Tag: Manhattan (NYC)

Judge Imposes Gag Order on Trump in Manhattan Criminal Trial

The New York judge presiding over one of Donald J. Trump’s criminal trials imposed a gag order on Tuesday that prohibits him from attacking witnesses, prosecutors and jurors, the latest effort to rein in the former president’s wrathful rhetoric about his legal opponents. The judge, Juan M. Merchan, imposed the order at the request of […]

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Flaco, Central Park Owl, Died With High Levels of Rat Poison in System

Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl whose escape from the Central Park Zoo and life on the loose captivated New York, had potentially lethal amounts of rodenticide in his system as well as a severe pigeon virus when he died last month after striking an Upper West Side building. The findings, from a necropsy conducted by Bronx […]

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Here’s the latest on the hearing.

March 25, 2024, 9:01 a.m. ET March 25, 2024, 9:01 a.m. ET Lawyers for Donald J. Trump had sought a 90-day postponement of the trial so new documents could be reviewed. The Manhattan district attorney’s office countered, proposing a 30-day delay.Credit…Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times Monday was supposed to be the day that […]

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Is Sam a Dangerous Dog? A Lawsuit Divides an Upper West Side Building.

The rental building at 175 West 79th Street — in the heart of the Upper West Side — would seem like a dream, roughly equidistant from the American Museum of Natural History and Zabar’s. Realtors extol its luxury, prewar details and list two-bedroom units there for upward of $6,000 a month. But beware: Lurking in […]

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Could Trump’s Properties Really Be Seized?

Rejected by more than two dozen bond companies, Donald J. Trump has so far been unable to come up with the nearly half-a-billion dollar penalty owed by Monday in his civil fraud trial. Just days before the deadline, the former president’s social media company completed a merger — a move that is poised to pump […]

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Trump Will Face His Greatest Fears as Two Legal Threats Coincide Monday

Donald J. Trump is expected to spend his Monday morning in the courtroom of a New York judge who might soon preside over his criminal trial and, ultimately, throw him behind bars. And that’s not even the legal predicament that worries Mr. Trump most that day. The hearing in his Manhattan criminal prosecution — in […]

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As New York’s Congestion Pricing Nears Reality, It Faces Growing Opposition

When New York lawmakers approved congestion pricing in 2019, it was little more than a vague outline tucked into the state budget: Drivers entering the busiest parts of Manhattan would be charged a fee to raise money for public transit. But as the first-in-the-nation congestion pricing plan finally takes shape, a growing number of opponents […]

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Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian Make a Home for Their Family, and Their Art

WHEN THE ARTISTS Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian bought their home near Gramercy Park in 2020, it was a longstanding shrine to rock ’n’ roll glory. On a gracious Manhattan block shielded by a canopy of Bradford pear trees, the five-story, almost 24-foot-wide townhouse, built in 1910 and reimagined by the architect Rosario Candela in […]

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After Woman Loses Feet in Subway Shoving, Her Boyfriend Is Charged

A woman was struck by a subway train in Manhattan and had both feet amputated after her boyfriend shoved her onto the tracks during a dispute, the police said. The man, Christian Valdez, 35, was charged with attempted murder and felony assault for pushing the 29-year-old woman at the Fulton Street station, where she was […]

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Letitia James Celebrates Trump and NRA Case Victories Outside of Court

This has been a very good year for Letitia James. Over the past month, Ms. James, New York’s attorney general, has racked up hard-fought victories over two formidable opponents. First, in mid-February, her office won a staggering $454 million judgment against former President Donald J. Trump in a civil fraud trial stemming from accusations that […]

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Trump Posts $91.6 Million Bond for E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case

Donald J. Trump on Friday posted a nearly $92 million bond in a defamation case he recently lost to the writer E. Jean Carroll, a move that will allow him to appeal the verdict without having to pay Ms. Carroll. A federal jury awarded Ms. Carroll $83.3 million in January, and Mr. Trump recently asked […]

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New York Mourns Flaco, an Owl Who Inspired as He Made the City His Own

He had soared through Manhattan, perching on oak trees and elms in Central Park, tenements on the Lower East Side, water towers on the Upper West Side. “I feel like he was showing us how we can break free out of our cages, the mundane, the things that don’t serve us, the things that hold […]

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In New York, the Trump Brand Is Costing Some Condo Owners

In the world of real estate, Donald J. Trump’s name has long been synonymous with luxury. At one of his buildings in Manhattan, a five-story waterfall slides down a wall of Breccia Perniche marble. White-gloved doormen, cascading chandeliers and panoramic views of the city’s skyline are the hallmarks of another. It’s that image of luxury, […]

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Trump Ordered to Pay Over $350 Million in NY Civil Fraud Trial Ruling

A New York judge on Friday handed Donald J. Trump a crushing defeat in his civil fraud case, finding the former president liable for conspiring to manipulate his net worth and ordering him to pay a penalty of $355 million that could wipe out his entire stockpile of cash. The decision by Justice Arthur F. […]

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Trump Hush Money Criminal Case Set to Begin March 25 in Manhattan

Two presidential campaigns ago, Donald J. Trump faced a brewing sex scandal that threatened to derail his bid for the White House. On Thursday, a New York judge ensured that the very same scandal will loom over Mr. Trump’s latest run for president, scheduling for March 25 a trial that could jeopardize his campaign — […]

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Trump Faces Pivotal Hearing in Manhattan Criminal Case

A New York judge on Thursday is expected to rule on whether the Manhattan district attorney’s case against Donald J. Trump can go to trial as early as next month, in what would be the first criminal prosecution of a former American president. The judge, Juan M. Merchan, will convene a hearing at 9:30 a.m. […]

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International Print Fair Returns to the Park Avenue Armory

Few art fairs feature Gerhard Richter rubbing shoulders with Titian. But the International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair, which opens on Thursday with a preview and runs through the weekend, regularly makes neighbors of the old and the new, while providing opportunities for emerging artists and emerging collectors, with some works on offer for […]

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Trump Faces Fraud Trial Ruling and Criminal Trial Hearing in NY Next Week

In two courthouses, two blocks apart, two New York judges could well ruin Donald J. Trump’s week. On Thursday, one of the judges, Juan M. Merchan, may schedule the first criminal trial of a former American president for as early as next month — raising the specter that Mr. Trump might end up behind bars. […]

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Providence Officials Approve Overdose Prevention Center

More than two years ago, Rhode Island became the first state in the nation to authorize overdose prevention centers, facilities where people would be allowed to use illicit drugs under professional supervision. On Thursday, the Providence City Council approved the establishment of what will be the state’s first so-called safe injection site. Minnesota is the […]

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Flaco the Owl’s Year of Freedom From the Central Park Zoo

It started with a brazen act in the heart of Manhattan. After dusk on a frosty evening at the Central Park Zoo, someone shredded the mesh on an enclosure that was home to a Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco. Before long, Flaco was spotted a few blocks away on Fifth Avenue. Nobody knew where this bird […]

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New York Woman Convicted of Using Crypto to Fund Terror Groups in Syria

A Manhattan jury on Thursday found an Upper East Side woman guilty of funding terrorism after she used cryptocurrency to send financial support to several groups operating in Syria. The woman, Victoria Jacobs, 44, was accused by the Manhattan district attorney’s office last year of having provided more than $5,000 to Malhama Tactical, a military […]

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As Trump Awaits Fraud Trial Verdict, a New Report Could Raise His Risk

As a New York judge weighs Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud case, new accusations of deficiencies in his company’s financial reporting could provide the judge with ammunition for a forceful ruling against the former president and his family business. The judge, Arthur F. Engoron, will soon decide on any consequences Mr. Trump might face as […]

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Manhattan’s DA Is Quietly Preparing for Trump Hush Money Trial

Federal prosecutors have accused Donald J. Trump of plotting to subvert American democracy and mishandling nuclear secrets. But with those cases in limbo, state prosecutors in Manhattan are gearing up as though they will be the first to try the former president on criminal charges — for covering up a potential sex scandal. The Manhattan […]

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Trump May Testify Monday in Defamation Case Brought by E. Jean Carroll

With a Manhattan jury soon to decide how much money, if any, Donald J. Trump must pay the writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her in 2019 when she first accused him of a decades-old rape in a department store dressing room, the question of whether Mr. Trump will testify still looms as the trial […]

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As Trump Treats Trials Like Rallies, Judges Study How to Rein Him In

Donald J. Trump doesn’t change. Judges do. Two weeks ago, a New York judge, Arthur F. Engoron, permitted Mr. Trump to personally deliver a closing argument in his civil fraud trial as long as he stuck to the facts and avoided a courtroom “campaign speech.” Mr. Trump bulldozed through the restrictions, repeated his familiar claim […]

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Ex-State Dept. Official Ordered to Bias Training After Anti-Muslim Rant

A former State Department employee charged with a hate crime in November after he harassed a halal food vendor in Manhattan, calling him a “terrorist,” may have his charges dismissed if he completes a 26-week anti-bias course and fulfills other requirements, according to prosecutors. At a court appearance Wednesday, Manhattan prosecutors said that if the […]

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Judge Threatens to Eject Trump From Carroll Trial After His Complaints

A Manhattan judge overseeing the trial in which the writer E. Jean Carroll has accused Donald J. Trump of defaming her warned the former president Wednesday that he would throw him out of the courtroom if he kept making comments that the jury could hear. During a break after Ms. Carroll had spent the morning […]

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Joseph Tacopina, Key Trump Lawyer, Withdraws as Manhattan Criminal Trial Nears

Joseph Tacopina, the trial lawyer on Donald J. Trump’s legal team with the most successes defending high-profile clients, will no longer represent the former president in his criminal trial in Manhattan, according to a notice sent to the court on Monday. Mr. Tacopina also withdrew on Monday from another case in which he was still […]

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As Trump Continues to Insult E. Jean Carroll, 2nd Defamation Trial Opens

A Manhattan jury will be asked a narrow question this week: How much money must former President Donald J. Trump pay the writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after she accused him of raping her? Ms. Carroll’s chance encounter decades ago at the Bergdorf Goodman department store, in which she said Mr. Trump shoved […]

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N.R.A. Civil Corruption Trial to Begin in New York

Just days after the resignation of its longtime leader, the National Rifle Association faced off in a Manhattan court on Monday in a long-awaited civil showdown with the New York attorney general’s office. With Wayne LaPierre, the longtime chief of the N.R.A., looking on from the first row, a lawyer from the attorney general’s office […]

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