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☆ The Words That Have Defined This Week in Donald J. Trump’s Trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Wesley Parnell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During the past week in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, there has been talk of trysts and the trade in the secrets of the rich and famous. If convicted, Mr. Trump could face probation or up to four years behind bars. Prosecutors hoped to show that the payments originated with Mr. Trump. On Thursday, Mr. Pecker testified that after the tabloid’s parent company, American Media Inc., paid a Playboy model to stay quiet, Mr. Trump did not immediately reimburse him. Mr. Pecker said he asked Mr. Cohen, “Who is going to pay for it?” Mr. Pecker said the former fixer-turned-state-witness responded: “Don’t worry.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Michael D, Cohen, Daniels, ’ David Pecker, Pecker, Mr, “, ” Organizations: SPAN, National Enquirer, Prosecutors, Mr, American Media Inc

☆ Five Moments That Have Defined Donald Trump’s Trial So Far
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Wesley Parnell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The initial six days of Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial, the first for an American president, were a high-intensity spectacle. A jury was seated, opening statements made and the first witness began testifying. Mr. Cohen had channeled money to a porn star who was shopping her story of a sexual encounter with Mr. Trump. Prosecutors say the payment was meant to cover up a scandal that could have derailed Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. But already, this one has also had plenty of high-stakes moments befitting the unprecedented nature of the case that is being tried.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Michael D, Cohen, Mr, Trump’s Organizations: Prosecutors

☆ Meet the 12 Manhattan Jurors Who Will Decide Donald J. Trump’s Fate
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Kate Christobek | Wesley Parnell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Twelve Manhattanites have been chosen to serve on the jury for the first criminal trial of a U.S. president. The judge ordered that the jurors’ identities be kept confidential during the trial and that reporters withhold some information that could identify them. He said he had heard about some of former President Donald J. Trump’s other criminal cases, but he did not have an opinion about him. He said he follows Mr. Trump’s former fixer, Michael D. Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness, on social media. He said he believed Mr. Trump had done some good for the country, adding “it goes both ways.”

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s, Michael D, Cohen, Kellyanne Conway, Trump, ” Organizations: The New York Times, Fox News, MSNBC, New, Trump Locations: West Harlem, New York City

Before Carlton McPherson was accused of fatally shoving a stranger in front of a subway train last week, he was placed by New York City into specialized homeless shelters meant to help people with severe mental illness. But at one shelter, in Brooklyn, he became erratic and attacked a security guard. At another, he jumped on tables and would cycle between anger and ecstasy. At a third, his fellow residents said it was clear his psychological issues were not being addressed. “That man needed help,” said Roe Dewayne, who stayed with Mr. McPherson at a mental health shelter in the Bronx.

Persons: Carlton McPherson, ”, Roe Dewayne, McPherson Organizations: New, Mr, ” Locations: New York City, Brooklyn, Bronx, ” As, York

Mr. Trump, casting the disclosure as evidence of prosecutorial misconduct, has asked Justice Merchan to delay the trial 90 days, or throw out the case altogether. The tentative April 15 trial date, Mr. Bragg’s prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday, provides “a more than reasonable amount of time” for Mr. Trump to review the information. It is unclear whether the judge will set a trial date on Monday or rule later this week. If he sets the case for trial next month, Mr. Trump would for the first time face the prospect of time behind bars. Here’s what else you need to know about Mr. Trump’s daunting day:

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Mr, Stormy Daniels, Juan M, Merchan, Michael D, Cohen, Trump’s, Alvin L, Bragg Organizations: New, Mr Locations: Manhattan, American

☆ Cocaine and Consequences: A Honduran President’s Trial in New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Corey Kilgannon | Wesley Parnell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the clamor of the New York City news cycle, the criminal case currently playing out in Lower Manhattan against former President Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras hardly registers. To Hondurans, it is a rare chance for national justice. “He sent our country to hell,” said Flavio Ulises Yuja, 62, who had traveled from Honduras to Florida for a vacation but abruptly changed plans and flew to New York to attend the trial. The trial is a spotlight on the woes of a country plagued by corruption, poverty and lawlessness. And even as Americans debate weaknesses in their own democracy and justice system, Hondurans see American courts as a venue for something unavailable back home: a fair trial and a measure of justice.

Persons: Juan Orlando Hernández, Hernández, “, ”, Flavio Ulises Yuja Organizations: New York, Court Locations: New York City, Lower Manhattan, Honduras, American, Florida, New York

Jeenah Moon for The New York TimesIn a tidy suburban apartment complex on Long Island, a Venezuelan mother of two surveyed her new home and declared herself blessed. Sury Saray Espine and her family had spent 13 months in a homeless shelter in New York City. Now, in early February, they were moving into a one-bedroom in Central Islip with a galley kitchen and access to a swimming pool. Best of all, the state would pay their rent for a year, through a resettlement program designed to house 1,250 migrant families at a fraction of the cost of keeping them in New York City’s overflowing shelters. The family’s experience, however, has been an anomaly.

Persons: Sury Saray Espine Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Long, Venezuelan, New York City, Central Islip, New York

But appeals from Mr. Trump postponed that trial, initially scheduled for March 4. Paying hush money is not inherently illegal, but Mr. Trump is accused of falsifying records to hide a potential scandal from voters. Once Mr. Trump was elected, he reimbursed Mr. Cohen. Mr. Trump has accused Mr. Bragg of carrying out a witch hunt against him. In the Georgia case, Mr. Trump is accused of seeking to subvert the 2020 election results in that state.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Juan M, Trump’s, Merchan, —, Alvin L, Bragg, Mr, Jack Smith, Stormy Daniels, Michael D, Cohen, Daniels, Justice Merchan, Arthur F, general’s, Smith, Merchan’s Organizations: New, Republican, Democrat, Mr, White Locations: New York, Manhattan, American, Washington , Florida, Georgia, Washington, York, Florida

☆ The New Migrant Shelter Hurdle: Waiting for the City to Call No. 14,861
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Andy Newman | Wesley Parnell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The men are all migrants who have come up against New York City’s 30-day limit for single adults on stays at any one homeless shelter. As of Tuesday, several migrants said, the city had reached people with numbers in the 14,000s. For those with higher numbers, the city offered only a spot on the floor or a chair at one of a handful of waiting centers scattered around the five boroughs. New York City has a unique “right to shelter” that requires it to provide a bed to every homeless person who asks. In recent weeks, however, for increasing numbers of migrants, the guarantee has become something that exists only on paper.

Persons: Moises Chacon, Jon Cordero’s, Camara’s wristband Organizations: New York Locations: Manhattan, New York City

But on Monday, Mr. Banks said there had been “many rumors and misinformation” about what happened. “Violence, hate and disorder have no place in our schools,” Mr. Banks, who himself attended Hillcrest in the 1970s, said at a news conference. “They feel a kindred spirit with the folks of the Palestinian community,” Mr. Banks said, adding that the “notion that these kids are radicalized” was irresponsible. On Monday, Mr. Banks and other city leaders attempted to quell the mounting online backlash against students at the school. Some Hillcrest students had openly discussed their plans in the lead-up to Nov. 20, the two teachers said.

Persons: David C, Banks, “, ”, Eric Adams, ” Melinda Katz, councilwoman, Queens —, “ What’s, Eric Dinowitz, Mr, Adams, Donovan Richards, Muhammad Ghazali Organizations: Queens, Hillcrest High, Israel, New York Post, Hillcrest, Twitter, City, Jewish, of Education, ”, Department of Education Locations: York City, Israel, Queens, Hillcrest, borough’s, “, San Francisco, “ Palestine, New York City, Jamaica, ”

In New York City, debates over affordability often center on the proliferation of opulent high-rise developments. But in the boroughs, deep-pocketed investors are buying up hundreds of smaller buildings, prompting a new set of concerns in the city’s deepening housing crisis. Over the past few years, private equity firms have quietly spent hundreds of millions of dollars buying apartments in neighborhoods like Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Williamsburg in Brooklyn and Ridgewood in Queens, property records show. Private equity firms — which typically invest money on behalf of pension funds, endowments or other large sources of wealth — focus on assets, like businesses or housing, that they can buy relatively cheaply but that have big profit potential. Their expansion into the housing market across the nation has prompted scrutiny in Congress about whether the trend is amplifying America’s affordability problems.

Locations: New York City, Bushwick, Bedford, Stuyvesant, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ridgewood, Queens, New York

☆ Twist in Dancer’s Killing as Key Detail About Suspect Is Corrected
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Hurubie Meko | Wesley Parnell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A witness said a group of men that included the teenager charged in the killing used homophobic slurs and told Mr. Sibley that they were Muslim, and he should stop dancing. Mayor Eric Adams and the police held a news conference at which the mayor stressed that the killing was not evidence of Muslim hatred of gay people. Now, it appears the man charged with Mr. Sibley’s murder is not Muslim at all. The suspect, Dmitry Popov, 17, is Christian, his lawyer said, altering at least one aspect of a killing that has drawn national attention. Mr. Sibley’s death had raised concerns about how the charged accusations could hurt relations between two marginalized communities, gay people and Muslims.

Persons: O’Shae Sibley, Sibley, Eric Adams, Sibley’s, Dmitry Popov Locations: Midwood, Brooklyn

One of those in the crowd, Josh Ortiz, who lives in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, said he was at the park to see the two YouTube personalities. “I just came out because I wanted to see them,” Mr. Ortiz, 18, said. “I think a lot of kids thought they could get a free PC or PlayStation and start making money, but I just wanted to see Kai. He’s the biggest Black creator in America right now.”He said things had initially been peaceful but that a few people had “started going crazy.”“It’s between bothersome and funny,” he said. “There was a big explosion just a second ago, but if you know, like I do, that it’s just kids with fireworks, then it gets kind of funny.”Mr. Ortiz said Mr. Cenat deserved some blame for the chaos.

Persons: Josh Ortiz, “, ” Mr, Ortiz, Kai, ”, Mr, Cenat, wasn’t Organizations: YouTube, Best Locations: Brownsville, Brooklyn, America

Karen Pendergrass kept seeing the lanky boy walk by the lunchroom where she taught dance twice a week to eighth grade students in North Philadelphia. He would peer inside, then run away as soon as Ms. Pendergrass made eye contact. “You come peeking in my door one more time and you’re coming in my class,” Ms. Pendergrass told him. At 28, he was preparing to audition for “The Lion King,” one of his favorite Broadway musicals. They were blasting Beyoncé and dancing around the car when a group of about three young men told them to stop and hurled gay slurs at them.

Persons: Karen Pendergrass, Pendergrass, Ms, O’Shae Sibley, Sibley Organizations: ” Locations: North Philadelphia, Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn

O’Shae Sibley was at a Brooklyn gas station with friends late Saturday night, filling up a car and blasting music by Beyoncé when a group of men approached and told them to stop dancing, according to friends. The men began using slurs and Mr. Sibley, 28, a gay man who was a professional dancer and choreographer, confronted them, according to his friends and a video of the altercation. The argument escalated and one man stabbed Mr. Sibley, according to the police. Otis Pena, one of Mr. Sibley’s best friends, pressed on his wound to stop the bleeding before he was taken to Maimonides Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. “They murdered him because he’s gay, because he stood up for his friends,” Mr. Pena said in a Facebook video that he posted hours after the killing on Coney Island Avenue in Midwood.

Persons: O’Shae Sibley, Sibley, Mr, Otis Pena, Sibley’s, “, ” Mr, Pena, ” Organizations: Maimonides Medical Locations: Brooklyn, Coney, Midwood

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