil Rights Lawsuit City In Westchester To Pay $50K To Activist As Part Of Settled Civil Rights Lawsuit
City In Westchester To Pay $50K To Activist As Part Of Settled Civil Rights Lawsuit A city in Westchester will pay $50,000 to an activist as part of a settled civil rights lawsuit filed after his arrest at a city council meeting.  According to court documents filed in July in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the City of Yonkers will pay the sum to settle a lawsuit filed by activist Hector Santiago in September 2023 following his arrest at a city council meeting in 2022.  In the lawsuit, Santiago claimed his rights were violated when he was detained during a Yonkers City Council meeting on Nov. 22, 2022. According to the lawsuit complai…

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by Ben Crnic
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6 NY Inmates Permitted To View Eclipse After Suing Over Religious Rights 6 NY Inmates Permitted To View Eclipse After Suing Over Religious Rights
6 NY Inmates Permitted To View Eclipse After Suing Over Religious Rights Several New York prison inmates will be allowed to view the total solar eclipse on Monday afternoon, April 8 after all following their lawsuit against the state alleging religious discrimination. Related Story - Total Solar Eclipse: Here's What To Expect To See By Minute, Zip Code The six inmates, incarcerated at Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, agreed to drop their federal lawsuit after the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) granted their religious request to watch the celestial spectacle, according to Thomas Mailey, a spokesperson for the age…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Sandy Hook Families Reject Alex Jones Settlement Offer Sandy Hook Families Reject Alex Jones Settlement Offer
Sandy Hook Families Reject Alex Jones Settlement Offer The relatives of the Sandy Hook school shooting victims in Connecticut have quickly and sharply shot down an offer from far rightwing talking head Alex Jones to resolve his defamation lawsuit. Jones, the host of the conspiracy theory and disinformation Infowars website, offered to pay $120,000 to each plaintiff suing him for defamation as he continues to assert the massacre never happened. Eight families of the shooting victims declined the offer. In November 2021, a judge found the Infowars host guilty by default in multiple defamation cases that were brought to him by members of the vict…

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by Zak Failla
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Hudson Valley Counties To Receive Up To $94 Million To Combat Opioid Crisis Hudson Valley Counties To Receive Up To $94 Million To Combat Opioid Crisis
Hudson Valley Counties To Receive Up To $94 Million To Combat Opioid Crisis Hudson Valley counties are set to receive up to $94 million to help combat the opioid crisis. New York Attorney General Letitia James said in an announcement on Tuesday, Oct. 5, that the funds come from settlements from a March 2019 lawsuit against the manufacturers and distributors responsible for the crisis. James shared a list of figures representing the minimum and maximum amounts each county could receive from settlements with Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, Cardinal Health, Amerisource Bergen, and Endo. Hudson Valley: $51,729,983.90 – $94,455,606.10 Dutchess County: $3,682,781.87 …

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by Nicole Valinote
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New Details Released On NY's $1.1 Billion Settlement With Nation's Biggest Opioid Distributors New Details Released On NY's $1.1 Billion Settlement With Nation's Biggest Opioid Distributors
New Details Released On NY's $1.1 Billion Settlement With Nation's Biggest Opioid Distributors New York has reached a $1.1 billion agreement with three of the nation's largest opioid distributors to help curb and prevent drug use across the state. Attorney General Letitia James announced an agreement with McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc., and Amerisource Bergen Drug Corporation — three of the nation’s largest drug distributors — that will deliver up to $1.1 billion to New York state to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic.  Earlier report: NY, Other States Reach $4.5B Settlement With Purdue Pharma Over Its Role In Opioid Epidemic The agreement is the largest m…

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by Zak Failla
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Putnam County Exec Hits Back At DA For Outrage Over $12M DiPippo Case Settlement Putnam County Exec Hits Back At DA For Outrage Over $12M DiPippo Case Settlement
Putnam County Exec Hits Back At DA For Outrage Over $12M DiPippo Case Settlement Putnam's top elected official spoke out against a statement made by the county's district attorney’s statement over the $12 million settlement for Anthony DiPippo, who was twice convicted of raping and murdering a 12-year-old before being acquitted at a third trial. The acquittal in 2016 came after DiPippo served two decades behind bars. On Friday, Aug. 14, following the announcement of the multi-million dollar settlement, Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy issued a scathing statement condemning the decision. Earlier story - $12M DiPippo Rape, Murder Case Settlement Decision 'F…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Trump Pays $2M To Eight Charities For Repeatedly Breaking Laws, NY State AG Says Trump Pays $2M To Eight Charities For Repeatedly Breaking Laws, NY State AG Says
Trump Pays $2M To Eight Charities For Repeatedly Breaking Laws, NY State AG Says President Donald Trump has dished out $2 million to resolve a civil lawsuit that alleged illegal activities during the 2016 election. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that the president has paid the $2 million court-ordered judgement to various nonprofit organizations for using charitable assets during the presidential primary in 2016. The court order was part of James’ lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its directors, which include Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump that was filed in 2018. The payment was ordered la…

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by Zak Failla
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Trump Ordered To Pay $2M To Settle Lawsuit Alleging He, Children Repeatedly Broke Charity Laws Trump Ordered To Pay $2M To Settle Lawsuit Alleging He, Children Repeatedly Broke Charity Laws
Trump Ordered To Pay $2M To Settle Lawsuit Alleging He, Children Repeatedly Broke Charity Laws President Donald Trump will be shelling out $2 million to resolve a civil lawsuit that alleged illegal activities during the 2016 election. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Thursday, Nov. 7, that the New York State Supreme Court ordered the president to pay $2 million to various nonprofit organizations for improperly using charitable assets during the presidential primary in 2016. The court order comes as part of James’ lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its directors, which include Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump that was filed in 2…

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by Zak Failla
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Passenger In Car During Fatal Shooting Of Pace Football Player DJ Henry Gets $75K Settlement Passenger In Car During Fatal Shooting Of Pace Football Player DJ Henry Gets $75K Settlement
Passenger In Car During Fatal Shooting Of Pace Football Player DJ Henry Gets $75K Settlement A former Pace University teammate of Danroy “DJ” Henry, who was shot and killed by a Pleasantville police officer has reached a settlement with the former officer. Former Pleasantville police officer Aaron Hess, who was off-duty in Pleasantville, called to report a disturbance outside Finnegan’s on Oct. 17, 2010, where members of the Pace football team were celebrating after their homecoming game. Hess remained at the scene, and when Henry was instructed to move his vehicle out of a fire zone, the former police officer alleged that it had struck him, he landed on the hood of the car and he …

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by Zak Failla
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Settlement Reached In Wrongful Death Suit Involving Area Man Settlement Reached In Wrongful Death Suit Involving Area Man
Settlement Reached In Wrongful Death Suit Involving Area Man The town of Redding has agreed to pay a settlement to the family of a Poughkeepsie native who committed suicide next to his Fairfield County home two years ago. Members of the Redding Police Department were dispatched to the home of Peter Valenti, 32, on April 11, 2016, after he sent multiple text messages to friends seeking police help. Upon arrival, the officers found him hanging from the rafters in a shed next to his home. According to a CT Post report, the town and family have reached a settlement agreement, though the terms of the settlement will not be disclosed, “but it is substantia…

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by Zak Failla
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Sprint Must Pay Record $330M Settlement To New York Sprint Must Pay Record $330M Settlement To New York
Sprint Must Pay Record $330M Settlement To New York Sprint has agreed to pay a record $330 million settlement to end a long-running tax dispute with New York, for “flagrantly breaking the law,” the state attorney general announced on Friday. The lawsuit alleged that for nearly a decade, Sprint “knowingly failed to collect and remit more than $100 million in state and local sales taxes owed on its flat-rate wireless calling plans sold to New Yorkers.” According to AG Barbara Underwood, the $330 million settlement is the largest-ever recovery resulting from an action filed under the New York False Claims Act. It is also the largest recovery by…

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by Zak Failla
Business
State Announces Record $174M Settlement With Spectrum: Free HBO Or Showtime, Too State Announces Record $174M Settlement With Spectrum: Free HBO Or Showtime, Too
State Announces Record $174M Settlement With Spectrum: Free HBO Or Showtime, Too "The Wire," "Game of Thrones," "Billions," and "Ray Donovan" may be coming to your television, free of charge. Charter Communications and Spectrum Management has agreed to a record-setting $174 million consumer fraud settlement with New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood for defrauding Internet subscribers. The settlement comes following a lawsuit that was filed last year alleging that Charter Communications and its predecessor, Time Warner Cable, “denied customers the reliable and fast internet service it had promised.” Underwood said that the record $174.2 million consumer fra…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Worker Gets $2M After Suit For Discrimination Westchester Worker Gets $2M After Suit For Discrimination
Westchester Worker Gets $2M After Suit For Discrimination Just weeks after a Yonkers sugar refinery worker won a $13.4 million lawsuit against American Sugar Refining - the maker of Domino’s Sugar - a second employee has won a lawsuit claiming workplace discrimination. A jury in the Southern District of New York awarded a $2.35 million settlement to Claude Lewis, a former employee at the company’s Yonkers factory for nearly three decades. The win comes seven weeks after Rosanna Mayo-Coleman received her judgment against American Sugar Refining after her boss allegedly sexually harassed her at work. in 2011, Lewis came under the supervision of Meha…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Stamford Suspect Nabbed For 2016 Murder In Drug Deal Gone Bad Stamford Suspect Nabbed For 2016 Murder In Drug Deal Gone Bad
Stamford Suspect Nabbed For 2016 Murder In Drug Deal Gone Bad Bridgeport police arrested a juvenile for his role in the 2016 murder of teenager Shane Slinsky, according to Av Harris, the Bridgeport police spokesman. The unidentified Stamford juvenile was charged with felony murder, murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, larceny and carrying a pistol without a permit, Harris said. He is being held on $1 million bond. “An additional arrest is expected shortly,” Harris added. Slinsky was shot twice in the head on Aug. 27, 2016, on Wood Terrace in Bridgeport, during a drug deal gone bad, police said. The juvenile is the second person to be arrested in c…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Stamford Officials Settle $3.2M School Sex Assault Case Stamford Officials Settle $3.2M School Sex Assault Case
Stamford Officials Settle $3.2M School Sex Assault Case Five men who claim they were sexually assaulted by a school gym teacher in the 70s and 80s settled a lawsuit with the city of Stamford, according to Libby Carlson, special assistant to Mayor David Martin. The city agreed to settle with the five men for $3.25 million on Thursday. The settlement was approved by Judge Barbara Bellis. The lawsuits claim that each of the men was under the age of 10 when they were sexually assaulted by Robert Martinez at the former Rogers School. The suit also claimed the Stamford Board of Education failed to them as children because of Martinez's conduct and did…

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by Kathy Reakes