Saint Ann's School. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
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The Lede: Good morning. Two teenage girls have launched a lawsuit in Brooklyn federal court against St. Ann’s School, former St. Ann’s teacher Winston Nguyen and several of the school’s then-administrators, according to The New York Times.
The Rundown
Car rams into Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn, damaging doors: A man was arrested after repeatedly crashing his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights on Wednesday night while people were gathered for prayer at the deeply revered Hasidic Jewish site.
Teens sue St. Ann’s over teacher’s ‘revenge porn blast’: The girls, who did not attend St. Ann’s, say Nguyen shared “a revenge porn blast with dozens of explicit pictures” of them to his students, and allege that the school failed in its safeguarding duties.
Mamdani blames ‘Adams Budget Crisis’ for $12B NYC shortfall: Mayor Zohran Mamdani placed the onus on the “staggering” fiscal mismanagement by former Mayor Eric Adams for underbudgeting core services like cash assistance, shelter operations and special education.
Unlicensed woman indicted for performing Brazilian butt lift in Sheepshead Bay salon: Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that the physician, who performed the high-risk medical procedure — recklessly without the required medical license — has been indicted.
New Carnegie Medal winners Megha Majumdar and Yiyun Li love libraries: The authors each will receive $5,000 and be formally honored when the American Library Association gathers in June in Chicago.
Miami executive sentenced in Brooklyn federal court for massive fraud scheme: In Brooklyn federal court, Pushpesh Kumar Baid was sentenced to 20 years for his role in schemes to defraud investors in Tradepay Capital LLC, a purported factoring company, and in Luxestreet, Inc., a purported luxury goods pawn shop.
Who is Nicholas Deml, the newly named Rikers ‘remediation manager’?: A onetime CIA officer and former Vermont corrections commissioner, Nicholas Deml was selected by Judge Laura Taylor Swain to implement sweeping jail reforms. (THE CITY)
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