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Hairstylist "For The Stars" Fined For Leaving Racist Voicemail

Hairstylist "For The Stars" Fined For Leaving Racist Voicemail

You know what's a great way to have your wedding ruined? Having a hairstylist you've never actually met leave a voicemail for you in which they call you racial slurs. But you know what helps? Having the city fine said stylist $22,500 for your troubles. Things get a little tricky, however, when the stylist in question starts claiming they were never your stylist in the first place ad that the voicemail was left by an impostor! But we're getting ahead of ourselves. more ›

Was Salon Anti-Wheelchair Or Anti-Nonagenarian?

Was Salon Anti-Wheelchair Or Anti-Nonagenarian?

An UWS beauty parlor recently coughed up $7,500 to 101-year-old Nettie Lobsenz for refusing to let her into their beauty parlor back in 2008, when she was a spritely 99. Juliette Gould, Lobsenz's daughter, says a woman at Mayra's Beauty Salon told them her boss wouldn't let her in "because she can't walk." But when Gould returned with a walker for her mother, the woman said that because of liability issues, "we just don't want her in [here]." And we thought this was supposed to be an aging-friendly neighborhood! more ›

Thug Opens Fire On Salon, Off-Duty Cop Returns It

Thug Opens Fire On Salon, Off-Duty Cop Returns It

It was just a normal Saturday for Officer Feris Jones, who was off duty from working in a crime lab in an NYPD office in Jamaica and getting her hair done in a Bed-Stuy salon. That is, until an armed thug burst into the salon and demanded money. Jones confronted the man, identifying herself as a cop and asking him to drop his weapon. Instead, he began firing shots around the salon, so Jones was forced to return fire. more ›

Arrest Made in Fort Greene Shootings

Arrest Made in Fort Greene Shootings

The police announced they arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with Monday's shootings at a Fulton Street hair salon where one person was killed and four people, including an off-duty police officer, were injured. Paul Wint, 22, faces second-degree murder and weapon possession charges, according to NY1. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly referred to reports of two men leaving an SUV to chase and kill Lethania Garcia and said, "We believe [Wint] was driver of the vehicle in that event. We're still looking for other individuals involved." more ›

Police Search for Two Suspects in Fort Greene Shootings

Police Search for Two Suspects in Fort Greene Shootings

A hair stylist said he played dead as two men shot one person dead and wounded four others yesterday afternoon in Brooklyn. Glen, who works at De Lux Gallery hair salon, told the Post, "I thought [one of the shooters] was ... a madman killing people - I was basically waiting for my turn to be shot." more ›

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