State audit finds vulnerable vital records system in New York
New York auditors fault security of vital records outside NYC with risk of fraud and delays. They note 140000 birth and 96000 death records processed yearly, with 1500 local registrars sending data to the state. Improvements include flagging dead persons and sharing alerts with registrars, plus potential higher fees for express service.
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Tarlton
After-hours plastic surgeries found at Presbyterian Hospital
New York health officials say Columbia Presbyterian residents performed over 100 unsupervised plastic procedures off hours for cash. The probe found inadequate oversight, missing patient histories, and record gaps, prompting corrective actions and a state task force.
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New Yorker Pleads Guilty in Ring Enslaving Deaf Mexican Immigrants
Adriana Paoletti Lemus, 29, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court to involuntary servitude, money laundering, conspiracy, alien smuggling, obstruction of justice and witness tampering. Prosecutors say she and relatives earned over 1 million dollars in 1996 from peddling Trinkets while workers were controlled with stun guns and one restrained to a bedpost. Lemus faces 14 to 17 years at sentencing set for March 13 by Judge Nina Gershon.
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Adriana Paoletti Lemus
Brooklyn
Phone of Justice
Leslie Ornfe! Lemus
Cornfeld
Lemus
U.S
Nina Gershon
Maunt Lie
Judge sentences ailing mobster to 12 years in prison
US District Judge Jack B Weinstein sentenced Vincent Gigante, 69, to 12 years in federal prison, rejecting prosecutors call for a longer term and family hopes for home detention. The Genovese capo has a history of heart disease and mental infirmity claims, once living in Greenwich Village in a robe.
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Vincent “Chin
Jack B. Weinstein
Brooklyn
Genovese Crime Family
Gigante
Frank Costello
Vito Genovese
Weinstein
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One-person Subways Safe Says Transit Authority
The Transit Authority finds one-person subway operation safe and will keep one motorman on five shuttle trains. The agency may expand to C and G trains on weekends and the No 6 Harlem shuttle at night. Transit unions dispute, advocating two-person crews for safety.
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