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NYC expands Construction Fraud Task Force 
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has added five new state and federal agency partners to its Construction Fraud Task Force, which investigates and prosecutes corruption and fraud in New York City’s construction industry.
NYC man sentenced to 16 years-to-life for slashing ex-girlfriend on subway platform
A Manhattan man was sentenced to 16 years-to-life in prison Thursday for repeatedly slashing his ex-girlfriend on a subway platform — leaving her with cuts to her face, neck and back that required surgery.
Construction execs indicted on numerous criminal counts
For years, executives with JM3 Construction, a New Jersey-based non-union firm, employed workers and subcontractors to put up drywall and do related carpentry work on government-subsidized affordable housing projects worth millions in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and elsewhere in the tri-state area.
East Harlem Ex Indicted For Mom’s Murder While Kids Were Home
The man accused of killing a young mom in her East Harlem home, then holding her children hostage when cops came running, was indicted Monday, prosecutors announced.
Man Accused of Murdering Mom of 3 in Manhattan Apartment — While Kids Were Home
A 36-year-old man has been indicted for allegedly murdering the mother of his children in her Manhattan apartment -- while the kids were home -- in a harrowing gun case last month, prosecutors say. Carmelo Castillo lived with the victim, 32-year-old Marisol Duran, their two children and Duran's third child by another individual in an East Harlem apartment, court documents say. She recently told Castillo she didn't want him there anymore, according to prosecutors, and that she wanted him to leave.
Pot shop armed ‘robbers’ get burned; Indicted in string of hold-ups
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg last week announced the indictment of three Brooklyn men in their 20s for a series of armed robberies at Manhattan smoke shops. “As alleged, these defendants robbed several Manhattan smoke shops and threatened the lives of hardworking store clerks,” Bragg stated. “We will continue to stand up for the safety of our workers and will not allow smoke shops to become magnets for violent crime.” According to court documents and statements made on the record, the defendants — all members of the Mac Baller Brims, a subset of the Bloods gang — committed four armed robberies between Dec. 29 and Jan. 13. The stores were in Chelsea, Union Square/Gramercy and Greenwich Village.
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