Blassberg v. Amicone and the City of Yonkers

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OUTCOME: $8 Million in punitive damages

Consolidated cases against Mayor Phil Amicone and the City of Yonkers for violations of the First Amendment on behalf of the editor of The Westchester Guardian, numerous readers of the newspaper and e ... mployees of the newspaper charged by police for handing out the newspaper in public. Federal lawsuit brought as a result of Mayor Amicone and the City of Yonkers' destruction of The Guardian Newspaper over an eight week period, which was motivated by negative articles that were being written about Mayor Amicone in an election year.