NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan resident has pleaded guilty to helping establish a secret police station in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government. Chen Jinping, 60, entered the guilty plea on a single count of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday….
William Boyland Jr., a former Brooklyn Assemblyman whose influential family has been dubbed “the Kennedys of Brownsville,” was one of 1,583 people granted clemency by the outgoing Biden Administration Thursday. Boyland Jr., was convicted on 21 bribery and corruption charges in 2014 and sentenced to a 14-year prison term. But in February 2021, he was granted…
As singles grow weary of swiping through endless dating apps, a new approach to finding love is gaining traction in New York City. The “Love Wall,” created by the co-founders of dating service Pique, Cyrus Belsoi and Vaish Sesetty, is offering an in-person alternative to the digital dating scene. Located in Brooklyn’s McCarren Park, the…