Day: February 5, 2025

DUNGEON MASTERS AND NEWBIES  ALIKE salute Whitney Wolfe, the owner of the Last Place on Earth game shop at 531 Graham Avenue.

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A BROOKLYN MAN was sentenced on Tuesday to three to six years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter for running a red light

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NYC Tourism’s semi-annual Restaurant Week has seen a drop in roughly 100 eateries since last season, The Post has learned – with some participants admitting to skimping on fries or entire menu dishes altogether due to rising operational costs.

A WILLIAMSBURG CONTRACTOR has been indicted for allegedly stealing approximately $318,000 from a Park Slope couple during a brownstone

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A Brooklyn man faced justice Wednesday more than seven years after allegedly delivering a punch to a bicyclist that put the victim in a fatal coma. 

Gary Anderson, 34, of Franklin Avenue was booked on Feb. 5 on first- and second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for the death of Domingo Tapia, 44, of Ralph Avenue.

Tapia died in March 2024 after being in a coma for nearly six years following the attack that occurred early on the morning of June 8, 2017, near 1560 Fulton St., off Albany Avenue, in Bedford-Stuyvesan.

Law enforcement sources said Tapia, then 38, was riding his bicycle along Fulton Street when the suspect, later identified as Johnson, punched him in the face. Tapia subsequently fell to the ground and struck his head, the blow leading to severe trauma and a fractured skull, according to NBC New York.

The suspect fled the scene by the time officers from the 81st Precinct and paramedics arrived. EMS rushed the victim to Kings County Hospital in critical condition; he was placed in a medically-induced coma, but never regained consciousness.

Tapia’s family later transferred him to Richmond County Medical Center where he remained unconscious and on life support until his death last March. 

Anderson, meanwhile, was arrested two weeks after the attack, on June 22, 2017, and booked on two counts of second-degree assault. The elevated manslaughter charges came on Feb. 5, 2025, after the Medical Examiner’s office declared Tapia’s death as a homicide, police sources said. 

Detectives led Anderson out of the 81st Precinct stationhouse in handcuffs on Wednesday afternoon en route to arraignment on the manslaughter charges. He kept silent and turned away from the cameras of waiting journalists as he was loaded into a waiting police vehicle bound for Kings County Criminal Court.

With reporting by Lloyd Mitchell

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso has announced the first six organizations that will receive up to $5,000 from his Community Baby Shower Fund, with more to be named.

Reynoso’s office set aide $50,000 in discretionary funds last year to support new and expecting parents as they begin their parenting journey. The initiative provides matching funds to organizations with a history of hosting baby shower events, serving young families, and offering resources in at least one of the fund’s priority communities.

“Community baby showers provide a space where neighbors can share in the joys and anxieties of welcoming a new life into the world, access resources, and create a network of support for new and expecting parents,” Reynoso said in a statement.

The first six Brooklyn organizations selected to receive funding for community baby showers are Brooklyn Public Library Macon Branch in Bed-Stuy, Expecting Relief in Bushwick, Hope Empowerment and Development Zone (HEADZ) in East New York, Moms for Moms in Sunset Park, NIA Community Services Network in Coney Island, and Rewrite Corporation in Brownsville.

Two organizations — Expecting Relief and Rewrite Corp — celebrated their community members with baby showers last fall.

“Funding for our community baby showers enables us to celebrate and uplift new and expecting parents, ensuring they receive critical items like baby gear, hygiene products, and educational resources,” said Brenda Carter, founder of Rewrite Corp.

At community baby showers, parents gather to enjoy food and drink, while receiving a laundry list of items to support them and their families — including wipes, diapers, baby clothes and more.

“For the past two years we have hosted many showers, replicating workshops in order to provide the necessary tools for expecting families facing financial hardship to thrive,” said Vanessa Bracetty, founder and executive director of Expecting Relief. “As a grant recipient we have the opportunity to maximize our outreach, placing us in a position to be a part of the solution versus the problem.”

Reynoso’s Community Baby Shower Fund prioritizes organizations that serve communities with historically high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity.

Addressing mortality rates has become a top priority for organizations that support expecting mothers. Over the last two decades, Black women in New York City have been six times more likely, on average, to die from pregnancy-related complications compared to their white counterparts, according to the NYC Health Department.

The department reported that 241 mothers and birthing people died from pregnancy-related complications between 2016 and 2020.

Reynoso, a former City Council member, has made maternal health a central focus of his political career, advocating for increased support and resources for new and expecting parents across Brooklyn. He has also worked to raise awareness and secure funding to address the city’s maternal health crisis, which disproportionately affects women of color.

Advancing maternal health has become a core tenet of Reynoso’s work as Brooklyn Borough President. In his first year, he allocated $45 million in capital funding to three public hospitals to improve maternal health. According to his office, this marked the first time a Borough President allocated an entire fiscal year’s capital funding to a single cause within one city organization.

“Brooklyn is at its best when we support one another, especially during transformative and often challenging milestones like pregnancy and parenthood,” the Beep said. “Each organization receiving funding has demonstrated an incredible commitment to the communities they serve, and to the spirit of neighborly love that makes Brooklyn so special.”

Looking ahead, Reynoso said the fund will stay focused on organizations that serve neighborhoods historically burdened by high maternal mortality rates, including Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Bushwick, Canarsie, Coney Island, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, East New York, Flatbush/Midwood, and Sunset Park.

The Community Baby Shower Fund remains available on a rolling basis for organizations throughout the borough, with the opportunity open until funds are depleted. To apply, fill out the Community Baby Shower Fund request form, available on the Office of The Borough Brooklyn President website.