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Volume 84, No. 10
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LAW & COMMERCE
Thursday, March 12, 2020
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Brooklyn Eagle Group
JUDGE TO RESPONDENTS IN CROWN HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT HEARING, ‘YOU’RE ON NOTICE.’: In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Reginald Boddie presided over an emergency hearing on Thursday, March 5 in the case of Boyd v. Cumbo, et al. Alicia Boyd (standing) is a pro se petitioner in an action against the parties involved with advancing a controversial Crown Heights development project, completion of which she contends threatens to cast shadows that will adversely affect the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Boyd, a neighborhood resident and community activist, stood between fellow petitioners LaShaun Ellis (left) and Michael Hollingsworth (right), as she alleged that the court's temporary restraining order prohibiting further excavation at the site had been violated. The judge personally inspected the site the day before the hearing and ordered the respondents to replace the disturbed soil. The parties reconvened Monday, March 9, at which point, the representatives for the developers requested three weeks to meet the judge's order and city environmental standards. The judge, however, adjourned the proceeding only until March 23, advising the respondents that he expects full compliance by that time, including filling the excavated hole to bring the soil back to ground level. He also put the respondents on notice that failure to comply could result in them incurring fines of tens of thousands of dollars per day in violation of that deadline.In attendance were attorneys for the respondent developers and from the New York City Law Department. Right to left, front row: Brooklyn Eagle photos by Rob Abruzzese Oksana Wright, Karen Binder, David Lackowitz and Richard Lobel. Right to left, back row: Shiva Pakash, Chris Reo and Melanie Wiener.
Uncontested divorce pilot program coming to Brooklyn in the spring
Brooklyn Bar Association trustee Pauline Yeung honored with pro bono award. See page 3. Photo courtesy of David Chidekel
ABRAMS FENSTERMAN, BROOKLYN’S LARGEST LAW FIRM CONTINUES TO EXPAND: Glenn Jones, left, worked for eight years as the special assistant attorney general for the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the New York State Attorney General’s Office. RIGHT: Randy Faust is a former Manhattan Assistant DA. See page 2. Photos courtesy of Abrams Fensterman
Judge Jeffrey Sunshine is the statewide coordinating judge for matrimonial cases. He spoke at a BBA meeting on Monday. See page 3. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese