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Justice Debra Silber of Kings County Supreme Court, whose decision dismissing a Brooklyn homeowners’ lawsuit against Verizon over FiOS equipment installed in their backyard was upheld by the Appellate Division. Eagle file photo

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Brooklyn court rejects trespass claims over FiOS installation

December 24, 2025

The Appellate Division has upheld a ruling by Justice Debra Silber in a case brought by two Brooklyn…

Hon. Carl Landicino, an associate justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department, was part of the unanimous panel that reinstated a former Café Gitane waitress’s gender-discrimination lawsuit and awarded damages and attorney’s fees after finding that the trial court improperly dismissed the case following a damages inquest. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Robert Abruzzese

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Brooklyn worker’s discrimination case reopened

December 23, 2025

The Appellate Division has awarded damages and attorney’s fees to a former Café Gitane waitress, reviving her gender-discrimination…

Justice Lawrence Knipel of Kings County Supreme Court, whose orders allowing a default judgment and the appointment of a referee in a long-running Brooklyn foreclosure case were upheld by the Appellate Division. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Mario Belluomo

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Appeals court upholds Justice Knipel orders in foreclosure dispute

December 23, 2025

A state appeals court has ruled that a bank followed the required legal steps to move ahead with…

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, speaks in front of the Unisphere alongside his transition team, from left, Elana Leopold, Melanie Hartzog, Maria Torres-Springer, Grace Bonilla, and Lina Khan, in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

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Brooklyn Law graduate Grace Bonilla to help Mamdani’s transition

November 8, 2025

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, speaks in front of the Unisphere alongside his transition team, from…