Tag Archives: NYC

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: New York Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that remain sealed, according to sources familiar with the matter. Adams now becomes the first mayor in New York City history to be indicted while in office. If he were to resign, he would be replaced by the city’s …

The New York Times reports: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Wednesday said Eric Adams should resign as mayor of New York City, becoming the most prominent Democrat to push for his ouster amid federal corruption investigations involving his administration. In a statement to The New York Times, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, a national leader of her party’s progressive wing, said …

The New York Daily News reports: NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, the hand-picked head of the nation’s largest school district and a long-time family friend of Mayor Adams, is expected to resign amid a federal corruption investigation, PIX11 reported Tuesday. His rumored departure comes two weeks after his personal and professional phones were seized and apartment raided by federal authorities. …

People Magazine reports: Sean “Diddy” Combs is on suicide watch as he awaits trial in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, sources tell PEOPLE. Combs, 54, was arrested at a Manhattan hotel on the night of Monday, Sept. 16. The next day, his indictment was unsealed, revealing that he’s charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. MDC, which …

Gothamist reports: Mayor Eric Adams might be assailed by FBI investigations, but he was the star of the show at New York City’s inaugural Rat Summit on Wednesday. Dozens of the United States’ leading rat experts — as well as a Canadian delegation — descended on Pier 57 in Chelsea with a single goal: bludgeoning the vermin into submission, once …

The Associated Press reports: Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul who has faced a stream of allegations by women accusing him of sexual assault, was arrested late Monday in New York after he was indicted by a federal grand jury. The indictment was sealed and details of the charges weren’t immediately announced by prosecutors, but the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, …

Politico reports: Federal authorities arrested and charged two chiefs in the New York City Fire Department in a corruption scheme, alleging they took at least $190,000 in bribes to expedite FDNY building inspections. Brian Cordasco and Anthony Saccavino are accused of secretly partnering with a co-conspirator to start a fire safety company while the pair were both FDNY chiefs. Businesses …

The New York Times reports: Mayor Eric Adams’s counsel and chief legal adviser, Lisa Zornberg, abruptly resigned — a major departure from the administration announced late Saturday night as the mayor and his inner circle face an onslaught of federal investigations. Ms. Zornberg, a former senior Manhattan federal prosecutor, has been a fierce defender of Mr. Adams over the past …

ABC News reports: New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban is stepping down, multiple sources told ABC News. Word of the resignation came in a letter from Caban’s attorney to City Hall. The resignation is effective Friday. His resignation comes amid a federal investigation into possible corruption in New York City government that last week saw authorities seize cellphones belonging …

Politico reports: NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban is expected to resign his post in the coming days, following news of a federal investigation involving possible corruption, four people familiar with the matter told POLITICO. Caban was scheduled to meet with police brass Monday, as he weighs a decision that is not entirely his to make, according to two people who were …

Via press release from the Justice Department: A Pakistani citizen residing in Canada, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was arrested on Sept. 4 in Canada in connection with a complaint filed in the Southern District of New York. Khan was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), …

ABC News reports: Federal authorities on Friday ramped up their investigation into possible corruption in New York City government, interviewing police officials at a building next to police headquarters and seizing additional phones, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The escalation comes one day after officials confirmed the investigation had already reached into the inner circle of New …

ABC News reports: The FBI conducted searches at the homes of two of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ closest aides on Thursday, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News. The Hamilton Heights home of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, who is engaged to Schools Chancellor David Banks, and the Hollis, Queens, home of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety …

The Daily Mail reports: Pawel ‘Paul’ Bielecki, 48, of New York City, was charged with wire and mail fraud by the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York for allegedly ‘defrauding victims by falsely representing that he was a medical doctor who runs medical clinics in Beirut, Lebanon,’ the complaint read. He allegedly transferred more than $600,000 …

The New York Post reports: Dogs aren’t just man’s best friend, they’re family. That’s the argument lawyers for a bereaved Brooklyn man made before a judge on Thursday while attempting to sue the driver who killed his beloved dachshund Duke. Trevor Deblase says his emotional trauma has more value than allowed under the law, which in New York state currently …

The New York Times reports: Federal prosecutors investigating Mayor Eric Adams of New York and his 2021 campaign have served a new round of grand jury subpoenas in their long-running corruption inquiry, issuing them to Mr. Adams himself, to City Hall and to his election committee, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. The three subpoenas were served …

The New York Times reports: The New York Times editorial board will no longer make endorsements in New York elections, including in races for governor and mayor of New York City, The Times’s Opinion editor said. The change will be immediate: The paper does not plan to take a stance in Senate, congressional or state legislative races in New York …

Spectrum New York reports: It’s been years in the making: fully funding a second rail tunnel under the Hudson River. Officials celebrated the last piece of $16 billion in funding for the Gateway Tunnel Project Monday, signing the nearly $7 billion full funding grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation and securing the $4 billion in loans for the …

The Associated Press reports: Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday they would not oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay the sentencing in his hush money trial as he seeks to have the conviction overturned following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity protections to presidents. In a letter filed with the New York court, prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s …

New York City’s CBS affiliate reports: The Pride March steps off at noon on Sunday, June 30. This year marks 55 years since the Stonewall Uprising and 40 years since Heritage of Pride became the official march organizers. Also happening Sunday, Heritage of Pride is hosting a PrideFest LGBTQIA+ street fair at 11 a.m. in Greenwich Village. There is no …