Brooklyn Daily Eagle

2 days ago | brooklyneagle.com | Ryan Schwach

Two inmates in the Department of Correction’s custody died within an hour and a half of each other on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon. Inmates 37-year-old Benjamin Kelly and 56-year-old James Maldonado both died on Friday, bringing the Rikers death toll to seven, two more than all of last year. According to the Department of Corrections (DOC), an officer found Kelly in medical distress at around 2:59 p.m. at the Eric M. Taylor Center on Rikers while conducting a tour.

2 days ago | brooklyneagle.com | Ryan Schwach

The family of Win Rozario, the 19-year-old shot and killed by police in his Queens home last year, filed a lawsuit against the city and the NYPD for wrongful death on Monday. The 29-page suit, filed nearly a year after the family first indicated they intended to sue the city, argues that the two responding officers violated Rozario’s civil rights when they failed to de-escalate the situation, which ultimately resulted in Rozario’s death.

4 days ago | brooklyneagle.com | Ryan Schwach

Former Queens Defenders Executive Director and founder Lori Zeno appeared in court in Brooklyn on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to fraud charges. Zeno, who was ousted from the Queens non-profit defender organization in January, is accused of allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the organization, which was primarily funded by city tax dollars and has received millions of dollars in government contracts over the past three decades.

4 days ago | brooklyneagle.com | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Video surveillance cameras will be installed at two entrances to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade next month, thanks to funding from Councilmember Lincoln Restler’s office. The cameras have been a priority of the 84th Precinct’s Commanding Officer, Captain Thomas Maffei, whose command area includes Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park, DUMBO and the Brooklyn Bridge, all areas flooded with visitors in the summer.

1 week ago | brooklyneagle.com | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

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