Tag: New York State

How Long Does New York Take to Fix a Staircase? 10 Years and Counting.

Ten years ago, the agency overseeing the upkeep of the majestic New York State Capitol reported that the granite staircase leading to the main entrance was warped and bulging so badly that part of it might collapse at any moment. Inspectors discovered leaning balustrades, rusted steel supports, cracked and displaced granite, failed drainage systems and […]

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No One Is Above the Law, Except, Apparently, Donald Trump

As the week began, it looked as though Donald Trump would finally face consequences — or at least, a consequence — for his actions. Last month, a New York state trial court found the former president liable for inflating his net worth and misleading banks and insurers in order to receive favorable loans for his […]

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A Legal Pot Pioneer Was Busted in Idaho With 56 Pounds. He Has a Plan.

In retrospect, the Idaho shortcut might have been a bad idea. The mission had already begun to go sideways when Dana Beal — a pioneer of New York’s marijuana legalization movement but someone who has never obtained a driver’s license — enlisted a ketamine enthusiast to chauffeur him across America. Or perhaps the fateful moment […]

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How One Hour Encapsulated the Chaos of Trump’s Coming Trial

At 11 a.m. Monday, a New York appeals court made Donald J. Trump’s day, rescuing him from financial devastation in a civil fraud case. By noon, the New York judge overseeing his criminal case had nearly ruined it, setting Mr. Trump’s trial for next month and all but ensuring he will hold the dubious distinction […]

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Trump Can Post Smaller Bond in Civil Fraud Case, Court Rules

With Donald J. Trump on the clock to secure a nearly half-billion-dollar bond in his civil fraud case, a New York appeals court appears to have handed the former president a lifeline on Monday, saying it would accept a far smaller bond of $175 million. The ruling by a five-judge panel of appellate court judges […]

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Trump’s Deadline to Make $454 Million Bond in Fraud Case is Hours Away

Monday is judgment day for former President Donald J. Trump — the day he fears a $454 million judgment against him might come due. Hoping to stave off a financial crisis, Mr. Trump is racing the clock to block the New York attorney general from collecting the monetary penalty imposed in a civil fraud case. […]

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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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The State Had One Woman’s Unclaimed Funds. It Turned Out to Be a Windfall

Early in 2022, Sarah F. Cox got wind that someone named Connie was looking for her. The stranger wanted to reunite Ms. Cox with some lost money under her name that the State of New York was holding. It sounded like a scam, so she didn’t bother following up immediately. But months later, Ms. Cox […]

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The NY HEAT Act Seeks to Reduce Natural Gas Use. Here’s What to Know.

A bill gaining traction in Albany aims to break New Yorkers’ reliance on natural gas in hopes that they will seek out greener alternatives. Efforts to shoehorn the NY HEAT Act into a packed state budget are underway, with supporters contending that swift action is necessary because of the pressures of climate change and opponents […]

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George Santos Says He Is Done With the G.O.P. (The Feeling Is Mutual.)

George Santos, the disgraced former congressman who was expelled from the House last year, said he was calling it quits with the Republican Party. Mr. Santos made the announcement on Friday, after House Republicans made a deal with Democrats to avert a government shutdown, enraging far-right party members. “The Republican Party continues to lie and […]

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What Happens If Trump Can’t Get a Half-Billion-Dollar Bond?

It’s crunchtime for Donald J. Trump. In six days, the former president must secure an appeal bond for roughly half a billion dollars in his civil fraud case in New York, a possibility that was called into question on Monday. In a court filing, Mr. Trump’s lawyers revealed that he had been unable to secure […]

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Trump Spurned by 30 Companies as He Tries to Raise $454 Million Bond in Fraud Case

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers disclosed on Monday that he had failed to secure a roughly half-billion dollar bond in his civil fraud case in New York, arguing that doing so was “a practical impossibility.” The filing, coming one week before the bond is due, raised the prospect that the former president might face a financial […]

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New York Must Figure Out How to Fix Cannabis Mess, Hochul Orders

Gov. Kathy Hochul has told New York officials to come up with a fix for the way the state licenses cannabis businesses amid widespread frustration over the plodding pace of the state’s legal cannabis rollout and the explosion of unlicensed dispensaries. The governor has ordered a top-to-bottom review of the state’s licensing bureaucracy, to begin […]

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Chicago Begins Evicting Migrants From Shelters, Citing Strain on Resources

Chicago officials on Sunday began evicting some migrants from shelters, joining other cities that have made similar moves to ease pressure on overstretched resources. The process is starting gradually. Out of the nearly 11,000 migrants living in 23 homeless shelters in Chicago, according to the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, a fraction — 34 […]

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Why a Native American Nation Is Challenging the U.S. Over a 1794 Treaty

Four or five years ago, Sidney Hill’s young son came to him with a question that Mr. Hill didn’t know how to answer. The boy had learned that day about the millions of acres of land that his people, the Onondaga, had once called home, and the way that their homeland had been taken parcel […]

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Taxing the Rich, School Funding, Housing: N.Y. Budget Battle Begins

What do free bus rides, new taxes on the wealthy and a stiff drink in a movie theater have in common? All three have the support of lawmakers in the New York State Legislature. These ideas and thousands of others were tucked into the Senate and Assembly budget proposals released this week, offering a glimpse […]

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NY Senate Democrats Propose a Plan to Fix the Housing Crisis

To address a growing housing crisis, leaders in New York’s State Senate are set to propose sweeping legislation on Monday that would encourage new construction, establish new tenant protections and also revive some older ideas for building affordable housing. Among them: the creation of a new public benefit corporation that would finance housing construction on […]

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Trump’s Request to Delay $83.3 Million Payment to E. Jean Carroll Is Denied

A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday declined Donald J. Trump’s request to temporarily block the writer E. Jean Carroll from collecting an $83.3 million civil defamation judgment against him while the judge considers his request for a longer delay. The ruling, only four paragraphs long, comes just days before Ms. Carroll will be allowed […]

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Hochul’s NYC Subway Plan Aimed to Ease Fears. The Blowback Was Immediate.

Just 24 hours after Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed the National Guard and the State Police in the New York City subway to quell fears of crime, the unusual show of force drew intense criticism on Thursday from various corners, some unexpected. On the left, Jumaane N. Williams, the city’s public advocate, warned that Ms. Hochul’s […]

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Judge’s Order Will Prevent Trump From Revealing Names of Jurors

A New York judge on Thursday effectively barred former President Donald J. Trump from exposing the identities of potential jurors at his first criminal trial later this month, emphasizing a need to protect those who might decide the highly sensitive case. The judge presiding over the trial, Juan M. Merchan, granted a request from the […]

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The National Guard Might Help Subway Riders Feel Safer

March 5, 2024, 1:29 p.m. ET March 5, 2024, 1:29 p.m. ET “I was a little disappointed that Katie Porter chose to run,” Karl Rubin, an emeritus professor of math, told me on the patio of a community center on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, on Monday morning. He said that Porter, […]

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Andrew Cuomo Faces House Subpoena Over Covid Deaths in Nursing Homes

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York has been subpoenaed to appear before a House subcommittee to answer for his administration’s handling of nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic, reigniting a flashpoint that could further damage his chances at a political comeback. The Republican-led Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic accused Mr. Cuomo of […]

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Albany Should Pass Parole Reforms

Scientists have found that most cells in our bodies regenerate every seven to 10 years on average. This includes certain cells in the heart and brain. Can we assume, then, that our moral and emotional compasses are also capable of transforming over time? As a New York State parole commissioner for 12 years, I evaluated […]

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Trump Rebuffed After Asking a Judge to Delay His $454 Million Penalty

Donald J. Trump on Wednesday lost his initial bid for a New York appeals court to pause the more than $450 million judgment he faces in a civil fraud case, a decision that could expose him to financial peril. Mr. Trump’s lawyers had asked the appeals court to allow him to post only a $100 […]

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For N.R.A.’s LaPierre, a Legacy of Guns and Money

Wayne LaPierre, who led the National Rifle Association for more than three decades, had long been the face of the American gun rights movement, a Beltway Clint Eastwood who insisted that “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.” But on Friday, a civil […]

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Democrats Hope the Road to House Control Starts in Long Island

Within hours of Tom Suozzi’s decisive victory in a House special election in New York last week, the optimistic pronouncements from Democrats began rolling in. Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed that her party’s path to regaining control of the House of Representatives “flows through New York.” And the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn, took […]

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A $450 Million Blow to Trump’s Finances, and His Identity

“We have a lot of cash,” Donald J. Trump boasted 10 months ago, under oath, claiming that the number was “going up very substantially every month.” But whatever cash he had may soon be gone. On Friday, the judge overseeing Mr. Trump’s civil fraud case issued a final ruling that inflicted a staggering financial penalty. […]

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Next on Cuomo’s Rehabilitation Tour: Blowing Up a State Ethics Panel

In the two and a half years since he resigned as New York’s governor, Andrew M. Cuomo has spent countless hours and millions of dollars to restore his image and vanquish his critics. One of his primary targets is the state’s new ethics panel, which his lawyers argue was formed unconstitutionally and should be disbanded […]

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Who Is Arthur Engoron, the Judge Who Penalized Donald Trump?

During closing arguments at Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud trial, Arthur F. Engoron, the judge who has overseen the case for more than three years, made what might have been an unusual comment for any other jurist. Justice Engoron, a lean 74-year-old with an unruly mop of white hair, acknowledged that his control of the […]

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