City Settles Suit by Jews Over Riot

The city agreed to pay $1.35 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Jews who accused New York City Hall of not doing enough to protect them during race riots in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights section seven years ago. Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani also offered a public apology for the actions of his predecessor, David N. Dinkins, who was blamed for not ordering a tougher police response during the four nights of clashes between blacks and Orthodox Jews. The lawsuit was brought by the family of Yankel Rosenbaum, who was stabbed to death in the rioting, several people who were injured and three Jewish institutions that suffered property damage.