Ben Yakas

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• Posted Bronx Man Gives City an Earful to Gothamist
  A 67-year old Bronx man is suing NYC and the Montefiore Medical Center for throwing out his severed ear, the Daily News reports. A chunk of Eduardo Garcia's ear was bitten off by his son's bull...
• Posted NYPD Stop And Frisk Beat Keeps On Keeping On to Gothamist
  The NYCLU's Bust Card (PDF) The NYPD's stop and frisk policy shows no signs of abating. The latest data on the controversial program shows that the NYPD is on track to stop a record number of...
• Posted NJ Man Accused of Threatening Obama Released to Gothamist
  John Brek, the former NJ airport security guard who was accused of threatening President Obama last month, was released today after serving 29 days in the Newark county jail for harassment. Brek was interviewed by CBS...
• Posted UPDATE: Knicks NOT Looking For The Answer In Iverson to Gothamist
  When we previously noted on the Knicks burgeoning interest in signing free agent guard Allen Iverson, it seemed as though it was a long shot to happen. But new reports have come out in the last...
• Posted Crown Heights Fire Kills 2 Children, 1 Adult to Gothamist
  A fire broke out in a six-story Crown Heights apartment building earlier today, killing three. Officials told CBS 2 reports that, "firefighters were called to a blaze that broke out in the Crown Heights section of...