Tag: lawsuit
Christie’s latest Jean-Michel Basquiat online auction has been stopped and officially “postponed” after two of the late artist’s sisters filed a $1 million lawsuit claiming that the collection of his ex-roommate/lover Alexis Adler could include fakes. We first interviewed Adler a year ago, in her now-remodeled former squat of an apartment that she shared with Basquiat in […]
Though the death of Willets Point feels all but inevitable, there’s one last hope for those who would rather not see the rugged Queens area converted into a shiny new hotel/restaurant/retail complex. A group including State Senator Tony Avella, a Queens Democrat, local businesses, and the non-profit NYC Parks Advocates are suing the city to stop redevelopment, […]
One of Bill de Blasio’s key campaign promises involved ending the city’s appeal of a federal lawsuit aimed at the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy, and now, he’s delivering on it. In a deal laid out by the mayor’s administration today, the city will accept a court-ordered monitor to oversee the NYPD for three years to ensure […]
“Where’s the party at?” That’s how a cop addressed 19-year-old beauty queen Kristy Abreu and her mother after pulling them over last May in Harlem. A supposed computer glitch led cops they were driving a stolen car. What happened next was “the worst night of her life.” Current reigning Miss Westchester Kristy Abreu told The Daily News that she and her mother […]
Maybe you’ve heard that Supreme’s founder James Jebbia is suing the shit out of ANIMAL pal Leah McSweeney? Leah designed a parody of Supreme’s logo almost a decade ago for her clothing line Married to the Mob. It went well. Now, she’s being sued for $10 million. Naturally, this is absurd, as Supreme is notorious for not only […]
In 2011, 26-year-old Robert Bell was leaving the Slaughtered Lamb Pub on West 4th Street when he saw a few NYPD officers walking by and decided to give them the middle finger behind their backs. When another cop saw Bell do the dirty deed, he arrested Bell and held him at the 6th Precinct for […]