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David Paterson and his stepson were attacked Friday while on a walk in Manhattan by assailants who had “a previous interaction” with the stepson, a spokesperson for Paterson said. Paterson, 70, and his adult stepson both went to a hospital as precaution after the attack on Second Avenue in East Harlem, according to Paterson's spokesperson, Sean Darcy, and New York City police. "Governor Paterson and his stepson were attacked this evening while taking a walk around the block near their home by some individuals that had a previous interaction with his stepson,” Darcy said in a statement. Eliot Spitzer and took over as governor in March 2008 after Spitzer resigned mid-term following a prostitution scandal. Police said when officers arrived, Paterson had injuries to his head and another man had injuries to his face.

Persons: David Paterson, Paterson, Sean Darcy, Governor Paterson, ” Darcy, “, Eliot Spitzer, Spitzer, Darcy Organizations: New York Gov, New York City police, Gov, Police Locations: Manhattan, East Harlem, New York City

Jon-Adrian Velazquez spent close to 27 years caught in the criminal justice system — nearly all of it behind bars in New York's Sing Sing prison, convicted of a murder he insisted he did not commit. Andrew Cuomo granted Velazquez executive clemency, citing his work in Sing Sing on an educational initiative by those incarcerated to combat gun violence, and he was freed after serving almost 24 years of a 25-year-to-life sentence. The results determined Velazquez's DNA was not on the key evidence. Since his release from prison, Velazquez has used his experience to become an advocate for criminal legal reform and even played himself in the 2023 drama "Sing Sing," based on an actual Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at the prison. The podcast "Letters from Sing Sing" was a finalist for a 2024 Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting and Slepian's book about the case, "The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice," was released this month.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams will step into a Manhattan courtroom and into the history books on Friday when he is arraigned on federal corruption and bribery charges that could force him out of office. Adams is the first sitting New York City mayor to be indicted on criminal charges in the modern era. “This was a multiyear scheme to buy favor with a single New York City politician on the rise,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Thursday. Adams' indictment capped two weeks of turmoil in his administration, a period during which Banks, the city’s police commissioner, and the city's top lawyer, have announced their resignations. “You could almost picture them trying to cobble this together and try to tell a story so that they could say, ‘corruption, corruption’ at a press conference,” Spiro said at a Thursday press conference.

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Another co-defendant named Ryan Samsel — who was holding a giant flag portraying Trump as "Rambo" before he assaulted officers on Jan. 6 — will be sentenced on Feb. 4, 2025. Stephen Chase Randolph on Jan. 6. Among them: David Dempsey, who repeatedly assaulted officers inside the lower west tunnel to the Capitol, received 20 years; Peter Schwartz, received 14 years; Danny "D.J." Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards testifies during a Jan. 6 Committee hearing. After his arrest, federal authorities said Randolph downplayed his behavior and lied during his custodial interview with the FBI.

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☆ Kamala Harris is a gun owner. Here is what we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Mj Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“I am a gun owner, and I own a gun for probably the reason a lot of people do – for personal safety,” Harris, then a California senator, told reporters in Iowa. Harris’ office declined to share what year she first became a gun owner or any other details about the firearm and her ownership of it. But she did not run from her values on assault rifles and assault weapons,” the adviser said. Trump, Harris’ Republican opponent, is also a self-proclaimed gun owner. Walz, the Minnesota governor and Harris’ running mate, is also a gun owner.

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New York officials released Monday forensic sketches and informational flyers about a possible new victim in the Gilgo Beach serial killings case, in an effort to identify them and get new leads in the roughly 20-year-old homicide. The remains of the victim, referred to as “Asian Doe,” were found in 2011 near the bodies of at least 10 others near Long Island, New York’s Gilgo Beach. Long Island architect Rex Heuermann, 61, was arrested last year in connection with the Gilgo Beach serial killings. Heuermann was initially charged with killing three women — Megan Waterman, Amber Costello and Melissa Barthelemy — and dumping their bodies near Gilgo Beach. Authorities previously disclosed that “Asian Doe” was wearing women’s clothing, but did not provide further details.

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☆ Far-right origins of false pet-eating claims and Boeing workers to strike: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

How a fringe claim about immigrants eating pets made it to the mainstream. Boeing workers are set to strike. How a fringe claim about immigrants ‘eating the pets’ made its way to the debate stageIt started as a fringe obsession. “In Springfield they’re eating dogs,” Trump said, referring to an Ohio city dealing with an influx of Haitian immigrants. More 2024 election coverage:Boeing workers set to strike after rejecting contractMore than 30,000 Boeing workers are set to strike today, halting production on most of the company’s aircraft, after staff overwhelmingly rejected a new labor contract.

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New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban speaks during the first quarter crime briefing press conference Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in Manhattan, New York City. NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday from his post helming the country's largest police department amid a federal investigation into its nightclub enforcement, according to a memo obtained by News 4. I have therefore decided it is in the best interest of the Department that I resign as Commissioner." Caban, who was appointed to the job in July 2023, became the first Latino to serve as commissioner of the NYPD in its 179-year history. Several sources tell NBC New York federal investigators want to know if James Caban profited from his ties to his powerful brother and the NYPD.

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☆ Columbia University exec's New York apartment building vandalized with red paint and crickets
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The Brooklyn, New York, apartment building of Columbia University’s chief operating officer was vandalized with red paint and crickets, police said. The Brooklyn, New York, apartment building of Columbia University’s chief operating officer was vandalized Thursday with red paint and crickets, police said. A preliminary investigation determined that two people threw red paint inside the building’s vestibule and unleashed a box containing crickets and mealworms, police said in a statement. Several other people involved caused “damage to the front of the building by throwing paint on the building and sidewalk,” according to police. Photos released by police showed red paint splattered across the sidewalk and on the wall of the building.

Persons: Cas Holloway, Holloway, Ben Chang, “, ” Chang, Cas, ”, Kathy Hochul, Anne Pasternak, Taylor Pelton, Kimberly Panicek Trueblood Organizations: Columbia University’s, The New York City Police Department, NYPD, Ivy League campus, NBC, Manhattan, Attorney’s, Columbia University, ” New York Gov, Brooklyn Museum Locations: Brooklyn , New York, Columbia, Orange, Israel, York, NBC New York, “, New York, U.S

☆ Woman charged with hate crime after vandalizing home of Jewish director of Brooklyn Museum
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A woman has been arrested and charged with a hate crime in connection with splattering red paint on the home of the Jewish director of the Brooklyn Museum earlier this summer. Taylor Pelton, 28, was charged Wednesday with criminal mischief as a hate crime in connection with the June attack, the New York City Police Department said. In the attack, red paint was splattered on the front facade and door of Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak’s Brooklyn home. The Brooklyn Museum told NBC News Friday: "We are aware the District Attorney has filed criminal charges against an individual accused of participating in the June 12 vandalism at the homes of several Brooklyn Museum leaders. "Our vision remains rooted in the belief that art fosters dialogue and mutual understanding among people with diverse experiences and perspectives."

Persons: Taylor Pelton, Anne Pasternak’s Brooklyn, Brad Lander, Pelton, it's, there’s Organizations: Brooklyn Museum, New York City Police Department, Kings County Court, NBC News, NBC, U.S . Locations: Kings County, Israel, U.S

☆ When ICE Agents Use Deadly Force, the Shootings Go Unprosecuted.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Lila Hassan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +46 min

AdvertisementYet when and how ICE agents use deadly force has long been shrouded in secrecy. ICE agents shot people in public places, such as traffic intersections and strip-mall parking lots. Yet in over half of the shootings we identified, ICE agents never made an arrest. But Ramos still became one of dozens of people on the receiving end of an ICE agent's deadly force. A significant number of the shootings documented in the logs happened while ICE agents were off-duty or in plain clothes.

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☆ Founder of Fandango Dies After Plunge From Manhattan Hotel
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Annie Correal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

J. Michael Cline, the co-founder of Fandango, an online ticketing company that changed how Americans went to the movies, died this week after falling from the twentieth floor of a Manhattan hotel, according to the police. New York City police officers, who responded to a 911 call at the Kimberly Hotel on Tuesday, “found an unconscious and unresponsive male with injuries indicative of a fall from an elevated position,” a spokesman for the police said in a statement. The medical examiner’s office ruled the death a suicide. Mr. Cline, who was 64, co-founded Fandango in 2000 and left the company in 2011, according to his LinkedIn profile. The company — familiar to many from its splashy logo, an orange “F” in the shape of a ticket stub — was later acquired by Comcast and is currently owned by NBCUniversal and Warner Bros.For years, the company dominated movie-ticket sales, handling ticketing for several major theater chains and making money by charging a processing fee for online ticket sales and by selling advertising on its site.

Persons: Michael Cline, “, ”, Cline Organizations: New York City, Comcast, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros Locations: Manhattan, New York

☆ Two Teenagers Drown Off Brooklyn Beach
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Victoria Kim | More About Victoria Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two teenagers drowned while swimming off Coney Island in Brooklyn as a thunderstorm rolled into the area Friday evening, the second such fatal episode at a New York City beach in less than a month. Two girls, ages 17 and 18, were reported missing after going into the water near Stillwell Avenue shortly after 8 p.m., according to the New York City Police Department. Both were later pronounced dead at the hospital, according to the police. The deaths, two weeks after two teenagers died swimming off the Rockaways in Queens, mark a particularly deadly start to the summer season at New York City beaches, where drownings have been a perennial problem. With more than two months remaining, the city matched last year’s total of four lives lost.

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Climate control activists are led away by the NYPD after being detained outside the global headquarters of Citigroup in New York City, U.S., June 28, 2024. REUTERS/Kent J. Edwards Purchase Licensing Rights New Tab , opens new tabItem 1 of 6 Climate control activists are led away by the NYPD after being detained outside the global headquarters of Citigroup in New York City, U.S., June 28, 2024. REUTERS/Kent J. EdwardsCompanies Company Citigroup Inc FollowJune 28 (Reuters) - Dozens of climate activists were arrested after protesting at Citigroup's (C.N) New Tab , opens new tab headquarters in New York on Friday as part of what they called a "Summer of Heat" campaign. The activists expected more than 1,000 people to participate in the demonstration, according to a statement ahead of the protest. New Tab , opens new tabSave Share XFacebookLinkedinEmailLink Purchase Licensing Rights

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☆ Protest outside New York exhibition on those killed at Israel music festival was ‘really heartbreaking,’ spokesperson says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Zenebou Sylla | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A Monday night demonstration outside an exhibition that pays tribute to those killed at an Israeli music festival last year is “really heartbreaking for everyone involved,” an exhibition spokesperson says. “It was pretty surreal that this protest took place outside of exhibition commemorating hundreds of lives of people that were lost,” the spokesperson, Michelle Rojas, told CNN Monday. The exhibition commemorates those killed at the Nova Music Festival in Israel during the October 7 attacks by Hamas. The protest was part of a “Citywide Day of Rage for Gaza,” in which pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated outside museums across New York City on Monday. Multiple protesters were taken into custody, and 23 were released with criminal court summons, according to the New York City Police Department.

Persons: ”, Michelle Rojas, Israel, Eric Adams, “, ” Adams, Andrew Bates, Bates, Biden, Rojas, ” Rojas Organizations: CNN, Nova Music, Brooklyn Museum, Hamas, New York City Police Department, New, New York City, Yorker, Nova, NYPD, House, Holocaust Locations: Israel, Gaza, ”, New York City, New York, York, United States

☆ Election Updates: After trial, Trump returns to friendly turf at U.F.C. fight and on Fox News.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Shawn Mccreesh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Mr. Giuliani’s run-ins with the law have left his life and finances in tatters. Mr. Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy and owes two Georgia women a $148 million judgment from a defamation case. “Anyone who thinks that Mr. Giuliani is off his game in terms of legal acumen is strongly mistaken,” Mr. Aidala said. Like many at the birthday party, Mr. Aidala was displeased by Mr. Trump’s conviction on charges related to hiding hush money paid to a porn star. In the video, Mr. Trump stands with a small crowd of people who appear to be some of his supporters.

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☆ Steve Buscemi punched in the face while walking in NYC
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Hollywood actor Steve Buscemi has been treated for injuries after being punched in the face while walking in New York City. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) told CNN it is investigating the assault, which took place on Wednesday and is the latest in a string of random attacks in the city. Last month, CNN spoke to half a dozen women who said they were hit in the face out of nowhere while on the streets of New York City. “He is ok and appreciates everyone’s well wishes, though incredibly sad for everyone that this has happened to while also walking the streets of NY,” the statement said. “Upon arrival, officers were informed a 66-year-old male was punched in the face by an unidentified individual,” the police statement said.

Persons: Steve Buscemi, New York City Police Department “ Buscemi, ”, Buscemi Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, The New York City Police Department, New York City Police Department, Manhattan, NYPD, NYC Health Locations: New York City, New, NY, Bellevue, Brooklyn , New York

☆ A 19-year-old called 911 in a crisis and ended up dead. For advocates, it’s a call for a better way of policing
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

In New York, a similar but limited pilot program called “B-Heard” dispatches EMTs and trained mental health responders to some emergency calls. 2 minutes, 4 gunshots, and a young life cut shortRozario was in the throes of an apparent mental health crisis when he called 911 on March 27. Another vision for crisis interventionRozario wasn’t the first New Yorker to die at the hands of police while experiencing a mental health crisis. Community Access, a non-profit supporting people with mental health concerns in New York, says at least 26 New Yorkers experiencing mental health crises have been shot and killed by police since 2007. “No mother should have to go through the pain I’m going through,” Rozario’s mother said.

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☆ In 1968, protests forced Columbia University to change graduation. Here’s what happened next.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Chelsea Bailey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Columbia University’s graduating class of 1968 was no stranger to protests. Graffiti on a blackboard at some point after protests began on April 23, 1968 at Columbia University in New York. Activist Mark Rudd, center, president of Students for a Democratic Society, addresses students at Columbia University on May 3, 1968. Students supporting the Columbia University sit-in and counter-demonstrators engage in a short-lived free-for-all outside Low Library at Columbia University on April 29, 1968. Although it took Columbia University years to recover and reestablish trust between the administration and the student body, several key changes emerged after the 1968 protests.

Persons: Dr, Martin Luther King Jr, Grayson Kirk, John the Divine, Neal Boenzi, Kirk, ”, Mark Rudd, King’s, – Kirk, Richard Hofstadter, Hofstadter, ” Hofstadter, Stephen Smale, University's Organizations: CNN, Columbia, Cathedral, St, Columbia University, New York Times, US Marine Corps, Columbia Spectator, Democratic Society, Hulton, Institute for Defense, Spectator, Bettmann, Morningside, Sun, Hamilton Hall, Police, AP, New York City Police Department, Low Library, University Senate, University Locations: Vietnam, Gaza, New York, Columbia, Harlem, Morningside, Bettmann, Berkeley

☆ Man who attacked 3 NYPD officers with machete on New Year’s Eve 2022 sentenced to 27 years in prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Rob Frehse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The man who attacked three New York City police officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve in 2022 has been sentenced to 27 years in prison, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. “Inspired by radical Islamic extremism, Trevor Bickford brutally attacked three NYPD officers who were just doing their jobs by protecting the public during the Times Square New Year’s Eve festivities,” US Attorney Damian Williams said in a Thursday statement. He then swung the blade at a third officer, who shot him in the shoulder, according to police. Bickford later admitted he intended to kill as many military-aged, government-employed men as he could before himself becoming a martyr, CNN has previously reported. He had planned to travel overseas to support the Taliban but ultimately decided to turn his attention to an attack in the US, the release said.

Persons: Trevor Bickford, Damian Williams, ” “, ” Williams, Bickford, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, New York City, Times, New, Attorney’s, US Locations: New York City, Maine, New York, ”

☆ New York Public Schools chancellor scolds Republicans for ‘gotcha’ antisemitism hearing, saying district disciplined staff
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The department is also investigating whether the Berkeley district retaliated against two parents who complained about harassment based on Jewish ancestry. CNN has reached out to the school district for a comment. However, that list does not currently include the Berkeley school district. “However, antisemitism is not pervasive in the Berkeley Unified School District,” she said. Ford Morthel noted that the district does not share actions the school district takes against students or teachers because this information is protected under federal and state law.

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☆ The Campus Protests, the Democrats, and the Election - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The colleges had a choice; in most places, they chose to escalate. By May 2, according to The Appeal, a nonprofit criminal-justice news site, there were at least 100 encampments in nearly 40 states, and more than 2,000 protesters had been arrested. In proudly defending the mass arrests in New York, Mayor Eric Adams did not focus on trespassing or the disruption to campus life. What he emphasized instead was the urgent need to literally police an ideological threat. It is also a case study in the dynamics of escalation, and I’d like to emphasize three stories, each related, that may help explain the pattern.

Persons: Eric Adams, ” Organizations: Indiana University, University of Virginia, University of Texas, Columbia, New York City, Hamilton Hall, United Locations: U.C.L.A, Austin, New York, United States, Israel, Gaza

☆ See the campus protests over the last 6 decades that dwarf the Gaza protests in size and disorder
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Protesting Israel's war in GazaStudents gather on the campus of Wayne State University to protest Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration's support for Israel during her visit to Detroit. The following day, New York City police descended upon the encampment, arresting more than 100 protesters, including Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter. The arrests sparked similar demonstrations at dozens of colleges and universities nationwide, including the University of Texas Austin, the University of Southern California, and the University of Chicago. More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 80,000 injured in the Gaza Strip, according to an assessment by the United Nations. The UN report called the level of casualties "unprecedented and still mounting" in the seven months since Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on October 7.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Biden, Adam J, Nemat Shafik, Ilhan, University of Texas Austin, Abdallah Al Dardari Organizations: Wayne State University, Israel, Dewey, Anadolu, Getty, Columbia, University of Texas, University of Southern, University of Chicago, United Nations, UN, Associated Press Locations: Gaza, Detroit, Columbia, Israel, New York City, University of Southern California

☆ Live updates: University protests at Columbia, Michigan, UCLA amid Israel's war in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Dalia Faheid | Liz Enochs | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Michael Longfellow played a talk show host who welcomed parents played by Heidi Gardner, Mikey Day and Kenan Thompson. Longfellow remarked that it’s been a worrisome time on university campuses throughout the country, and sought comment from his guests. While Gardner and Day’s characters expressed concerns about their children’s activities in the protests against Israel’s war against Hamas, Thompson said he was supportive of the efforts. At Columbia University on Tuesday, dozens of protesters entered the university’s Hamilton Hall and barricaded themselves inside before the institution asked for the New York City Police Department’s assistance. A total of 282 people were arrested at the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia as well as The City College of New York, according to the NYPD.

Persons: Kenan Thompson, ”, Michael Longfellow, Heidi Gardner, Mikey Day, Longfellow, it’s, Gardner, Thompson, “, Alexis Vanessa Roberts, Hamilton, Read Organizations: NBC, New York City, Hamas, Columbia University, Hamilton Hall, New York City Police, Columbia, City College of New, NYPD Locations: New, ”, Columbia, City College of New York

☆ Universities are making it worse with their 'overreaction' to pro-Palestinian protests, expert on American dissent says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Similar scenes unfolded at the University of Southern California, Emory University, George Washington University, the University of Arizona, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Portland State University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and many more. "The overreaction that the universities are having is only going to magnify these protests. Police arrest more than 100 students at New York University protesting Israel's attacks on Gaza. Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty ImagesThe campus protests reminded Young of students protesting the Vietnam War in the 1960s, when he was among them. The result then, and possibly now, could be even more protests, Young said.

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