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By Natallie Rocha
Brooklyn Paper
They brought high fashion
to the high court!
Local jurists celebrated the
end of Black History Month in
style by swapping their classic
black robes for colorful, African
inspired garb at the 21stannual
Black History Month
Fashion Show at the Kings
County Supreme Court.
“This event is a continuation
of the recognition of African
Americans and the contributions
we’ve made,” said
Judge Sylvia Ash, who sported
a floor-length turquoise dress
with an eye-catching pattern
on the catwalk. “It celebrates
our heritage and the colorful
colors that go all the way back
to our ancestors.”
Ash walked in the Feb. 28
style showcase alongside col-
(Left to right) Judge Sylvia Ash modeled one of the garments donated by African
designers at the jurists’ Black History Month fashion show. Judge Connie
Melendez struck a pose. Judge Genine Edwards proudly strutted the catwalk.
Photos by Stefano Giovannini
leagues including Judge Genine
Edwards, who wore a
green, red, and black number
and an intricate beaded necklace,
and Judge Connie Melendez,
who modeled a dashing
purple-and-green dress, as
attendees including District
Attorney Eric Gonzalez and
Brooklyn Democratic Party
boss Frank Seddio cheered
them on.
African designers donated
the fashionable garments
shown on the runway, according
to Ash, who said all
of the clothes represented the
rich culture of the continent
their makers hail from.
The event concluded the
jurists’ month-long celebration
of African-American history
staged by members of the
Kings County Courts Black
History Month Committee,
and drew a record crowd of
celebrants who came out to
recognize those efforts, Ash
said.
“The fashion show is the
culmination of everything we
do for the month,” she said.
“It gets larger and larger every
year.”
By Anna Gottlieb
Brooklyn Paper
Police are hunting for the
hit-and-run driver who fatally
struck a cyclist in Williamsburg
on Feb. 28, without stopping,
while behind the wheel
of what cops described as a
tanker.
Aurilia Lawrence, 25, was
pedaling along Broadway near
Rodney Street when the motorist
inside the gray big rig ran
over her on Broadway and continued
driving along the road,
according to authorities.
Paramedics rushed to the
scene and found Lawrence lying
unconscious on the street
with wounds to her body, pronouncing
her dead on the
spot, cops said.
Officials have yet to identify
the driver and their investigation
remains ongoing, according
to police.
The fatal hit-and-run comes
amid cyclists’ demands that
the city complete bike lanes
in Williamsburg , along Grand
Street between Rodney Street
and Morgan Avenue, that officials
promised to install ahead
of the now-cancelled full Ltrain
shutdown.
By Colin Mixson
Brooklyn Paper
New York’s Bravest rushed
to extinguish a fire inside
Downtown’s Hoyt Street
station on Monday, which
sparked when equipment
came in contact with metal
debris on the tracks, according
to officials.
Firefighters received a
call about the blaze at 9:46
am, hightailing it to the subway
station near Fulton Mall,
where they battled the flames
on the Flatbush-bound 2 and
3 tracks as the operator of a
stalled 2 train looked on from
a few feet away.
The responders took off
roughly 40 minutes later, before
fully extinguishing the
flames, said a Fire Department
spokesman, who added
they exited so that Metropolitan
Transportation Authority
workers could kill power
to the tracks in order to fully
smother the fire.
And crews with the staterun
transit agency restored
service along the line by
10:44 am, about an hour after
firefighters first arrived,
according to Metropolitan
Transportation Authority
spokeswoman Amanda
Kwan.
The blaze began after an
insulator — a piece of equipment
that protects the third
rail — came in contact with
metal debris on the track,
Kwan said.
Firefighters battled the blaze that erupted on the Flatbush-bound 2 and 3
tracks inside Hoyt Street station.
Photo by Colin Mixson
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