Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'knickerbockeravenue'
October 9, 2008
You know those sad little plastic cups of loose change at the supermarket checkout you never drop money into because, what, now you have to tip grocery baggers too? For some baggers, that's their only source of income. Yesterday two executives at an Associated supermarket in Bushwick—which workplace justice activists have been protesting against for years—were arrested on charges that they've cheated workers out of more than $300,000 and falsified business records to cover their......
Continue Reading "Supermarket Execs Arrested for Not Paying Baggers "July 8, 2008
Authorities believe 5-year-old Jay "Tito" Morales set fire to his grandmother's apartment in an act of revenge, because she wouldn't let him go to the park. Now the child is in critical condition after suffering third-degree burns over 70-90% of his body. Morales' grandmother Nancy Herrera often baby-sat him in her Bushwick home on Knickerbocker Avenue. Described as strict, Herrera apparently punished Jay after a stunt where he called 911 and said she had died--only......
Continue Reading "After Setting Apartment Fire, Child is in Critical Condition"
