Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'lastmarch'
February 21, 2008
A judge has finally ruled on a long-simmering dispute between a restaurant and its deliverymen. Last March deliverymen at the popular Vietnamese restaurant Saigon Grill, which has locations in Greenwich Village and on the Upper West Side, demanded a raise from owners Simon and Michelle Nget. The deliverymen reasoned that since the chain was pulling in more than $2 million a month, they ought to earn more than $120 for a 75-hour week. They were......
Continue Reading "Deliverymen for Saigon Grill Get Some Payback"January 8, 2008
The three police officers facing trial for the November 2006 shooting of an unarmed man are requesting to their trial moved from Queens. Lawyers for Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora, and Marc Cooper claim they won't be able to get a fair trial in Queens, blaming media attention for "incurably poison[ing]" any potential jury pool. On November 25, 2006, Sean Bell was having a bachelor party with friends on the eve of his wedding. When he......
Continue Reading "Sean Bell Shooting Cops Want Trial Out of Queens"November 19, 2007
Last year, there was a very sad report about a 14-year-old boy who committed suicide by jumping into the frigid waters of the East River, and his mother suggested it was because of school bullying. Now the Daily News reports that the Administration for Children's Services had been investigating a charge that the boy's mother had choked him and beat his brother with a belt. Last March, Sidney Hatchett and his 6-year-old sister were walking......
Continue Reading "Haunting Revelation in Teen's 2006 Suicide"February 5, 2007
Interesting news: amNew York reports that the Port Authority has changed the security company at JFK and LaGuardia since February 1. Covenant Aviation Security has taken over security operations from Hayes Security, and will "provide uniformed guards at perimeters, parking lots, and restricted areas." Why the change? Last March, a "disoriented elderly driver" was able to drive onto the JFK tarmac - past the Hayes security perimeter. But one tidbit that amNY reports about Covenant......
Continue Reading "New Security Company at JFK and LaGuardia Airports"
