Lawyer speaks out against Staten Island bar owner's arrest for hitting deputy with car: 'Political hit job'

Arcadia have struck a deal with an Australian company to buy its plus-size clothing brand Evans. Deloitte confirmed that City Chic will pay £23 million for the 90-year old brand, however, it will not buy its stores.

The father of a woman whose body was found in a Staten Island park last year has been extradited from the Middle East and charged with her murder. Kabary Salem had been indicted in the murder of his daughter, Ola Salem, 25, by a Staten Island grand jury Nov.

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The governor of Rhode Island is facing backlash this week after she was photographed at a wine and paint night just days after she had discouraged inessential activities to curb the spread of the coronavirus.  The picture, taken by Erica Oliveras last Friday, shows Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo sitting at table in Barnaby’s Public House in Providence without a mask, WLNE reported.

The new call to halt outdoor dining in New York City ahead of a major snowstorm adds more problems for restaurants already struggling to stay in business amid the coronavirus pandemic. "No one is trying to have people dining out in the middle of a major snowstorm.

Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill owner Angela Marsden offered to help make lawmakers aware Monday of the plight of restaurant owners and workers in the absence of additional coronavirus aid. "If I could, I would bring me and other business owners and tell them again to focus on people and faces," Mardsen told "Bill Hemmer Reports".

Laura Anderson has thanked the Love Island Scot for raising awareness of breast cancer after she discovered a cyst. Laura shared a message from the fan on Instagram who told her that she decided to get checked by her doctor after seeing the 31-year-old's picture for Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Santa is a working man. Dana Friedman, a silver-haired 61-year-old New York City-based trial attorney, converted a kids clothing store (which had shuttered as a result of the pandemic) into his workshop, where he's making toys for tots and delivering them in his 1968 “bikini blue” Oldsmobile Cutlass convertible.

Lawyers for Daniel Presti, the Staten Island bar owner accused of hitting a deputy with his car Saturday night, say surveillance footage of the incident shows their client “running for his life from unidentified individuals” because they were dressed in dark clothing and Presti did not know they were law enforcement officers.

Fox News contributor Joe Concha pointed out the “irony” Monday of “Saturday Night Live” cast member and Staten Island native Pete Davidson mocking the owner of Mac’s Public House, who has defied Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus restrictions by staying open.

The co-owner of a New York City bar that has continued to defy Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus orders maintained his innocence Monday after being released from custody over allegedly striking a sheriff’s deputy with his car over the weekend.

Both New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Gov.

The co-owner of a Staten Island bar who officials say has continued to defy New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus restrictions was arrested early Sunday for the second time in less than a week after allegedly hitting a deputy with his car, authorities said.

declared itself a COVID-19 restriction “autonomous zone” when he appeared on the “Weekend Update” segment.“I saw the protests, people were outside the bar shouting about freedom, talking to cops, chanting that they should arrest the governor so I just assumed that it was a typical last call,” Davidson said.Davidson explained that the bar, Mac’s Public House, is located in a “neighborhood with the second-highest COVID infections in all of New York, so the rule is that they’re only supposed to let

"Saturday Night Live" this weekend did several sketches on the coronavirus, including one about last week's Staten Island, N.Y., demonstration following the arrest of a bar owner who allegedly defied government restrictions on indoor dining.

A Los Angeles bar owner was fighting back tears Friday, claiming Mayor Eric Garcetti had shut down the outdoor patio at her business -- while letting a Hollywood movie crew set up an outdoor dining area just a short distance away.

The owner of a Long Island bar who was arrested this week for defying New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "orange zone" coronavirus orders told "Fox & Friends" he won't stop fighting to save his business.

A New Jersey gym owner who attended a Staten Island rally in support of the bar proprietor arrested for defying the state's coronavirus restrictions called the lockdowns "nonsensical" on Thursday. Supporters of New York City bar owner Danny Presti gathered in front of the business to protest his arrest this week for flouting coronavirus restrictions and refusing to close down.

Were you surprised to see Arcadia go into administration? Let us know in the comments below. Administrators Deloitte have said that the company is trading as normal and honouring Black Friday purchases.There are fears that 13,000 jobs could be lost - and 444 stores closed - by Arcadia's collapse.The retail company is behind Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Burton, Outfit and Wallis.Speaking on Arcadia's collapse earlier this week, Ian Grabiner, chief executive of