
Robert Brodsky
Investigative News Reporter at Newsday
Quick strike investigative news reporter @Newsday; Queens College and American University graduate; East Meadow father of two; [email protected]
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5 days ago |
newsday.com | Robert Brodsky
The State Attorney General’s office is asking a Nassau judge to remove Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation's court-appointed independent health monitor after her Albany-based consulting firm was purchased, in part, by a law firm representing some of the owners of the embattled Woodbury nursing home in its bankruptcy court proceeding.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Robert Brodsky
A Brooklyn man was sentenced Thursday to a decade in prison for selling cocaine and other narcotics that were expected to be distributed across East Hampton and Montauk during the busy summer tourism months. Michael Khodorkovskiy, 45, will also serve five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty in April to second-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. As part of his plea agreement, Khodorkovskiy forfeited more than $572,000 in cash and property.
NYS jurors' daily pay to increase from $40 to $72 on June 8 under budget signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul
1 week ago |
newsday.com | Robert Brodsky
The daily salary for jurors is set to increase on June 8 from $40 to $72 — the first such hike in New York State in 27 years as the court system attempt to keep up with inflation and make serving more economically feasible. The state budget, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul earlier this month, included language, first proposed by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, a Manhattan Democrat, that would increase by 80% the per day wages for New Yorkers serving as jurors.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Robert Brodsky
A Bloods gang member from Bellport was convicted Tuesday of 22 counts of distributing narcotics, including his role in three nonfatal overdoses, according to federal prosecutors in Central Islip. Gary Johnson, 41, was convicted of multiple counts of distributing heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl following a four-week trial before U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack. Johnson was also convicted of three counts of narcotics distribution resulting in serious bodily injury and possession of a firearm.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Robert Brodsky
President Donald Trump issued a pardon Tuesday to a Long Island-based ex-labor union leader on the eve of his sentencing for failing to properly report $315,000 worth of free tickets to sporting events, concerts and shows, documents show. James Callahan, 65, of Lindenhurst, the former general president of the International Union of Operating Engineers, pleaded guilty on Jan.
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