To the surprise of no one, Judge Juan Merchan has yet again denied former President Trump’s motion that the judge recuse himself. I am speaking, of course, about the case in which Manhattan’s elected progressive Democratic District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, is prosecuting Trump. In early June, a jury found the former president and current GOP...
Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s longshot bid for president has become even more unlikely after a judge ruled on Monday that his name should not appear on New York’s ballot after he falsely claimed a residence in the state on nominating petitions, despite living in California. New York Justice Christina L. Ryba concluded in...
Salvatore Strazzullo, a New York City attorney best known for a string of salacious cases that caused local papers to nickname him the “Night-Life Lawyer,” was found dead in his car early Saturday in Brooklyn, according to police. The 52-year-old Manhattan resident had more recently been facing a number of legal battles after allegedly bilking...
A former junior at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, was sentenced to 21 months in prison after threatening to murder Jewish students and behead their babies. The Department of Justice said in a press release that 22-year-old Patrick Dai of Pittsford, New York, was sentenced on Monday to 21 months in prison, followed by...
A woman was raped by a migrant at knifepoint in New York City near a popular beach boardwalk in Brooklyn, police and sources say. The New York City Police Department told Fox News Digital that the incident happened around 9 p.m. on Sunday night near Surf Avenue and West 16 Street in Coney Island. “Upon...
FIRST ON FOX – An anti-affirmative action group filed a civil rights complaint against a New York state school district, accusing it of systematically excluding White students for an event for “students of color.” The Ithaca City School District (ICSD) promoted a Students of Color Summit 2024 on Ithaca High School’s campus earlier this year...
A New York City man is facing a hate crime charge Monday after allegedly yelling “Free Palestine!” before stabbing an individual outside of a synagogue over the weekend in Brooklyn, police say. The New York City Police Department tells Fox News Digital that the incident involving 22-year-old suspect Vincent Sumpter happened around 2 a.m. early...
The New York Times is facing blowback from New York City progressives and journalists over its decision to stop making endorsements in state and local races. The Times itself first reported on the move and how “the change will be immediate,” saying that the paper “does not plan to take a stance in Senate, congressional...
The CEO of a major New York-based security firm is now the new fire commissioner of New York City, replacing Laura Kavanagh, who garnered the ire of her rank-and-file firefighters after a group heckled the state’s attorney general. Kavanagh, the department’s first female commissioner, announced last month that she would be stepping down. New York...
Columbia University in New York City is welcoming students back for the fall 2024 semester with a lockdown to keep out “non-affiliates” with bad intentions as part of its response to antisemitic protests in the spring that culminated with police storming a barricaded building to drag out anti-Israel agitators, authorities announced over the weekend. Police...
