Officials: Officers tried to cover up sodomy case
Investigators say doctors were told Haitian immigrant Abner Louima’s injuries arose from homosexual activity. Police may have lied to protect colleagues amid a Brooklyn stationhouse sodomy case. Louima remains hospitalized and has filed a $55 million claim. A city task force will hold policing forums costing up to $15 million.
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Brooklyn prosecutor suspended over racial slurs in 1996 bar incident
Daily News reports Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Edward Boyar, a 25 year veteran tied to the Abner Louima case, was suspended after a Christmas Eve 1996 incident in a downtown Brooklyn bar. DA Charles Hynes cited alcohol as cause and offered resignation or treatment while noting Boyar’s return from a 21 day program and that no removal from the Louima case was planned. The disclosure follows a broader precinct shakeup and federal civil rights scrutiny.
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Suspect in girl's murder to return in September
Angel Colon 24 waived extradition in Florida and will go to New York to face first degree murder charges for the death of Samantha Zaldivar, a 7 year old from Hermitage, Wyoming County. Colon moved to Florida after Samantha disappeared on February 26. Investigators say he was the last person to see her alive. Autopsy results are pending. The Buffalo News cites unnamed sources alleging sexual abuse and suffocation.
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OTB Chief Claims GOP Targeting Capital District OTB
Davis Etkin, head of Capital District Regional Off-Track Betting Corp, charges a Republican led bid to seize Capital OTB through a coordinated plan. He cites a July letter from the Racing and Wagering Board as evidence of a broader political conspiracy to shut down the agency and gain control of its funds and jobs.
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Pataki signs welfare reform in expansive NY plan
Governor Pataki hailed reforms in New York welfare laws as the most extensive since state history. The new Family Assistance and Safety Net programs replace earlier aid, impose work requirements and time limits, add drug screening, and restructure the Department of Social Services into Family Assistance.
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