BIRDS OF A FEATHER

days before her stormy visit to Manitoba’s bar. Manitoba’s attorney,

said, “I’m hoping there will be a resolution that will not include any admission of guilt on criminal charges” in that case. Bronx native Manitoba, born Richard Blum, is a seminal figure in the East Village punk scene, where his bands frequently played at CBGB along with the Ramones, Talking Heads and Television. Music site Californiarocker.com reported Feb. 9 that the Dictators had ceased to be a band, citing the fact that their dictatorsnyc.com web page no longer exists.

Hansen, 51, attended Monday’s arraignment with a public defender as well as her friend, musician

She will be back in court in June to answer to the charges against her.

“In a #MeToo era, this is an outrage,” Hansen said. “I left court the same way I came — not knowing why I was being charged. I was the victim of abuse by my ex. Now I have an order of protection against me.” of Nassau County was honored with the Columbian Lawyers Association’s Scalia Award for excellence in law at The Plaza over the weekend. Brooklyn attorney humbly recalled receiving the award in 1993, when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told him, “Today a peacock, tomorrow a feather duster.” Aidala was at The Plaza with his lawyer wife, who met Scalia in Italy in 1991 when she was a law student and he was in his fifth year on the high court. They remained friends until Scalia died in 2016.