3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (206+ words) Two Trees developer Jed Walentas originally hoped to lease all or most of nearly 500,000 square feet at the Refinery at Domino, the former Brooklyn sugar plant, to a single tenant. It didn’t happen, but the result is just as rewarding....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (441+ words) The more you look for welfare fraud, the more you find — especially in Democratic states. Take Minnesota: On Thursday, the feds charged another 15 people with $90 million worth of fraud connected with the North Star State’s Medicaid programs. That includes the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (460+ words) New Jersey’s new governor said she wants to bring the Nets back to the Garden State. But don’t hold your breath. It’s not happening anytime soon. In a live chat in Newark marking her 100 Days In Office, Governor Mikie Sherrill…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (520+ words) Her “take” is off the rails. The popular internet comedy show “Subway Takes” sparked outrage Thursday after a guest quipped that white people should be banned from sitting on stoops in Brooklyn because they’re “aesthetically not as good.” During the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (443+ words) The FBI is on the hunt for a suspect tied to a $90 million fraud case in Minnesota who evaded officers by jumping from a fourth-floor balcony and hobbled away. Muhammad Omar, one of 15 people accused of defrauding Minnesota’s Medicaid programs,…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (196+ words) Department of Justice officials announced charges Thursday against 15 accused fraudsters in Minnesota — including those involved in the “largest autism fraud scheme ever.” The $90 million bust involved “brazen schemes” bilking taxpayers for bogus diagnoses and health care services, Assistant Attorney General…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (253+ words) The founder of a Minnesota food program that bilked taxpayers out of $250 million has been slapped with 41 years in prison for a fraud that prosecutors say took food out of the mouths of hungry kids. Aimee Bock, 45, was handed the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (472+ words) The original Junior’s and born-again Gage & Tollner were among the few Downtown Brooklyn restaurants that drew customers from beyond the borough — but now they have company. Nearly 6,000 new apartments opened in the throbbing Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue corridors since…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (835+ words) Disabled runners looking forward to running in this weekend’s iconic Brooklyn Half say the fast-and-loose organizers are leaving them in the dust before they could even pick up their racers’ bibs. Road Runners implemented a new rule that requires blind,…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (693+ words) Greg Williamson is an unusual broker and property investor who has managed to meld together his two great loves — real estate and music. The most recent event, which took place on March 5, included performances from Mary J. Blige, the Goo…...