Dareh Gregorian
The Archive
Sandy suit against condo bigs
A resident of the chi-chi Greenwich Club Residences in lower Manhattan has filed a $35 million lawsuit against his condo board and management company, charging them with “fraud,” “self-dealing” and...
Off hook in actress slay
The contractors that hired the undocumented worker who murdered actress Adrienne Shelly in her West Village apartment can’t be held responsible for her death, an appeals court ruled yesterday.Bradford General...
Ma’s firing gives birth to lawsuit
A former manager at the swanky Standard Hotel says she was booted from her job after giving birth in one of its rooms. Tara Tan (pictured, with infant) often worked...
Science radio showdown
The long-running National Public Radio show “Science Friday” is trying to make a creationist knockoff go the way of the dinosaur.In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the show’s producers,...
Met in fee-for-alll
There’s been a multimillion-dollar heist at the Met — and it’s being carried out by the museum itself, court papers charge. Two longtime Metropolitan Museum of Art members say they...
Manager booted from job at swanky hotel after giving birth in one of the rooms: lawsuit
A former manager of the swanky Standard Hotel says she was booted from her job after giving birth to a baby in one of the hotel rooms. Tara Tan often...
Standard Hotel manager: I was canned for giving birth in a room
A former manager of the swanky Standard Hotel says she was booted from her job after giving birth to a baby in one of the hotel rooms. Tara Tan often...
‘Never let him out’: Judge gives beauty’s killer the max
A fashion publicist who butchered his ex-girlfriend in her Lower East Side apartment for trying to move on without him was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison yesterday...
Cable-modem suit
Time Warner Cable was slapped with two class-action lawsuits yesterday aimed at doing away with its $500-million-a-year modem-lease fee.In papers filed in state court in New York and New Jersey,...
'Butcher' ex-boyfriend sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for girlfriend slay
A fashion publicist who butchered his ex-girlfriend in her Lower East Side apartment for trying to move on without him was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison this...
$100M suit vs. Beyoncé OK’d
Beyoncé might be summoned to a command performance — singing under oath.A state appeals court has given a $100 million lawsuit against the “Single Ladies” singer the green light, paving...
Red ‘devil’! Voice of Elmo in teen-sex shocker
Say it ain’t so, Elmo! Kevin Clash — the puppeteer who transformed a furry red Muppet named Elmo into an international sensation — has taken a leave of absence from...
‘Cent. Pk. 5’ film battle
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has filed court papers asking a federal judge to torpedo the city’s demand to get the outtakes from his soon-to-open “The Central Park Five.” The documentary...
No bail for accused ‘cannibal cop’
Alleged “cannibal cop” Gilberto Valle will have to stew behind bars a while longer after a federal judge denied his request to get out on bail. Valle — who the...
NYER is ‘super’ smart
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s . . . Superman’s home planet! Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has pinpointed a real location for the fictional...
Battered Bellevue evacuates
Officials were scrambling yesterday to evacuate Bellevue Hospital — including sick prisoners and its psych ward — after discovering that the city-run medical center had been much more badly damaged...
Trust-fund trouble for teen Doris Duke tobacco heirs
The teenage heirs of the late tobacco billionaire and Manhattan philanthropist Doris Duke might wind up being poor little rich kids. In papers filed in Manhattan Surrogate’s Court, JPMorgan Chase...
Koz ‘parole’ suit
The pig wants out of the pokey.Disgraced former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski sued the state Parole Board yesterday, saying its decision to deny him parole this year was “irrational.”Kozlowski, 65,...
Bank says tobacco heir teens facing major drain on trust funds in family cash scramble
Teenaged twin tobacco heirs might wind up being poor little rich kids. In papers filed in Manhattan Surrogate's Court, JP Morgan Chase says so many people are after money from...
Dad sues own kid in matter of ‘trust’
This’ll make for an awkward Thanksgiving. A high-powered Manhattan lawyer has filed a $3 million libel suit — against his daughter. Richard Fischbein says his little girl, Beth Fischbein-Bodner, essentially...