The Brooklyn Ink

New Boyland Corruption Case: Bad Apple or Endemic Corruption?

Assemblyman William Boyland, of Brooklyn, was arrested on Tuesday for federal bribery charges.

Assemblyman Boyland Found ‘Not Guilty’ in Bribery Trial

Democratic assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr., a representative of the 55th District was found not guilty of corruption today. Boyland, who is from one of Brooklyn’s most prominent political families, had been accused of accepting [...]

Brooklyn Political Dynasty on Trial

A Jamaica Hospital official testified Thursday that state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. received improper compensation for his efforts to secure city council funds for the hospital. The testimony, in emails presented to the jury, also [...]

A Life in Court: Friendship and Corruption Inside the Brooklyn System

By Alysia Santo Attorney John O’Hara, 49, is waging a campaign to expose the treatment that his mentor and friend, Judge John Phillips, endured in the last years of his life. O’Hara is representing Reverend [...]

The Fall of the Phillips Empire

By Seth Berkman During his early days at East Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in the Bronx in 2005, 81-year-old John Phillips would practice karate moves as other patients sat idly. A former judge in [...]