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Dolan Family, Longtime News 12 Anchor Sue New Owner Altice Over Layoffs Dolan Family, Longtime News 12 Anchor Sue New Owner Altice Over Layoffs
Dolan Family, Longtime News 12 Anchor Sue New Owner Altice Over Layoffs This story has been updated. A lawsuit and request to permanently enjoin Altice USA from laying off more television workers at News 12 was filed this week. The lawsuit alleges that Altice ignored commitments made during its $17.7 billion acquisition of Cablevision Systems Corp. The merger closed in June 2016. The suit was filed in Delaware by the Dolan Family alleging Altice failed keep promises detailed in a 2016 Merger Agreement and for equitable fraud, among other claims. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include: Charles Dolan, founder and former CEO of Cablevision; Helen Dolan; James Dolan, …

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by Jon Craig
Politics
$1.5M Lawsuit From Business Against City In Westchester Is 'Meritless,' Mayor Says $1.5M Lawsuit From Business Against City In Westchester Is 'Meritless,' Mayor Says
$1.5M Lawsuit From Business Against City In Westchester Is 'Meritless,' Mayor Says Hours after the owners of a popular Mount Vernon bakery formally announced plans to file a $1.5 million lawsuit against the city, Mayor Richard Thomas released a statement calling the action “meritless.” On Thursday, lawyers from Lauren P. Raysor, who will be representing Miesha Stokely and Montika Jones, the co-owners of Cupcake Cutie Boutique, announced that they will be issuing a notice of claim, stating that the summer shutdown caused “harm to reputation, emotional distress and the loss of business.” The lawyers were in Mount Vernon to officially announce the lawsuit at Cupcake Cutie Bo…

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by Zak Failla
News
Videos Released Of Fights That Led To Charges For Yonkers Firefighters Videos Released Of Fights That Led To Charges For Yonkers Firefighters
Videos Released Of Fights That Led To Charges For Yonkers Firefighters Videos have been released of fights which left several people injured this past summer and resulted in criminal charges for a pair of firefighters in Westchester. The first video was taken inside Rory Dolan’s Restaurant and Bar on McLean Avenue at approximately 2 a.m. on June 11.  The video shows the firefighters - later identified as Lt. Christopher Mitchell and firefighter Bogdin Kosilov - talking to each other before one of them is shoved. The pair of firefighters retaliated, hitting the man with a bar stool during their assault.  Upon arrival at the bar, police officers located the vic…

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by Zak Failla
News
Death Of Westchester Toddler Ruled A Homicide, Says Attorney Death Of Westchester Toddler Ruled A Homicide, Says Attorney
Death Of Westchester Toddler Ruled A Homicide, Says Attorney After months of waiting, the death of a 3-year-old Mamaroneck girl, Gabriella Boyd, has been ruled a homicide, the attorney for the toddler's father said Wednesday. Martin Rosen, the attorney who represents Stephen Boyd in civil matters, said he was told by prosecutors that following an autopsy Gabriella's death has been ruled a homicide. "I have not seen the autopsy, but I will talk with Stephen after he has time to review the findings," Rosen said. Helen Jonsen, the public information officer for the Westchester County District Attorney's Office, could not confirm the findings …

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
NYPD Being Sued For Failing To Provide Info On Gun Permits Of Trump, Sons NYPD Being Sued For Failing To Provide Info On Gun Permits Of Trump, Sons
Nypd Being Sued For Failing To Provide Info On Gun Permits Of Trump, Sons The New York Police Department is facing a lawsuit for allegedly violating public record laws by failing to disclose information about President Donald Trump’s gun permit application. The department is refusing to disclose information about handgun licenses held by the Commander-in-Chief and two of his sons, citing privacy and safety concerns, according to a lawsuit filed this week. The lawsuit was filed by news company The Daily Dot in Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon regarding the NYPD’s alleged refusal to release documents regarding the Trumps’ gun license applications. Acc…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Latimer Speaks Out Against 'Mistreatment' Of Immigrant Families At Border Latimer Speaks Out Against 'Mistreatment' Of Immigrant Families At Border
Latimer Speaks Out Against 'Mistreatment' Of Immigrant Families At Border NY Moving Forward With Lawsuit After Trump's About-Face On Child Separation County Executive George Latimer expressed his outrage on Wednesday, June 20 at news that immigrant children being separated from their parents by federal agents, as reported here by Daily Voice.  “Like many Westchester residents I am heartbroken and outraged over the mistreatment of immigrant families at the border – especially the children who are being separated from their parents," Latimer said. "While we, as a County, are committed to tolerance, transparency and keeping families together – this Country…

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by Jon Craig
Business
Lawsuit: 'Fox & Friends' Co-Host Threw Axe That Injured West Point Drummer Lawsuit: 'Fox & Friends' Co-Host Threw Axe That Injured West Point Drummer
Lawsuit: 'Fox & Friends' Co-Host Threw Axe That Injured West Point Drummer A local law firm, Sobo & Sobo, has filed a lawsuit naming a "Fox & Friends" co-host and the Fox Network for a bizarre event captured on video. The lawsuit says the co-host hit a West Point band’s drummer in the arm with an axe during a 2015 videotaping. Sobo & Sobo claims that Master Sgt. Jeff Prosperie, a member of the Hellcats, a West Point field music group, was struck by an axe, reportedly thrown by Pete Hegseth, a Fox & Friends co-host, who apparently missed a target. The lawsuit says Prosperie was injured when the Hellcats were taping commercial bumps to hel…

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by Jon Craig
Politics
New York Sues Trump, Children For $2.8M, Seeks To Dissolve Foundation New York Sues Trump, Children For $2.8M, Seeks To Dissolve Foundation
New York Sues Trump, Children For $2.8M, Seeks To Dissolve Foundation The Donald J. Trump Foundation and the Trump family engaged in self-dealing and illegal coordination with the presidential campaign and committed numerous violations of campaign finance laws, the New York State attorney general’s office said in a lawsuit filed Thursday on the president's 72nd birthday. Named in the lawsuit filed by Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood against the Donald J. Trump Foundation are its directors, Donald J. Trump, Donald J. Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump. The lawsuit alleges a pattern of persistent illegal conduct, occurring over more than a decade, that…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Mount Vernon Officials Cited For Allegedly Misappropriating $6M In Funds Mount Vernon Officials Cited For Allegedly Misappropriating $6M In Funds
Mount Vernon Officials Cited For Allegedly Misappropriating $6M In Funds Another week, another controversy for current and former officials in Mount Vernon. Former Mayor Ernest Davis, former Comptroller Maureen Walker, former Planning Commissioner Jaime Martinez, former Police Commissioner Bob Kelley and several City Council members were all named in a lawsuit late on Friday afternoon alleging that they mismanaged millions of dollars in federal housing funds. The officials have since vehemently denied the claims, according to multiple reports, stating that it’s an attempt to divert attention away from current Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas - who could not imm…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
Lawsuit Dismissed Over $60M Westchester Affordable Housing Development Lawsuit Dismissed Over $60M Westchester Affordable Housing Development
Lawsuit Dismissed Over $60M Westchester Affordable Housing Development The City of Mount Vernon and the developer of a multi-million dollar, 159-unit affordable housing complex have reached a settlement that will clear the way for the La Porte development in the heart of the city. Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas announced the dismissal of a lawsuit by developer Peter Fine of Manhattan-based Blue Rio LLC, who agreed to pay the city $300,000 and issued a public apology to Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas. The lawsuit alleged that the mayor and an unnamed adviser met with Fine in March 2016, but when the adviser was later turned down for a consulting job, the …

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by Zak Failla
News
Mother Sues Bars, Off-Duty Cop From Westchester For Crash That Killed Son Mother Sues Bars, Off-Duty Cop From Westchester For Crash That Killed Son
Mother Sues Bars, Off-Duty Cop From Westchester For Crash That Killed Son The family of a Dobbs Ferry man who was killed by a car driven by an intoxicated off-duty New Rochelle police officer has filed a lawsuit against the officer and three Westchester bars that the two frequented before the fatal crash. A lawsuit was filed in Supreme Court in Westchester by Penelope Ward, the mother of 27-year-old Isaac Ward, who was a passenger in the vehicle being driven by Harry Kyreakedes, who was sentenced to a term of between two and a half to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty to a felony charge of first-degree vehicular manslaughter and aggravated DWI last…

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by Zak Failla
News
Sentencing For Man Who Used GPS In 11 Westchester Burglaries Tops News Sentencing For Man Who Used GPS In 11 Westchester Burglaries Tops News
Sentencing For Man Who Used GPS In 11 Westchester Burglaries Tops News WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. --  A 52-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 years to life in state prison for burglarizing homes in and around Westchester counties, including Harrison, Irvington, Rye Brook, Tarrytown, Bedford, New Castle and Mamaroneck. Click here to read the story.  Some others top stories of the week include (Click on the link to read the entire story): The Ardsley woman who admitted to defrauding Westchester County donors out of more than $50,000 by misrepresenting the fact that she had terminal cancer has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. A Westchester gym teacher has filed a …

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by Kathy Reakes