Brooklyn borough president makes pledge annually to save NYC’s beloved Mermaid Parade

The $20,000 annual commitment comes after organizers of the Mermaid Parade faced financial challenges and warned the event’s ...

College Graduate Had Both Her Legs Amputated After Having Her Drinks ‘Spiked’ on Cruise, Now Suing

College graduate Hannah Smith has endured a terrifying tragedy and wants to hold people accountable. Last year, Smith, 22, ...

College graduate lost both legs after propeller accident on alcohol-fuelled Bahamas boat trip: lawsuit

A college graduate had both of her legs violently ripped off by a boat propeller after she drunkenly jumped overboard at the ...
Brooklyn Paper

Mermaid Parade marches on as Reynoso promises annual funding ‘so long as I’m in office’

When Coney Island USA, the organizer of the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, sounded the alarm in April that one of New York’s ...
Gothamist

The district that ‘belongs to the left’: WFP details its primary strategy in NY

On Saturday morning, some of the Working Families Party’s heavyweights came out to rally for Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso in his ongoing primary fight to represent New York’s 7th ...
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Dream Bahamas cruise turns into blood-soaked nightmare after college grad loses her leg

Hannah Smith, 22, was celebrating her graduation from Alabama's Miles College when she boarded the cruise boat. Now she has ...