Leonard Greene
The Archive
Animal-rights group sues to end Hasidic chicken sacrifices
An animal-rights group is suing the city and several rabbis in a bid to save chickens from being sacrificed in a Hasidic Jewish ritual. Every year, thousands of chickens are...
Postal worker busted for stealing $1M in tax-return scheme
A postal worker and his pilfering partners used a phony tax-return scheme to steal more than $1 million from the government by duping the IRS into issuing fraudulent checks delivered...
Malcolm Smith sentenced to 7 years in prison
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Malcolm Smith to seven years in prison, saying the former state Senate majority leader corrupted the political process by trying to buy his way...
De Blasio rips into Cuomo in rant
The gloves are off! Mayor de Blasio stopped sparring with Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday and delivered a ferocious uppercut — ripping him as a vindictive man who has crippled the...
Christie says he's running in 2016
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie officially launched his White House bid Tuesday promising a campaign of “big ideas and hard truths” to fix a broken government and restore respect to...
Developer bypasses 'poor doors' with separate low-income units
“Poor doors” may now be banished, but one new Brooklyn development is going a step further by pushing needy tenants into a handful of low-income buildings. As lawmakers pat themselves...
Manhattan's boozed-up brunchers need to find a new home
Say goodbye to Pranna, the Flatiron District hot spot known for plastered patrons — including the “my dad owns half of f--king Manhattan” guy. The local community board said the...
Filmmakers sue MTA over pulling Muslim movie poster
The MTA unfairly pulled an ad campaign for a movie about Muslim culture because the transit agency confused the humor in the posters for political statements banned under a new...
Politicians call for tougher machete laws after park attack
Lawmakers on Wednesday demanded tougher regulations to prevent a repeat of the wild machete attack in Bryant Park.
Machete-attack suspect refuses to be fingerprinted
The man accused of hacking a woman with a massive machete was sent to a hospital for a mental checkup Wednesday after refusing to let his fingerprints be taken. “He...
'The Watcher' scares couple into fleeing $1.3 million dream home
A New Jersey couple is suing the people who sold them their dream home for neglecting to tell them about a stalker who calls himself “The Watcher,” who has been...
Man with machete slashes woman in Bryant Park
A machete-wielding madman slashed a woman in Bryant Park in what police believe was an unprovoked attack Tuesday.
Cop who accidentally shot man in stairwell to face manslaughter charge: judge
A judge Tuesday refused to throw out a manslaughter charge against the cop who accidentally shot and killed an unarmed man in a housing complex stairwell — as the officer’s...
Uber's 'illegal e-hails' destroying yellow cab industry: suit
The value of the once-vaunted New York City taxi medallion has dropped by more than 40 percent in recent months and will soon become “worthless” unless the city puts the brakes...
Cardinal Dolan: We owe Charleston our love
Timothy Cardinal Dolan told worshippers at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday that the racist massacre in a black church in South Carolina “has caused a cloud of sadness to descend...
Charleston massacre suspect wanted to 'start a civil war'
He was pure evil, lying in wait. The South Carolina man who blew away nine people in a historically black church was a drug-abusing loner who told racist jokes, admired...
Helly Nahmad convinces judge to let him jet to Art Basel
Billionaire art dealer Helly Nahmad, who is still under federal supervision after serving a short prison stint for running a celebrity-studded gambling ring, convinced a judge to let him jet...
Independent cabbies no longer have to drive 1,600 hours a year
A settlement between the city and independent taxi owners will put the brakes on a policy that forced drivers to spend what seemed like every waking hour behind the wheel...
Upper West Side co-op board demands doggie DNA tests
It’s doggie discrimination. Residents of an Upper West Side apartment tower are barking mad over their co-op board’s new policy requiring them to provide proof of their pooches’ pedigrees. The...
Queens scam artist fails to pay for cashing dead dad's pension
A Queens con man failed Tuesday to come up with the money he owes for cashing in his dead dad’s pension and social security payments for more than a year...