Colleen Long

January 15, 2014 | Daily Report Online

New York City has agreed to pay $18 million to settle dozens of lawsuits filed by protesters, journalists and bystanders who said they were wrongly arrested at the 2004 Republican National Convention, lawyers said Wednesday.

By Colleen Long

2 minute read

December 02, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The way Frank DiPascali tells it, Bernard Madoff planted the seeds of deception for his $17 billion Ponzi scheme back in the 1970s, when his firm was in a small office at 110 Wall Street.

By Colleen Long and Tom Hays

5 minute read

September 10, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Prosecutors in the fraud case against Brooke Astor's son called 72 witnesses during the past 18 weeks of trial, including an array of celebrities, politicians and high-society dames. On Wednesday, his defense rested - without calling a single witness.Jurors stifled smiles as Anthony Marshall's attorney Frederick Hafetz told the judge: "At this time, the defense rests.

By COLLEEN LONG

2 minute read

May 10, 2012 | New York Law Journal

On the same day the NYCLU released an analysis of last year's 685,000 stops, Bill de Blasio, the city's public advocate, announced a campaign to pressure Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reform the practice.

By Colleen Long

3 minute read

July 05, 2011 | Daily Report Online

The hotel maid at the center of the now-teetering sex assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn filed a libel lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Post after the tabloid reported she was a prostitute.The woman's lawyer, Kenneth Thompson, filed the claim in Bronx state Supreme Court after the Post, relying on anonymous sources, referred to the 32-year-old as a "prostitute" and a "hooker.

By Colleen Long

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August 15, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Colleen Long

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January 05, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Former NBA player Jayson Williams struck a tree with his SUV on Tuesday after veering off an exit, suffering minor injuries. Police said he may have been drinking before the crash.Williams was in the passenger seat when officers arrived and told them someone else had been driving. But witnesses told police they saw him in the driver's seat, and officers said no one else was in the car.

By COLLEEN LONG

3 minute read

September 22, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A prosecutor says a domestic abuse case against a New York state senator is about "power and control."Assistant District Attorney Scott Kessler said in opening arguments Monday that Hiram Monserrate was angry because his girlfriend had another man's cell phone and union card.Monserrate has pleaded not guilty to assault charges in the December incident.

By COLLEEN LONG

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June 22, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Four men were accused yesterday of trying to bribe and frighten witnesses into refusing to testify against a spiritual counselor in Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community who has been charged with molesting a teenage girl for years.

By Colleen Long

3 minute read

October 07, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A New York City man was convicted of hate crimes Tuesday in connection with a series of muggings that included an assault on a centenarian on her way to church.A jury deliberated less than a day before convicting Jack Rhodes of victimizing three women, including Rose Morat, who is now 103.Rhodes, 47, could face up to up to 90 years in prison when he is sentenced on robbery, burglary and assault charges.

By COLLEEN LONG

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